For sale is a brand new Gibson ES-335 '50s in an Ebony finish. These guitars are an absolute classic and so worthy of the heritage that Gibson has created over the past century. Plays and sounds amazing. Case candy and OHSC included. Danville Music is an Authorized Gibson Dealer, you can buy with confidence and the instrument comes with the full Gibson lifetime Warranty. We inspect and professionally set up every instrument we sell so you can buy with confidence, helping you fall in love with your new instrument. Feel free to message us with any questions.

The ES-335 50s delivers the classic features of the earliest ES-335 models, first introduced in 1958. The ES-335 50s features a semi-hollow, thinline body crafted from three-ply maple, poplar, and maple, with a solid maple centerblock that increases sustain while also greatly reducing feedback. For a touch of added style, the body has single-ply cream binding around the top and back.

Like those early ES-335 models, the mahogany neck sports a beefier Rounded C profile that feels satisfyingly substantial in the hand. The bound rosewood fretboard is equipped with 22 medium jumbo frets and adorned with simple acrylic dot inlays, mirroring the look of the early “dot neck” ES-335 models. The headstock is equipped with Vintage Deluxe tuners with keystone buttons, which, in partnership with the Graph Tech® nut, help to keep the tuning nice and stable. The headstock is also adorned with a mother-of-pearl Gibson logo and crown inlay.

The other ends of the strings pass over an ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic™ bridge and anchor to an aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece. They add to the guitar’s excellent sustain while allowing for comprehensive adjustment of action height and individual string intonation.

The ES-335 50s is powered by a pair of Custombucker pickups with Alnico 3 magnets. These pickups are renowned for their ability to deliver the tonal magic of those early, highly prized Patent Applied For humbucker™ pickups from the late 1950s. Each is paired with individual hand-wired 500k volume and tone controls, which, along with a three-way pickup selector toggle switch, provide the wide range of tonal versatility for which the ES-335 is famous.

A ’59-style, five-ply long pickguard and gold Top Hat knobs with dial pointers complete the 50s vintage-inspired look. Available in your choice of Vintage Tobacco Burst, Vintage Natural, and Ebony gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finishes, a Gibson hardshell case completes the package. This is the ES-335 for you if you prefer the larger neck profile and cosmetics of those earliest ES-335 models that players have loved for over 60 years.

General

• Product type: Semi-hollowbody electric guitar
• Series: ES
• Model: ES-335 50s

Body

• Body construction: Semi-hollowbody
• Body shape: Double cut
• Cutaway: Double cut
• Body material: Maple/poplar/maple
• Center block: Solid maple
• Body binding: Single-ply cream top and back
• Body finish: Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
• Available colors: Ebony, Vintage Natural, Vintage Tobacco Burst

Neck

• Neck material: Mahogany
• Neck profile: Rounded C
• Neck joint: Set-neck
• Scale length: 24.75"

Fingerboard

• Fingerboard material: Rosewood
• Fingerboard radius: 12"
• Number of frets: 22
• Inlays: Acrylic dots
• Binding: Single-ply cream
• Nut material: Graph Tech
• Nut width: 1.69"

Hardware

• Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
• Tailpiece: Aluminum stopbar
• Tuning machines: Vintage Deluxe with keystone buttons
• Hardware finish: Nickel

Electronics

• Pickup configuration: HH
• Neck pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3 humbucker
• Bridge pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3 humbucker
• Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, handwired with 500k potentiometers and Orange Drop capacitors
• Pickup selector: 3-way toggle switch
• Pickup type: Passive

Strings

• Number of strings: 6

Other

• Orientation: Right handed
• Case: Hardshell case