Description
2019 Gibson ES-355 Gloss – Graphite Metallic
Limited Edition
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Tony Elder / Steve Jackson
Black Dot Music
Est 1985
In super clean condition, hard to find, hard to photograph black 🙂 . Metallic pops under light angles.
A Luxurious ES-355 with Incredible Tone, Playability, and Looks
From blues to jazz to rock, there’s just no substitute for the vibrant tone and supreme playing comfort of the Gibson Memphis ES-355 Gloss 2019. Gibson released the ‘355 in the late 1950s as a top-of-the-line companion to the popular ES-335. Its iconic semi-hollow body, feedback-fighting center block, premium MHS II humbucking pickups, and MTC Premiere Memphis Tone Circuit make the 2019 ES-355 Gloss play and sound like a treasured classic. A super-stable quartersawn mahogany neck and Plek’d A-grade rosewood fretboard with rolled binding gives this upscale axe a smooth, precision feel to accommodate diverse playing styles. The Gibson Memphis ES-355 Gloss 2019 is a high-class take on a legendary electric guitar that helped shape the sound of modern music.
Handcrafted by Gibson
Nobody makes a semi-hollowbody guitar like Gibson. This superb ES-355 Gloss is handcrafted for quality craftsmanship you can count on, and from a city that knows how blues and jazz should sound. Carefully selected figured maple and poplar tonewoods, thermally engineered quartersawn Adirondack spruce top bracing, its dual f-hole thinline acoustic body cavity, and a thermally engineered chambered maple center block give the Gibson Memphis ES-355 Gloss its unmistakable tone and sustain.
Legendary tone from MHS humbuckers
Tonal excellence is yours when you plug the Gibson Memphis ES-355 Gloss into your favourite amplifier. Loaded with a pair of MHS II humbucking pickups, each with its own volume and tone controls, you’ll be able to dial in chiming country tones as easily as savagely distorted rock tones. The neck pickup gives you classic hollowbody-style tones for everything from smooth jazz to dirty blues. Flip to the bridge position, and you’ll command sounds covering everything from bright and clean to raw and mean. The guitar gurus here at Sweetwater all concur: playing this guitar is a sublime experience.
Rounded neck carve and Plek’d frets for optimised playability
Comfort and playability were two of Gibson’s primary concerns when they were designing the 2019 ES-355 Gloss. You’ll be delighted at how this guitar’s rounded-C neck profile comfortably fills your hand in just the right way. For your playing pleasure, the A-grade rosewood fingerboard is buffed to silky smoothness and bound with rolled edges so no fret ends impede your dexterity. The frets are dressed to perfection using a Plek Pro machine for optimised playability. Typically reserved for top-dollar custom guitars, this process levels the frets with pinpoint precision, providing you with the most playable fretboard you’re likely to own.
Gibson Memphis ES-355 Gloss 2019 Features:
- Classic semi-hollowbody electric guitar with 3-ply maple/poplar/maple body
- Thermally engineered chambered maple center block
- Quartersawn mahogany set neck, rounded-C profile
- Grade-A rosewood fingerboard with rolled binding and mother-of-pearl Full Block inlays
- Plek’d frets for effortless playability
- ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge with titanium saddles
- Aluminium Stopbar with locking studs
- Grover “Milk Bottle” Rotomatic tuning machines with Kidney buttons
- 1.687″ bone nut, 24.75″ scale length
- Humbucking pickups: MHS II Rhythm (neck), MHS II Lead (bridge)
- 2 Volume, 2 Tone controls, 3-way pickup selector toggle switch
- MTC Premiere Memphis Tone Circuit, handwired with matched 550K potentiometers and Orange Drop capacitors
- Nickel hardware; black Top Hat knobs with silver reflectors
- Gloss nitrocellulose finish
