ES-335 is the most popular and the most important semi-hollow (Electric Spanish) guitar made by Gibson. It`s been around since 1958 and is the first thinline semi-acoustic guitar ever made. 2018 Gibson Memphis catalog features six 335s, with one 330 and one 275. ES-335 Black Beauty 2018 is a marriage of classic Les Paul Black Beauty concept and ES-335`s design and construction. It costs $5,499 and offers archtop/archback body, glued-in neck (w/24.75" scale), gold-plated hardware, and MHS pickups. Ebony (w/nitrocellulose finish, gold hardware) is the only available color option. The key features include a 3-ply maple/poplar/maple body, quarter-sawn mahogany body, 22-fret rosewood fingerboard, ABR-1 bridge, MHS humbucking pickups, and Grover tuners.

ES-335 Black Beauty 2018 Full Specs

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Body Shape ES
Body Type Semi-Hollowbody
Body Construction Semi acoustic
Body Construction Double cutaway
Carved Top Yes
Binding Creme
Body Wood Maple
Body Wood Poplar
Body Top Wood Maple
Body Top Wood Poplar
Pickguard Yes
Neck Wood Mahogany
Neck Shape C-shaped neck
Neck Shape Rounded
Neck Joint Set neck
Neck Joint Glued In
Fingerboard Material Rosewood (Bound)
Number of Frets 22
Fret Size Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays Block
String Nut Bone
Nut Width 1.6875" (1-11/16")
Fingerboard Radius 12.00"
Number of Pickups 3
Bridge Pickup Type Humbucker
Middle Pickup Type Humbucker
Neck Pickup Type Humbucker
Controls Volume
Controls Tone
Pickup Switch Type 3-way Pickup Selector
Bridge Tune-O-Matic
Bridge Stoptail
Hardware Gold
Number of Strings 6
Tuners Grover
Tuners Rotomatic
Scale Length 24-3/4"
Finish Nitrocellulose
Finish Gloss
Custom Features: Pickups: MHS humbuckers (Lead in the bridge, Reverse Polarity in the middle, Rhythm in the neck). Controls: vol, vol, tone, blend pot, 3-way toggle pickup switch, hand-wired with matched 550k pots and orange drop capacitors.

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Body Shape
ES
ES
Body Type
Semi-Hollowbody
Semi-Hollowbody
Body Construction
Double cutaway/Semi acoustic
Double cutaway
Carved Top
Yes
No
Binding
Creme
Creme
Body Wood
Maple/Poplar
Poplar
Body Top Wood
Maple/Poplar
Maple
Pickguard
Yes
No
Neck Wood
Mahogany
Mahogany
Neck Shape
C-shaped neck/Rounded
Rounded
Neck Joint
Glued In/Set neck
Glued In
Fingerboard Material
Rosewood (Bound)
Rosewood (Bound)
Number of Frets
22
22
Fret Size
Medium Jumbo
Medium Jumbo
Fingerboard Inlays
Block
Block
String Nut
Bone
Bone
Nut Width
1.6875" (1-11/16")
1.6875" (1-11/16")
Fingerboard Radius
12.00"
12.00"
Number of Pickups
3
2
Bridge Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Middle Pickup Type
Humbucker
No
Neck Pickup Type
Humbucker
Humbucker
Controls
Tone/Volume
Tone
Pickup Switch Type
3-way Pickup Selector
3-way Pickup Selector
Bridge
Stoptail/Tune-O-Matic
Bigsby
Hardware
Gold
Gold
Number of Strings
6
6
Tuners
Grover/Rotomatic
Rotomatic
Scale Length
24-3/4"
24-3/4"
Finish
Gloss/Nitrocellulose
Gloss
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