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Key Features
- Actual guitar photographed
- Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged finish adds vintage character and feel
- Custombucker Alnico 3 pickups deliver warm, dynamic vintage tones
- Ebony fretboard with mother of pearl inlays enhances smooth playability
Gibson Custom 1959 ES-355 Reissue Stop Bar Ultra Light Aged, Ebony #A921462 Overview
The Gibson Custom 1959 ES-355 Reissue is a slick, high-spec tribute to one of Gibson’s classiest semi-hollows. Built with a maple/poplar/maple body and solid centre block, it delivers that unmistakable ES tone – warm, open, and full of life – with the control and sustain you'd expect from a centre-block design.
Finished in Murphy Lab Ultra Light Aged Ebony and loaded with unpotted Custombuckers, this 355 is all about touch and tone. From the slick ebony fretboard to the lightweight stop bar tailpiece, every part of this guitar is made to feel like an old friend. And with gold hardware, a Lifton case, and certificate of authenticity, it's the full Custom Shop experience – no compromises.
Product Ref: 322608
Full Description
View Full DescriptionA true custom classic
This 1959 ES-355 Reissue is Gibson Custom at full tilt – vintage-spec tonewoods, period-correct construction, and just the right amount of aged character. With a 3-ply maple/poplar/maple body and solid maple centre block, you get that lively semi-hollow resonance, controlled by the feedback-fighting centre block that’s made the ES range so enduring. It’s responsive, clear, and full of the harmonic depth players chase in golden-era guitars.
Ultra Light Aged by Murphy Lab
Finished in Murphy Lab’s Ultra Light Aged Ebony nitro, this 355 has all the vibe of a vintage original – without the heavy finish checking. Light lacquer checking and subtle hardware patina give it a gently worn-in feel that looks the part without going overboard. It’s thin, it breathes, and it lets the tonewoods do their job. The gold hardware and bound appointments complete the look with the class the ES-355 has always been known for.
Custombuckers that sing
Loaded with a pair of unpotted Custombucker Alnico 3 pickups, this guitar has warmth, bite and clarity in spades. These are the same pickups used in high-end Historic builds – open, dynamic, and incredibly touch-sensitive. Paired with handwired 50s-style electronics, they offer a wide tonal palette that responds naturally to your playing, from mellow jazz comping to bold lead runs that jump out of the mix.
Made to play, built to last
Under your hands, this thing feels rock solid. The solid mahogany Medium C neck is joined with a long tenon and topped with a smooth ebony board and 22 medium jumbo frets. Grover tuners keep everything tight, the aluminium stop bar adds resonance, and the ABR-1 bridge nails that vintage feel. It ships with a Lifton hardshell case and certificate – exactly what you’d expect from a guitar that doesn’t just wear the Custom Shop badge, but lives up to it.
Specifications
- Product Name: Gibson Custom 1959 ES-355 Reissue Stop Bar Ultra Light Aged, Ebony
- Product Code: 59ES355ULEBGH1 #A921462
Body
- Body style: ES
- Body shape: ES-335
- Body material: 3-ply maple/poplar/maple
- Centre block: Solid maple
- Binding: Multi-ply
- Finish: Murphy Lab Aged nitrocellulose lacquer
- Weight relief: None
Neck & fretboard
- Profile: Medium C
- Scale length: 24.75" (628.65mm)
- Neck material: Solid mahogany
- Fingerboard material: Ebony
- Fingerboard radius: 12" (304.8mm)
- Frets: 22, authentic medium jumbo
- Nut material: Nylon
- Nut width: 1.687" (42.85mm)
- End of board width: 2.239" (56.89mm)
- Inlays: 1950s pattern mother of pearl
- Joint: Long tenon, hide glue fit
Hardware & electronics
- Finish: Gold, Murphy Lab Light Aged
- Bridge: ABR-1
- Saddle material: Nickel-plated brass
- Tailpiece: Lightweight aluminium stop bar
- Tuning machines: Grover Kidney
- Pickguard: Multi-ply bound celluloid
- Truss rod: Authentic 1950s no-tube
- Truss rod cover: Authentic stepped 2-ply
- Control knobs: Black butyrate top hats with dial pointers
- Switch tip: Amber Catalin
- Strap buttons: Cream plastic
- Mounting rings: Black M69 medium & tall
- Pickup covers: Authentic profile gold-plated nickel silver
- Neck pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3 (un-potted)
- Bridge pickup: Custombucker Alnico 3 (un-potted)
- Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone (CTS 500k audio taper potentiometers, paper-in-oil capacitors)
- Pickup selector: 3-way Switchcraft
- Output jack: 1/4" Switchcraft
- Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
- Case: Lifton™ five-latch Custom Shop hardshell
- Accessories: Certificate of authenticity
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