Gibson 335-S

The Gibson 335-S was a solidbody version of their very popular Electric Spanish guitar, the ES-335. Although a very similar shape (though a little smaller), and with identical controls, being a solidbody rather than semi-acoustic guitar gave this model a rather different sound.

The 335-S came in three varieties:

All models were fitted with two humbucking pickups, and two volume and two tone controls. The pickups in the Deluxe and Custom were Gibson's "Dirty Fingers", with a coil-tap switch, to allow a single-coil mode, whilst the Standard had Gibson Superhumbuckers with no coil-tap facility.

All three versions were introduced in mid-1980, the Custom and Standard deleted in 1981, and the Deluxe deleted by the beginning of 1983.

In 2011 Gibson reissued the 335-S with specifications similar to the 335-S Standard, but with one tone control and Gibson Burstbucker pickups.[1]

References

  1. ↑ http://www.guitar-list.com/gibson/electric-guitars/gibson-335-s-solid-bodies
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