A November 1958 ES-335TDN.

One the very last of just 50 Natural ES-335TDs shipped in 1958. This fifty-one year-old beauty weighs just 7.60 lbs. and has a nice, fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Laminated 'birds-eye' maple body. One-piece mahogany neck with a wonderful thick late '58 / early '59 neck profile, bound Brazilian rosewood fretboard with 22 thin frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. Two "double-black" PAF humbucker pickups with black plastic surrounds and outputs of 8.43k and 7.55k. ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic non-retainer bridge with metal saddles and separate stud tailpiece. There is an old small repair on the top by the jack input and the body has been lightly over-sprayed many years ago - most likely at the same time as the jack repair. The neck has been expertly re-fretted (with the exact correct gauge fretwire) and expertly re-finished. The stud-pins for the ABR-1 bridge have been moved back by 1/8 inch on the treble side and 1/16 inch on the bass side - leaving two tiny holes which have been filled (only visible when the ABR-1 bridge is removed) This work was carried out to cure a common intonation problem on '58 ES guitars - and was done many, many years ago. The tuner-tips (which had crystalized) have been replaced with 'Uncle Lou' premium tips. That's all the 'bad' news' - now for the good stuff… this guitar is very light, sounds absolutely amazing, plays like a dream and has a very, very pretty 'Birds-Eye' Maple top. The guitar has been examined by our luthiers and the repair around the jack input can be greatly - if not almost invisibly redone. We have not undertaken this work because we feel it is imperative to disclose everything to any potential buyer. We give the guitar an excellent plus (8.75) rating BUT if it were not for the jack repair and the expert neck re-fin we would have given it a strong near mint (9.25) rating. An opportunity to own one of the very few blond ES-335's at a more affordable price. Housed in the original Gibson five-latch brown hardshell case with pink plush lining (9.00).