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1963 ES-335TDC VOS Bigsby with Custom Made Plate Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar

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Overview

All the best Semi-Hollow features from a classic year.

Although the ES-335 kicked off with the "dot neck" in 1958, many players have always preferred the "block neck" version of the early '60s. The 1963 ES-335TD includes the correct body shape with narrower horns, rolled fingerboard binding for a soft playing feel, hot hide glue neck and body construction, correct fret wire, matched potentiometer sets, PAF-style MHS humbuckers, Bigsby vibrato and more.

Body: Correct '63 shape with narrower cutaway horns
Fingerboard: Bound rosewood with block inlays
Potentiometers: Matched 550k potentiometers
Hot hide glue: Historic body and neck construction
Truss rod: Tubeless Historic truss rod
Pickups: MHS humbuckers
Frets: Period-correct .100" x .045" fret wire
Finish: VOS nitrocellulose lacquer

Features

Body

Body shape: Double cutaway
Body type: Semi-hollow or chambered body
Body material: Laminated
Top wood: Maple/poplar/maple
Body wood: Maple/poplar/maple
Body finish: VOS
Orientation: Right handed

Neck

Neck shape: 1963
Neck wood: 1-piece Mahogany
Joint: Set-in
Scale length: 24.75 in.
Truss rod: Historic
Neck finish: Satin

Fretboard

Material: 1-piece Rosewood
Radius: 12 in.
Fret size: Medium
Number of frets: 22
Inlays: Small block
Nut width: 1.70 in. (43.2 mm)

Pickups

Configuration: HH
Neck: MHS
Middle: Not applicable
Bridge: MHS
Brand: Gibson
Active or passive pickups: Passive
Series or parallel: Series
Piezo: No
Active EQ: No
Special electronics: None

Controls

Control layout: Volume 1, volume 2, tone 1, tone 2
Pickup switch: 3-way
Coil tap or split: No
Kill switch: No

Hardware

Bridge type: Tremolo/Vibrato
Bridge design: ABR
Tailpiece: Bigsby B7
Tuning machines: Kluson double ring tulip
Color: Nickel

Other

Number of strings: 6-string
Special features: Electronics Bigsby tailpiece
Case: Hardshell case
Accessories: None
Country of origin: United States

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1963 ES-335TDC VOS Bigsby with Custom Made Plate Semi-Hollow Body Electric Guitar

All the best Semi-Hollow features from a classic year.

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