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Gibson ES-137 Classic Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry Sunburst Chrome Hardware

Gibson ES-137 Classic Electric Guitar Heritage Cherry Sunburst Chrome Hardware

The Gibson ES-137 Classic Electric Guitar is the first Gibson archtop to employ a mahogany center block for reduced feedback and greater sustain. Other features are all Gibson deluxe: laminated curly maple body, binding on top and bottom, bound fingerboard, rosewood fretboard with pearloid trapezoid inlays, tune-o-matic bridge with stop tailpiece, and 490R and 498T humbuckers. Chrome or gold hardware. Includes Gibson deluxe hardshell case.


Gibson Custom Shop ES-165 Herb Ellis Electric Guitar Wine Red

Gibson Custom Shop ES-165 Herb Ellis Electric Guitar Wine Red

A BJB floating pickup on the Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Electric Guitar produces warm, round, and articulate tone for peerless jazz flavor. Single volume knob on the pickguard keeps it simple and keeps the top wood pristine for amazing resonance. Gold-plated hardware, including the unique bridge, combine with split parallelogram inlays on the rosewood fretboard and full binding with multi-ply on top to create stunning visual elegance.


Gibson ES-175 Reissue Electric Guitar Antique Natural

Gibson ES-175 Reissue Electric Guitar Antique Natural

The Gibson ES-175 Electric Guitar debuted in 1949. With a comfortable body size and stylish pointed cutaway, it quickly became the most popular guitar of the jazz world. The transparent finishes (sunburst with gold hardware or antique natural with nickel) on the laminated maple body of this reissue electric guitar always remind you that you're touching wood. Binding on the top, back, and fretboard, combined with a trapeze tailpiece and parallelogram fretboard inlays, provides a big touch of class. Traditional Gibson design and 2 '57 Classic humbuckers dish out huge helpings of tone. Gibson includes a hardshell case with the reissue ES-175.


Gibson Memphis ES-335 Dot Figured-top Electric Guitar with Gloss Finish Cherry

Gibson Memphis ES-335 Dot Figured-top Electric Guitar

The ES-335 also features a thin tapered 1960s neck and rosewood fingerboard (24-3/4" scale), body/neck binding, nickel-plated hardware with Grover heads, tune-o-matic bridge with stopbar tailpiece, separate volume and tone controls, and a 3-way switch.


Gibson Memphis 1959 ES-335 Dot Reissue Electric Guitar Antique Cherry

Gibson Memphis 1959 ES-335 Dot Reissue Electric Guitar Antique Cherry

With its solid maple center block, arched top, f-holes, and chambered wings, the 1959 ES-335 Dot gave players the resonance of a solidbody with the refined looks of a traditional Gibson archtop and reduced weight of a thinline. This Custom Shop reissue follows the vintage specs of the '59 model with its rounded neck and dot markers that would change to a thinner profile and block inlays in 1962. Its beautiful tone and versatility has made the ES-335 a classic favorite of guitarists across all music genres.


Gibson Memphis Custom Shop ES-335 Diamond Limited Run  Electric Guitar Pearl White Gold Hardware

Gibson Memphis Custom Shop ES-335 Diamond Limited Run Electric Guitar Pearl White Gold Hardware

The diamond-shaped sound holes on this Gibson Custom Shop ES-335 Diamond Limited Run Electric Guitar add an elegant visual twist to an already sublime body style. Gold hardware including Bigsby, tophat knobs, Grover tuners, ABR-1 bridge, and pickup covers impart a lush, luxurious vibe. Laminated maple top, back, and sides with a solid center block are joined to a 1-piece mahogany neck for a sparkle, breadth, and resonance without feedback that are unique to this body style. '57 Classic humbuckers represent the apex of Gibson pickup technology and deliver full, round tone that sounds as fabulous for mellow jazz as it does for screaming metal. Bound rosewood fretboard with pearloid dots and bound top and back.


Gibson Custom Shop Larry Carlton Signature ES-335 Vintage Sunburst

Gibson Custom Shop Larry Carlton Signature ES-335 Vintage Sunburst

"It's common knowledge that, by luck, my 335 sounds better than any we had ever heard in the '70s," says Carlton, "it has a unique evenness and fatness that isn't dark. I made sure they copied it very closely." As the guitar ace on over 3,000 studio dates, Carlton prized his 335 for its amazing versatility for everything from light pop to hard bop. Custom heavy neck profile, Carlton Burst finish, and '57 Classic humbuckers make it just like the master's.


Gibson Memphis ES 335 Plain '60s Block Inlay Electric Guitar Antique Cherry

Gibson Memphis ES 335 Plain '60s Block Inlay Electric Guitar Antique Cherry

Hailed as the most adaptable of all electric guitars, the Gibson ES-335 Electric Guitar sports the original semi-hollow design with laminated maple top, back, and rims, plus a mahogany center block. With '57 Classic Gibson humbuckers it will generate screaming extended sustain, dense rich jazz tones, and everything in between-all with no feedback issues.


Gibson Custom Shop Alvin Lee  Big Red  ES-335 Electric Guitar Cherry

Gibson Custom Shop Alvin Lee Big Red ES-335 Electric Guitar Cherry

Lee's 1959 ES-335 sported a faster '60s block inlay neck and an added pickup in the center position. When he cranked out the scorching solo to "Going Home" at Woodstock, his iconic axe became preserved for all time on celluloid. Here it is in the flesh, reproduced with utmost precision right down to the cool stickers aged onto the finish.This is a limited-edition of just 50 guitars. Order yours before they're gone forever!


