• Body made from maple/poplar laminate
• Serial number A960427
• Single-layer cream binding
• Glued mahogany neck with long neck tenon
• Authentic 1959 neck profile
• Rosewood fingerboard with 22 reissue medium jumbo frets
• Two Gibson P-90 Dogear pickups
• 3-way toggle switch, separate volume and tone controls
• CTS potentiometers and paper-in-oil capacitors
• Gibson ABR-1 Tune-o-Matic bridge
• Trapeze tailpiece
• Kluson Deluxe tuning machines
• Nickel hardware
• Vintage Burst nitrocellulose VOS finish
• True Historic Gold Top Hats
• Includes a Lifton Reissue case and certificate of authenticity

The Gibson 1959 ES-330 Reissue Vintage Burst marks the return of a true classic to the Custom Historic Collection. The famous Thinline hollow-body version of the ES-335 offers all the traditional features that make the model so popular: articulate hollow-body tones, iconic looks and, of course, the authentic feel of the much-sought-after Gibson instruments from the late 1950s. Naturally, the Gibson 1959 ES-330 Reissue Vintage Burst, as a genuine offshoot of the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville, Tennessee, comes in a historically accurate Lifton-style case and with a signed certificate of authenticity.

Just like its predecessor, the ES-335, the ES-330 follows the same slim Thinline body contours, but omits the centre block positioned beneath the bridge in order to maximise the resonance of its body volume. The top, back and sides are crafted from multi-ply maple and poplar laminate – classic materials that play a key role in defining the ES-330’s fundamental tonal character. The nitrocellulose finish in Vintage Burst with VOS treatment, meanwhile, ensures the right look, recreating the authentic surface texture of well-maintained originals from the late 1950s.

The two Gibson P-90 Dogear pickups form a particularly important part of the ES-330’s sound. Housed in plastic enclosures featuring the eponymous ‘Dogear’ mounting tabs, these two single-coil pickups are incredibly versatile, capable of everything from articulate clean tones to rock-style gain sounds. The underlying wiring of the 1959 ES-330 Reissue is entirely hand-wired and utilises high-quality components such as US-made CTS potentiometers and genuine paper-in-oil capacitors.