The deeper body and trapeze tailpiece combine to provide a response that is darker and punchier on the attack and less acoustically sustaining-a perfect recipe for a more traditional jazz tone. 046 strings, but the three-piece maple neck has a healthy, rounded ’59 Les Paul contour that could easily handle the added tension of flatwound strings.
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Based on the original version of the guitar from before its first major update in 1962, this instrument is the perfect choice if youre looking for vintage authenticity from a late-model axe. If the untinted clear finish doesn’t float your boat, check out Gibson’s wine red, vintage sunburst or ebony black finishes. Theres now a wide variety of models to choose from, such as the Gibson Custom 2015 1959 ES-335 Historic Dot Reissue. Simple white binding sets off the unfigured maple body, with its unbound f-holes.
An unbound rosewood fingerboard is ornamented with dot inlays, and the headstock is similarly unbound and unornamented, save the gold Gibson decal. Otherwise, it’s a simple- and functional-looking instrument, with immaculate craftsmanship. If that center block weren’t there, this would be a dead ringer for the jazz player’s workhorse, the ES-175. Cant go wrong with these early 2000s Gibsons.
Spec wise you get a nice slim 60s profile neck, 57 classic pickups, a rosewood fretboard and factory fitted grover tuners. The Limited-Edition 135 features the famous PAF ’57 humbuckers and gold hardware, including Grover tuners and a trapeze tailpiece. A Stunning Gibson ES 335 Dot from 2005 in the Vintage Sunburst Finish. You’d normally find the ES-135 outfitted with chrome hardware and P-90 pickups or, on some models, Gibson’s stacked P-100s. With its single cutaway and slightly deeper body (2.125 inches at the edge), the ES-135 comes a little closer to a jazz guitar than its 335-based brothers.
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