And that, says Gibson master luthier Jim DeCola is the reason for the Custom Color options. Speaking to the Gibson Gazette, he reveals that the new ES-335 range was in response to popular demand.

Gibson’s thinline models like the Byrdland introduced in 1955 were a first step toward this goal, but the semi-hollow ES-335 was the ultimate refinement and, as a result, became an iconic ...

The block also helps prevent the feedback that troubles fully hollow electrics like the Epiphone ES-230TD Casino and Gibson ES-330. Alvin Lee of Ten Years After proved how well an ES-335 performs at ...

Hardware The Luther Dickinson ES-335 carries an ABR bridge and Bigsby™ vibrato tailpiece, with high-quality Kluson™ tuners featuring single-ring tulip buttons, all gently aged in Gibson's VOS process.

Musical instrument manufacturer Gibson has released a 50th Anniversary 1960 Gibson ES-335TD, perhaps the most legendary semi-hollow electric guitar of all. In 1960, the ES-335 was an instant ...

“I recently acquired a 1960 Gibson ES-335 and discovered something interesting that I’ve never seen before. Even after all these years collecting and selling vintage guitars, I learned it’s ...

He started a blog focusing on his favorite ax, the Gibson ES-335, a semi-hollow body electric the Gibson Guitar Co. started producing in the late 1950s. Many collectors seek out those guitars ...

Back to the ES-335, then, and this model had a pair of Gibson’s new and improved noise-cancelling ‘humbucking’ pickups, four controls and a switch, dot fretboard markers and a stop tailpiece ...

While Dave Grohl was still behind the drums with Nirvana, he discovered his favorite guitar — a Gibson ES-335. More specifically, it was a 1967 Gibson Trini Lopez ES-335.

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