The 2017 Gibson Memphis 1958 ES-335 Historic VOS reissue recreates Gibson's landmark thinline semi-hollow guitar from its inaugural year.

Built at the former Gibson Memphis facility before operations were consolidated to Nashville, this model features vintage-accurate construction, historical appointments, and period-correct electronics. Good condition, the finish is already starting to show some checking like on real vintage guitars.

Key Vintage Specifications & Features

• Body Construction: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple laminate with a solid maple center block. Uses historic 1958 body contours, lightweight spruce bracing, and an unbound fingerboard—the defining aesthetic detail of original early 1958 production runs before Gibson added neck binding.
• Neck Profile: Solid mahogany set neck with a period-correct 1958 Rounded "C" profile (substantially chunkier and fuller in the hand compared to '60s slim profiles).
• Fingerboard & Nut: Dark Rosewood fingerboard with Pearloid Dot inlays and a nylon nut.
• Pickups: Unpotted Gibson MHS (Memphis Historic Spec) Humbuckers with Alnico magnets. Designed to mirror original 1950s PAFs, delivering dynamic midrange clarity, warm lows, and sweet high-end articulation.
• Electronics: Hand-wired harness featuring matched 500k CTS potentiometers and vintage-style bumblebee capacitors.
• Finish & Hardware: Vintage Original Spec (VOS) Nitrocellulose lacquer finish Vintage Burst with lightly aged nickel hardware, a 5-ply long pickguard, an ABR-1 bridge with non-wire saddles, a lightweight aluminum stopbar, and single-line/single-ring Kluson tuners.