1966 GIBSON ES-335-12 TD Cherry, 12 Strings, EXC OHC in stunning conditions. code GI173

Gibson ES-335-12 TDC Model 12 String Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar (1966), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 800XXX, cherry lacquer finish, laminatad maple body; mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, original black and yellow internal hard shell case.This is a very clean and 100% original guitar. The cherry finish shows any fade with light checking mostly to the face but no heavy wear as you see in photo. Original Frets in Very good conditions. All hardware is complete and original also the two pickup Patent Number Black Stiker. The neck is very nice and playability is excellent. This ES is housed in the original yellow-lined Gibson hardshell case also very well preserved. This beautiful cherry-finished example was built during 1966, the first full production year and is one of only 152 shipped that year.chrome-plated hardware and the earlier '60s-style metal capped knobs still in use in 1966. The neck is quite slim by older Gibson standards. This model was never hugely popular but did see some high-profile use; one was famously used by Robbie Krieger on the Doors' "Love Her Madly. The most prominent regular user was Richie Furay of the Buffalo Springfield, but the model can also be seen in the hands of the Beau Brummels and a number of other period folk-rock acts. The ES-335-12 remains one of the 1960s' better-sounding and playing electric 12s; a very fine instrumen

Gibson's first single-neck electric 12-string, the ES-335-12 was introduced in mid-1965 in response to the 12-string craze which followed George Harrison's featuring of a Rickenbacker 360/12 in the prior year's "A Hard Day's Night". The model was a straight adaptation of the standard 335 design, with only an extended headstock and 12-string tailpiece as alterations. The 12-string ES-335 was fairly successful over the next couple of years but was phased out of production in 1970, so is now not nearly as plentiful as its 6-string sibling.

Overall length is 43 3/4 in. (111.1 cm.), 15 3/4 in. (40 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 9/16 in. (40 mm.)