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This is the exact guitar you'll receive. This guitar is brand new, but has been on display on our sales floor. May have a few light examples of shop wear such as light marks, scratches, etc. May not ship in original shipping box. This instrument still carries the full manufacturers warranty, and will be thoroughly inspected before shipping.
Weight (SN 220450253) - 6lbs 2.9oz
A Distinctive-Sounding, Versatile, Vintage-Inspired Hollowbody Returns to the Gibson Lineup.
The Gibson ES-330 has garnered a reputation for its distinctive sound, comfortable playability, and classic aesthetics, making it a favorite among musicians seeking a versatile, vintage-inspired ES™-style electric guitar. A close cousin of the Epiphone Casino™, the ES-330 shares a similar lightweight, fully hollow thinline body made of 3-ply maple/poplar/maple. It is supremely resonant and warm-sounding due to its 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 22 medium jumbo frets. The 12” fretboard radius is equally comfortable whether you’re playing clean and jangly chords at the first fret or searing lead lines with heavy string bends up high. The trapeze tailpiece adds to the visual and sonic appeal of the ES-330, while the fully adjustable ABR-1 bridge ensures spot-on intonation. The Vintage Deluxe tuners feature white buttons for even more visual flair and, along with the Graph Tech® nut, help keep this thinline hollowbody solidly in tune.
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. Feedback? Sure–any fully hollow guitar can be prone to feedback and probably isn’t the first choice for ultra-high gain and volume situations, but the ES-330 can be surprisingly easy to control when you apply some gain, and with some judicious palm and fretting hand muting, it will sing and sustain in a unique and musical way that most other guitars can’t match. For blues, Americana, 60s pop, country, jazz, rock, and more, the ES-330 is a great choice. The ES-330 is not only a fantastic-sounding electric guitar for stage and studio use but is also equally enjoyable as a songwriting tool and is considered by many to be the ideal “couch guitar” since it can be enjoyed just as well when unplugged and played acoustically. We’re proud to bring the ES-330 back to the Gibson catalog so players can once again have the opportunity to discover the magic of this distinctive-sounding, vintage-inspired classic.
Body
Back: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Binding: Single-ply Cream, Top, Back, and Fretboard
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Body Shape: ES-335
Body Styles: ES
Bracing: Spruce
Centerblock: None
Side: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Top: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Neck
End Of Board Width: 57.4mm / 2.26in
Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count: 22
Frets: Medium Jumbo
Inlays: Acrylic Small Block
Joint: Glued In, Set Neck
Neck Material: Mahogany
Nut Material: Graph Tech
Nut Width: 43.05mm / 1.7in
Profile: Rounded C
Scale Length: 628.65mm / 24.75in
Hardware
Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Control Knobs: Black Top Hat
Finish: Nickel
Pickguard: Black 5-ply
Strap Buttons: 2
Switch Tip: Cream
Tailpiece: Trapeze
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Tuning Machines: Vintage Deluxe with White Button
Electronics
Bridge Pickup: Dogear P-90
Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone; Hand-wired with 500k Potentiometers and Orange Drop Capacitors
Neck Pickup: Dogear P-90
Output Jack: 1/4"
Pickup Selector: 3-way Toggle
Miscellaneous
Accessories: Includes Gibson Accessory Kit
Case: Hardshell
Strings Gauge: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
