Gibson Custom ‘59 ES-335 Murphy Lab Light Aging. This is an incredible ES-335. The natural finish is checked throughout the body, neck, and headstock of the guitar. An amazing job by the Murphy Lab with the aging of this guitar! The ‘59 neck profilE is one of the most popular neck profiles and for very good reasons!! It’s chunky enough to fit right in your hand but not so thick that it makes the guitar difficult to play. The Gibson Custombucker pickups are some of the best Gibson has made over the last several years.
This guitar comes from the Gibson Demo Shop. Included is all paperwork reaching any imperfections, which we cant really tell there are any…. Mainly just the oxidation on the pickups covers, etc that we fell makes the guitar look better and more like a vintage guitar! It also says in the paperwork some finish imperfections which we can’t really tell, with the incredible aging of the finish. Overall condition from Gibson shows a 4.1 out of 5 condition and rated good.
The Gibson Murphy Lab '59 ES-335 features a 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple body with a solid maple centerblock, a Mahogany neck with an authentic '59 Medium C-shape, and an Indian Rosewood fingerboard with pearloid dot inlays. It is equipped with two unpotted Custombucker Alnico 3 pickups, an ABR-1 bridge, a lightweight aluminum stopbar, and Kluson single-line tuners, all finished with nickel hardware and a specific Murphy Lab aged nitrocellulose lacquer.
Body & Construction
- Body Material: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
- Centerblock: Solid Maple
- Body Finish: Murphy Lab Aged Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Construction: Hide Glue Fit neck joint with a Long Tenon
Neck and fingerboard
- Neck wood: Solid Mahogany, attached with a long tenon and hide glue.
- Neck profile: Authentic '59 Medium "C" shape, which is a rounder, thicker profile than later ES models.
- Fingerboard: Indian Rosewood with a 12-inch radius.
- Frets: 22, Authentic Medium-Jumbo.
- Nut: Nylon, with a width of 1.687 inches (42.85mm).
- Inlays: Pearloid dots.
- Scale length: 24.75 inches.
Hardware and electronics
- Pickups: Two unpotted Custombucker Alnico 3 humbuckers.
- Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone controls, a 3-way toggle pickup switch, CTS 500K Audio Taper Potentiometers, and Paper-in-Oil Capacitors.
- Bridge: ABR-1 with nickel-plated brass saddles.
- Tailpiece: Lightweight Aluminum Stop Bar.
- Tuners: Kluson Single Line, Single Ring tuners.
- Hardware plating: Aged Nickel plating, with the level of aging matching the finish.
- Control knobs: Amber Butyrate Top Hats with dial pointers.