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Gibson Custom Shop 1961 ES-335 Reissue Murphy Lab Heavy Aged 60s Cherry

Gibson Custom Shop · #130302
BrandGibson Custom Shop
TypeElectric Guitars
Serial No.130302
PhotographyActual Photos
Part No.61ES335HASCNH1
Archive ID57431
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The Story

1961 ES-335 Reissue Murphy Lab Heavy Aged 60s Cherry

Like stepping into a guitar shop in 1961 and picking up an ES-335 off of the wall. This is the Gibson Historic Reissue 1961 ES-335 in 60s Cherry over the laminate maple body. The guitar is built after a year of studying and scanning original examples of '60s ES-335s. The guitar features an Authentic Slim-Taper C neck profile, pearl dot inlays, vintage-replica parts and a set of unpotted Custom Bucker Alnico III pickups with paper-in-oil caps. and audio taper pots. This one has a Murphy Lab Heavy Aged treatment that adds relic wear all throughout the body - small nicks and scuffs in the paint replicating decades of gigs, though unlike the Ultra Heavy Aging package, this one doesn't show off any bare unpainted wood, it's noticeable but still hinting on the side of subtle!

Includes: Hardshell Case, Certificate of Authenticity, Hang Tags and Paperwork

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The Specifications

As it left The Music Zoo Tech Bench.
  • Semi-Hollowbody Electric Guitar
  • 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple Construction
  • 1-Ply Royalite Binding
  • Mahogany Neck with SlimTaper "C" Shape, Long Tenon & Hide Glue Construction
  • Rosewood Fingerboard
  • Dot Inlays
  • 24 3/4" Scale Length
  • 1.687" Nut Width
  • 12" Radius
  • 22 Authentic Medium Jumbo Frets
  • Custombucker Alnico III (Unpotted) Pickups
  • 2 Volume/2 Tone CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper-in-Oil Capacitors
  • Kluson Single Line Double Ring Tuners
  • Nickel Hardware
  • 7 lbs, 9 oz.
  • .850" Neck Profile at 1st Fret
  • .980" Neck Profile at 12th Fret

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