Description
Gibson Memphis took a ground-up approach to merging the famous 1957 Les Paul’s Black Beauty aesthetic with the Cadillac of Gibson jazz boxes, the ES-355. The result is the stunning ES-355 Black Beauty with Bigsby tailpiece. Built with a thermally engineered chambered maple centerblock and thermally engineered Adirondack spruce bracing, this ES-355 is lighter in weight and the trio of Memphis Historic Spec II, Memphis Historic Spec Reverse Polarity, and Memphis Historic Spec Lead humbucking pickups wired with Memphis Tone Control Premiere circuitry offer wider tonal range than any guitar of its kind.
About Gibson Memphis:
Luthier Orville Gibson founded the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Kalamazoo, MI in 1902. Its original aim was to make mandolins and mandolin-family instruments. Over the last 100-plus years, Gibson Brands, Inc., as it is now known, has since evolved into the world’s premier manufacturer of semi-hollow and hollow body electric guitars, as well as a celebrated portfolio of innovative solid-body and acoustic models.
If Beale Street could talk, it might tell you about Gibson Memphis. Producing all of Gibson’s semi-hollow and hollow body guitars, the Gibson Memphis facility is the heart of the blues.
Serial #: 12538709
Weight: 8lbs 7.2oz
Top: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Back: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Rim Material: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Centerblock: Thermally Engineered Chambered Maple
Bracing: Thermally Engineered Quarter Sawn Adirondack Spruce
Binding: 5-ply Black (B/W/B/W/B)
Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck: Quarter Sawn Mahogany
Neck Profile: Rounded “C”
Fingerboard: Dark Rosewood
Inlays: Mother of Pearl Full Block
Nut: Bone
Frets: Medium Jumbo – 18% Nickel Silver
Nut Width: 1.687″
Scale Length: 24.75″
Fingerboard Radius: 12″
Number of Frets: 22
End of Board Width: 2.241″
Hardware Finish: Gold
Bridge: ABR-1 with Titanium Saddles
Tailpiece: Bigsby B-7 Vibrola
Tuners: Grover Milk Bottle Rotomatics
Pickguard: 5-Ply Black
Knobs: Black Top Hats with Gold Reflectors
Switch Tip: Vintage
Truss Rod Cover: Black/White
Neck Pickup: MHS II Humbucker Rhythm
Middle Pickup: MHS II Humbucker Lead
Bridge Pickup:
Modified MTC Premiere : 2 volumes, 1 master tone, 1 blend pot,
Controls: 1 toggle switch, hand-wired with matched 550K volume and tone pots and orange drop capacitor
Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Case: Hardshell
Other: Certificate of Authenticity, Gibson Strap, Gibson Polish Cloth, Gibson Multi-tool, Gibson Pick Holder
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