{"product_id":"gibson-es-335-50s-era-semi-hollow-natural","title":"Gibson ES-335 50s Era Semi-Hollow - Natural","description":"\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eWe've logged a lot of hours charting the Gibson universe, and certain coordinates always pull us back with the same gravitational force — and the ES-335 is one of the most powerful of them all. When Gibson launched the 335 in 1958, they didn't just introduce a new guitar. They invented an entirely new class of instrument: the semi-hollow thinline, a design so fundamentally right that sixty-plus years of imitation have only reinforced the original's superiority. The 50's model takes us straight to those earliest dot-neck examples — the ones that now command astronomical prices in the vintage market — and recreates their specific magic with the full weight of Gibson's modern manufacturing precision behind it. Three-ply Maple\/Poplar\/Maple body construction with a solid maple centerblock running through the core delivers the best of both worlds: the warm, airy resonance of a hollow body and the feedback resistance and sustain of a solid, unified into one instrument that sounds equally commanding whether you're playing jazz at conversation volume or blues at full warp speed. Finished in Vintage Natural gloss nitrocellulose — the cleanest, most honest expression of the 335 format, the maple top glowing warm and golden under the nitro with nothing to hide — this guitar announces its pedigree before a single note is played.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal leading-[1.7]\"\u003eThe Rounded \"C\" mahogany neck is the soul of the 50's distinction — beefier, more substantial, and more satisfying in the hand than the slimmer 60's profile, the kind of neck that serious players describe as feeling like the guitar is playing you back. Acrylic dot inlays on the cream-bound rosewood fingerboard mirror the iconic \"dot neck\" cosmetics of the earliest ES-335 models, the ones that players have been chasing through estate sales and vintage shops for generations. Custombucker pickups with Alnico 3 magnets are Gibson's most authentic recreation of the original Patent Applied For humbucker voice — smooth, warm, and harmonically complex in a way that modern high-output pickups completely miss — wired through hand-soldered 500K pots and Orange Drop capacitors to a pair of individual volume and tone controls that give total command over the voice of each pickup. The '59-style five-ply long pickguard, Amber Catalin switch tip, Gold Top Hat knobs with silver reflectors, ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic, and aluminum Stop Bar tailpiece complete a vintage specification so accurate it feels less like a new guitar and more like a time machine set to 1958. At 7 lbs. 14 oz., this ES-335 50's in Vintage Natural is one of the finest instruments we've had the pleasure of carrying through the cosmos.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"p1\"\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"UTF-8\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eModel: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUSA ES-335 50's\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBody Construction:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Semi-Hollow\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBody:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 3-Ply Maple\/Poplar\/Maple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCenterblock:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Solid Maple\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBody Finish:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Gloss Nitrocellulose \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBody Binding:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Single-Ply Cream\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNeck:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 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