2017 Gibson ES 355 VOS
£3,950.00
Out of stock
2017 Gibson ES 355 VOS Hold
Exceptionally nice very lightly used 2017 Gibson ES 355 VOS in sixties cherry nitro finish. Pictures tell the story and its original specs below:
The 2018 Gibson ES-355 VOS Bigsby is an elegant and iconic guitar featuring a quarter-sawn mahogany neck, dark rosewood fingerboard with mother of pearl full block inlays, silver leaf maple centerblock, and quarter-sawn Adirondack spruce bracing. Premium hardware includes an ABR-1 bridge, Grover “Milk Bottle” Rotomatic tuners, Bigsby B-7 tremolo, and our hand-wired MTC Premiere control assembly paired with MHS humbucking pickups.
Specifications:
Body
- Wood Species: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple w/ Silver Leaf Maple Centerblock
- Finish: VOS Nitrocellulose Lacquer w/ Multi-ply binding
Neck
- Material: Quarter Sawn Mahogany
- Neck Profile: Rounded “C”, Rolled Binding
- Scale Length: 24.75″
- Fingerboard Material: Dark Rosewood
- Fingerboard Radius: 12″
- Number of Frets: 22
- Frets: Medium Jumbo – 18% Nickel Silver
- Nut Material: Bone
- Nut Width: 1.687″
- End of Board Width: 2.241″
- Inlays: Mother of Pearl Full Block
- Truss Rod: Engraved F Hole
Hardware
- Finish: VOS Gold
- Bridge: ABR-1 with plated brass saddles
- Tailpiece: Bigsby B-7 Tremelo
- Tuning Machines: Grover ‘Milk Bottle’ Rotomatics
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- Pick Guard: Multi-ply Bound Tortoiseshell
- Control Knobs: Black Top Hats
- Switch Tip: Amber
- Switch Washer: None
- Jack Plate Cover
Electronics
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- Neck Pickup: MHS Humbucker Rhythm
- Bridge Pickup: MHS Humbucker Lead
- Controls: MTC Premiere : 2 volumes, 2 tones, 1 toggle switch, hand-wired with matched 550K potentiometers and orange drop capacitors
- MHS pickups are based on early PAF humbuckers. The adjustable coil has more turns than the slug coil, the wire is 42 gauge, enamel insulated and the long magnets are Alnico 2 for bridge pickup, Alnico 3 for neck.
- Comes with its original brown Gibson case and menu book of athunticity
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