One year after its introduction in 1958, the ES-335 settled on its classic configuration. Many players prefer the 1959 rounded neck profile, which is a little heftier than the models produced after mid-1962, giving you plenty to hold onto.

The fretboard dots--rather than the later bars--distinctively mark this Custom Shop re-creation as a 1959 model. Perfect to the last detail, this world-class semi-hollowbody is indistinguishable in every way from the 335s that rolled off the line in '59. It's even made on the exact same forms used then.

Features

• Plain maple laminated top, back, and rims
• Solid maple center block
• One-piece mahogany neck with extended tenon
• 22-fret rosewood fingerboard
• Holly headstock veneer
• '57 Classic humbuckers
• 1959 rounded neck profile
• Lightweight aluminum stopbar tailpiece
• ABR-1 bridge
• Single-ply cream binding on top, back, fretboard, and headstock
• Vintage tulip tuners
• Pearloid dot inlays
• 2 volume knobs
• 2 tone knobs
• 3-way selector
• 24-3/4" scale
• 1-11/16" nut width

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