Gibson ES-335 50s Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar, Vintage Natural

All this time later and Gibson's standby semi-hollow still won't quit. Proof? The Gibson ES-335 50s in Vintage Natural. This icon of the Gibson line continues on well into the future for timeless semi-hollow sweetness night after night. Today's Gibson USA model follows up on the brand's semi-hollow excellence for something deeply nuanced and highly musical.

Where it more or less all started for so many Gibson players, the 1950s make themselves known with the ES-335 50s. The era's exciting, new developments in musicality and playability plant themselves in the center spotlight for an authentic '50s creation in the modern day. Everything on this model starts with its semi-hollow maple/poplar/maple body and maple centerblock, as so many great Electric Spanishes have before it. Large and in-charge as it's been for decades, this Gibson semi-hollow body produces an authoritative acoustic voice alongside its high-quality build.

Here, the ES-335 50s reaches out with a glued-in, set mahogany neck taking on a fuller, '50s-style Rounded C profile. Filling the hand for a more prominent shape in hand, this neck's feel matches with a bound rosewood fingerboard adorned with Medium Jumbo frets. The guitar's board measures with a playable twelve-inch radius and is lined with acrylic dot inlays for a '50s-accurate look.

This guitar's voice comes alive through two Custombucker Alnico 3 humbucking pickups. These warm, nuanced humbuckers fill a room with breadth and authority for a pair of pickups to meld with any style of music. A sturdy hardware setup backs this ES-335 up with an ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and Stop Bar tailpiece. Vintage Deluxe tuning machines with Keystone buttons and a Graph Tech nut land at the headstock for smooth stringing. This Gibson ES-335 50s travels with an included hardshell case.

Classic and classy in its time and any other, the ES-335 50s is an icon.