Gibson ES-330 Hollowbody Electric Guitar - Sixties Cherry, incl. OHSC

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.

Specifications

General    

Number of Strings : 6
Left-/Right-handed : Right-handed

Body   

Body Type : Hollowbody
Body Shape : ES-330
Body Material : 3-ply Maple/Poplar
Top Material : 3-ply Maple/Poplar
Body Finish : Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Color : Sixties Cherry

Neck   

Neck Material : Mahogany
Neck Shape : Rounded C
Neck Joint : Set Neck
Radius : 12"
Fingerboard Material : Rosewood
Fingerboard Inlay : Blocks
Number of Frets :22
Scale Length : 24.75"
Nut Width : 1.695"
Nut Material : GraphTech

Hardware  

 
Bridge/Tailpiece : ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge, Trapeze tailpiece
Tuners : Vintage Deluxe

Electronics    

Neck Pickup : Dogear P-90 Single-coil
Bridge Pickup : Dogear P-90 Single-coil
Controls : 2 x volume, 2 x tone
Switching : 3-way toggle pickup switch

Case/Gig Bag :Hardshell Case

Serial : 229350146

Weight : 6lbs 4oz