CS 1959 ES-335 Vintage Sunburst Pre owned Custom Shop 1959 ES-335 with its nice fat neck (not too bulky, and in super condition. The usual specs with hideglue joints and vintage gloss (VOS but then improved) finish. Comes with Case and paperwork. With its arched top and f-holes, the ES-335 bore recognizable links to its predecessors among Gibson’s archtop acoustic-electrics, but a quick probe inside its double-cutaway thinline body with solid center block revealed it as a brave new design. More subtle in its advancement of the template than some other models released alongside it in 1958 — including the Flying V and Explorer in the Modernistic Series, and the Heritage Cherry Sunburst Les Paul Standard — it was in many ways no less revolutionary, and also more acceptable to players who were hesitant to strut too far ahead of the pack. Gibson Custom’s limited production 1959 ES-335 Dot Reissue captures this desirable classic in greater detail than any “reissue” style guitar previously produced. From the plain laminated maple top, back and sides to the one-piece mahogany neck with long tenon to the nickel hardware to the rounded ’59 neck profile, this is an instrument born in the image of its inspiration. In addition to the period-correct look, the 1959 ES-335 Dot Reissue sounds the part too, thanks to its pair of humbucking pickups and high-quality CTS volume and tone potentiometers with “bumble bee” capacitors.