Gibson ES-330 - Sixties Cherry

The Gibson ES-330 has garnered a reputation for its distinctive sound, comfortable playability, and classic aesthetics, making it a favourite among musicians seeking a versatile, vintage-inspired ES™-style electric guitar. A close cousin of the Epiphone Casino™, the ES-330 shares a similar fully hollow thin line body made of 3-ply maple/poplar/maple and is supremely resonant and warm-sounding due to the hollow body, trapeze tailpiece, and deep-set neck that creates an optimized bridge location. The mahogany neck has a comfortable Rounded “C” profile and features a rosewood fretboard with acrylic small block inlays and medium jumbo frets. The ES-330 is powered by a pair of Dogear P-90 pickups that are hand-wired to 500k potentiometers and Orange Drop® capacitors for bright and clear clean tones and wonderfully nasty, snarling tones when overdriven. The ES-330 is not only a great-sounding electric guitar for stage and studio use but is also equally enjoyable as a song writing tool and is considered by many to be the ideal “couch guitar” since it can be enjoyed equally well when unplugged and played acoustically. Gibson are proud to bring the ES-330 back to their catalogue so players can once again have the opportunity to discover the magic of this distinctive-sounding, vintage-inspired classic.

Body
Shape: ES-330
Body: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Binding: Single Ply Cream, Top, Back, and Fretboard

Neck
Material: Mahogany
Profile: Rounded “C”
Nut width: 43.053 mm
Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood
Scale length: 628.65mm
Number of frets: 22
Nut: Graph Tech
Inlay: Acrylic Small Block

Hardware
Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Tail Piece: Trapeze
Knobs: Black Top Hat
Tuners: Vintage Deluxe with White Button
Plating: Nickel

Electronics
Neck Pickup: Dogear P-90
Bridge Pickup: Dogear P-90
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone; Hand-wired with 500k Potentiometers and Orange Drop Capacitors