Gibson Custom Shop Custom Shop CS-336 Plain Top Electric Guitar Faded Cherry

Gibson Custom Shop Custom Shop CS-336 Plain Top Electric Guitar Faded Cherry

Created by Gibson's Custom, Art, & Historic Division, the Custom Shop CS-336 Plain Top Electric Guitar is a "tonally carved" guitar with a solid mahogany back-and-sides unit, a carved maple top, and a center block that is an integral part of the top and back. The shape is a scaled-down version of the Gibson ES-335, offering the player more comfort from this highly reengineered version of the classic guitar.


Gibson ES-345 Reissue Electric Blues Guitar Tri-Burst

Gibson ES-345 Reissue Electric Blues Guitar Tri-Burst

The Gibson ES-345 Reissue Electric Blues Guitar has 2 '57 Classic humbuckers with 6-position Varitone switch, stereo and mono jacks, and all-maple semi-hollowbody let this Gibson classic belt out the blues like nobody's business. This super-versatile axe holds its own on jazz, rockabilly, country, and even rock stages. Parallelogram pearloid inlays on the bound rosewood fretboard, multi-ply top binding, gold hardware, parallelogram fretboard inlays, and bound back provide sumptuous looks. The ES-345 guitar has a mahogany neck, tune-o-matic bridge, and stopbar tailpiece. Comes with Gibson deluxe hardshell case.


Gibson Memphis ES-355 Electric Guitar with Bigsby Antique Ebony

Gibson Memphis ES-355 Electric Guitar with Bigsby Antique Ebony

Offered by the Gibson Custom Shop, the ES-355 Limited Run electric guitar makes one of the great Gibson classics of the late '50s available again as a beautifully crafted and finished Custom Shop masterpiece. This one sports the classic Bigsby vibrato. Includes black levant hardshell case.


Gibson Custom Shop CS-356 Figured Top Electric Guitar Faded Cherry

Gibson Custom Shop CS-356 Figured Top Electric Guitar Faded Cherry

The Gibson Custom Shop CS-356 Figured Top Electric Guitar is not only a versatile tone machine, it's also a musical dream come true. Since the first semi-hollow ES-335 was released in 1958, Gibson has had the ultimate goal of producing a semi-hollow guitar whose back, center block, and rims would be carved from one piece of wood. In 2001, the Custom Shop realized that dream with the introduction of the CS-336, a guitar whose warm, woody sound and scaled-down body size are the perfect combination of comfort and tone.With the introduction of the CS-356, a guitar with the same deep tone and comfortable feel but with an extended array of upscale appointments, the Custom Shop has created a big brother for the CS-336.It features a luxurious AAA figured, book-matched maple top; single-piece solid mahogany back, sides, and center block; slim-taper, one-piece mahogany neck; glassy-smooth, 22-fret ebony fingerboard; rich pearl block inlays; '57 Classic humbuckers; and stopbar tailpiece. The neck and body are fully bound, and all hardware is gold finished for a classy and sophisticated appearance.


Gibson Custom Shop Wes Montgomery Guitar Vintage Sunburst

Gibson Custom Shop Wes Montgomery Guitar Vintage Sunburst

In the Wes Montgomery, Gibson has created a guitar with inherent quality, versatility, and a rich, impressive appearance. It has gained the highest acclaim from professional musicians. Like the legend whose name it wears, it is destined for history. Guitarists everywhere have sung the praises of the comfortable neck, fast easy action, and quick response. Just like its predecessor, the L-5 CES, the Wes Montgomery has a carved spruce top with highly figured maple back, rims, and a 5-piece maple neck. This model features a '57 Classic reissue humbucking pickup placed in the neck position so that anyone playing it can achieve the Wes tone.


Gibson Custom Shop Duane Eddy Signature Guitar Rockabilly Brown Nickel Hardware

Gibson Custom Shop Duane Eddy Signature Guitar Rockabilly Brown Nickel Hardware

Custom slim neck profile (just like Duane likes it), custom-wound biting single-coil pickups for that classic Eddy twang, and a custom L.R. Baggs bridge transducer add up to a sparkling tonal signature. Mix the Baggs with the magnetics, or use it on its own. Vintage hefty Bigsby gives you Duane's famous bendability.


Gibson Custom Shop Howard Roberts Fusion III Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst

Gibson Custom Shop Howard Roberts Fusion III Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst

Semi-hollow body design with a laminated maple body, chromyte center block, and maple neck. Also includes dual alnico magnet humbuckers; 2 volume, 2 tone, and 3-way selector switch; 1959 rounded Les Paul neck; body and neck binding; tune-o-matic bridge; finger-style tailpiece; a 22-fret ebony fretboard with dot inlays; and gold hardware. Includes hardshell case ($143 value).


Gibson Custom Shop Johnny A. Signature Electric Guitar with Bigsby

Gibson Custom Shop Johnny A. Signature Electric Guitar with Bigsby

Beautifully figured solid AAA maple top. It rests atop an exclusive Gibson body style and size with back and rims carved from a single block of mahogany.Johnny A. custom neck profile, and custom pearl fingerboard inlays combine with traditional Gibson features like multi-ply binding, gold hardware, and an ebony fretboard to create an instrument that captures the magic of Gibson's past while eagerly anticipating the future.


Gibson Custom Shop L-4 CES Mahogany Electric Guitar Vintage Sunburst

Gibson Custom Shop L-4 CES Mahogany Electric Guitar

The precision-carved solid spruce top emits a sonorous, silky, deep, rich tone. Full binding with a sharp multi-ply binding on the top combines with a multilayer pickguard, goldtop-style knobs, pearl parallelogram inlays on the ebony fretboard, a substantial gold-plated brass tailpiece, and an ABR-1 bridge with pearl inlays in the ebony base to make this one astoundingly gorgeous electric guitar with vintage appeal. But the real beauty rings through when you plug it in.


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