Gibson Custom Shop 1959 ES-330 Reissue Hollowbody Electric Guitar, Vintage Burst

Gibson Custom Shop 1959 ES-330 Reissue Hollowbody Electric Guitar, Vintage BurstFirst introduced in 1959, the Gibson ES 330 quickly made a name for itself right there alongside the famed '59 Les Paul. After a 8 year hiatus from the custom shop lineup, we are pleased to welcome back the Gibson Custom Shop 1959 ES 330 Reissue. Back in its Vintage Burst glory, this hollowbody can handle it all from americana, blues, country, and more. The '59 330 reissue gets its double cutaway shape from a maple poplar maple body. The fully hollow

First introduced in 1959, the Gibson ES-330 quickly made a name for itself – right there alongside the famed '59 Les Paul. After a 8-year hiatus from the custom shop lineup, we are pleased to welcome back the Gibson Custom Shop 1959 ES-330 Reissue. Back in its Vintage Burst glory, this hollowbody can handle it all from americana, blues, country, and more.

The '59 330 reissue gets its double-cutaway shape from a maple/poplar/maple body. The fully hollow design offers a big, warm, and resonant sound right out of the case – perfect for acoustic play time. While there is no center block is in the body like a 335, the 330 can handle a decent amount of gain before feeding back. It's body is bound on both the top and back, and sports a black multi-ply pickguard, nickel hardware, and gold top hat control knobs.

To amplify its voice, a custom set of P-90 pickups are up to the task. The bridge position uses standard windings and an Alnico 3 magnet, while the neck position pickup is underwound with a Alnico 5. This single-coil duo offers warm cleans and mid-focused overdrive. The pickups are hand-wired to its CTS volume and tone potentiometers with paper-in-oil capacitors. The standard 3-way toggle switch is located right by the pickguard.

For its neck, a mahogany neck is carved to an authentic 1959 profile – a hand filling "C" shape. The neck is glued into the body in a traditional set-neck fashion with a long neck tenon joint. The neck is topped by a bound 12-inch radius rosewood fingerboard with 22 medium jumbo frets and white dot inlays. Strings are loaded through the trapeze tailpiece, rest on the no-wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge, and are strung to pitch with the Kluson Deluxe tuning machines. The openbook headstock displays the Gibson logo.

The fit and finish on the 330 is excellent. A VOS finish evokes the gently aged appearance of a vintage case queen example, offering tasteful hardware patina. The guitar is accompanied by a Lifton reissue case and case candies. Sometimes, you just need a good hollowbody by your side.

• Bound Maple/poplar/maple body
• Authentic 1959 "C" shaped mahogany neck
• Bound rosewood fingerboard with white dot inlays and 22 medium jumbo frets
• Alnico 3 & 5 magnet dogear P-90 pickups
• No-wire ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic and Trapeze tailpiece
• Nylon nut
• Kluson Deluxe tuners
• VOS finish
• Lifton reissue hardshell case