The Gibson ES-355 Electric Thinline Guitar was originally manufactured from 1959 to 1982. Nowadays it is available as a Memphis Gibson Custom guitar with either a stopbar, a Bigsby tremolo or a Maestro tremolo.
"The Gibson ES-355 guitar with its semi-hollowbody construction has a solid maple block down the center of the body minimizes feedback, but the hollow body wings gives good sustain, tone and weight. This model is most desirable with a stop tailpiece and a large neck size." (link)
- Serial number: 02336726
- Body: semi-acoustic, carved maple
- Colour: Ebony
- Finish: Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer
- Neck: Mahogany
- Fingerboard/Inlay: 22 frets, ebony / block
- Scale/Nut Width: 24 3/4" / 1 11/16"
- Binding: Body (7-ply front, 3-ply back), fingerboard (single-ply) and headstock (5-ply)
- Bridge/Tailpiece: Wilkinson roller bridge / Bigsby B7G (gold plated) Vibrato
- Hardware: Gold / Grover Rotomatic™ tuners
- Pickups: Sheptone T-Top replica pickups (serial numbers 11284B / 11285N) - 42SPN wire, short alnico 5 magnet, (slightly underwound: 7,81k bridge / 7,40k neck), zebra coils with gold covers
- Treble bleed mod on both pickups (330kOhm / 560pF)
- Controls: Two volume, two tone, three-way switch
- Schaller Straplocks
- Gibson black hardshell case with a black interior
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