Description
Gibson have impressed us with this New Gibson Custom Shop Murphy Lab 1959 ES-335 Reissue Ultra Light Aged Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar in Vintage Natural (20555) in Guitars, it’s in stock, and ready to ship with fast, reliable delivery across the UK, Ireland, and Europe. For more details within Guitars, additional Electric Guitars options, full specifications, demos, images, videos, and secure online ordering, read on below.
Gibson’s Historic Reissue ES-335 is back and better than ever — thanks to a year of studying, scanning and listening to original examples. The expert craftspeople at Gibson Custom Shop have rendered every contour, profile, inlay and colour of the priceless vintage models in magnificent detail, and the result is a playing and ownership experience that will keep you coming back for more!
Gibson’s 1959 ES Reissue models feature rounded cutaways, a medium C-shape neck profiles scanned from originals, dot inlays and vintage-replica parts. The Murphy Lab ‘Ultra Light Aged’ finish treatment, paired with lightly aged hardware, simulates decades of subtle playing wear — giving it the unique character, vibe and feel of an original example from Gibson’s “Golden Era”.
Specifications
Body
- Shape: ES-335
- Material: 3-Ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
- Centerblock: Solid Maple
- Binding: 1-Ply Royalite
- Finish: Nitrocellulose Lacquer, Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged
Neck
- Material: Solid Mahogany
- Profile: Authentic ’59 Medium C-Shape
- Scale Length: 24.75″
- Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood, Hide Glue Fit
- Fingerboard Radius: 12″
- Number of Frets: 22
- Frets: Authentic Medium-Jumbo
- Nut Material: Nylon
- Nut Width: 1.687″
- Inlays: Pearloid Dot
- Joint: Long Tenon, Hide Glue Fit
Hardware
- Bridge: ABR-1
- Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar
- Knobs: Amber Butyrate Top Hats
- Tuners: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring
- Plating: Nickel, Murphy Lab Light Aged
Electronics
- Neck Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3 (Unpotted)
- Bridge Pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3 (Unpotted)
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
- Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft
- Output Jack: 1/4″ Switchcraft
Miscellaneous
- Strings: 10-46
- Case: Brown/Pink Lifton Reissue 5-Latch
- Accessories: Certificate of Authenticity
