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Description
Description
Combining their favorite aspects of the ES-339 and ’57 Les Paul Black Beauty, Gibson Memphis designed the ES-359 Black Beauty with Bigsby tailpiece to represent the best that these two very different models have to offer. It’s light like a 339, featuring a thermally engineered chambered maple centerblock and thermally engineered quarter-sawn Adirondack spruce bracing, and the trio of Memphis Historic Spec II humbucking pickups with gold covers and Memphis Tone Control Premiere wiring provide PAF-era tone with modern control, all topped off with a B-7 Vibrola cherry.
About Gibson Memphis:
Luthier Orville Gibson founded the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Kalamazoo, MI in 1902. Its original aim was to make mandolins and mandolin-family instruments. Over the last 100-plus years, Gibson Brands, Inc., as it is now known, has since evolved into the world’s premier manufacturer of semi-hollow and hollow body electric guitars, as well as a celebrated portfolio of innovative solid-body and acoustic models.
If Beale Street could talk, it might tell you about Gibson Memphis. Producing all of Gibson’s semi-hollow and hollow body guitars, the Gibson Memphis facility is the heart of the blues.
Serial #: 12818729
Weight: 7lbs 6.9oz
Top: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Back: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Rim Material: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Centerblock: Thermally Engineered Chambered Maple
Bracing: Thermally Engineered Quarter Sawn Adirondack Spruce
Binding: 5-ply Black (B/W/B/W/B)
Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck: Quarter Sawn Mahogany
Neck Profile: Rounded "C"
Fingerboard: Dark Rosewood
Inlays: Mother of Pearl Full Block
Nut: Bone
Frets: Medium Jumbo - 18% Nickel Silver
Nut Width: 1.687"
Scale Length: 24.75"
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Number of Frets: 22
End of Board Width: 2.241"
Hardware Finish: Gold
Bridge: ABR-1 with Titanium Saddles
Tailpiece: Bigsby B-7 Vibrola
Tuners: Grover Milk Bottle Rotomatics
Pickguard: 5-Ply Black
Knobs: Black Top Hats with Gold Inserts
Switch Tip: Vintage
Truss Rod Cover: Black/White
Neck Pickup: MHS II Humbucker Rhythm
Middle Pickup: MHS II Humbucker Lead
Bridge Pickup: Modified MTC Premiere : 2 volumes, 1 master tone, 1 blend pot, Controls: 1 toggle switch, hand-wired with matched 550K volume and tone pots and orange drop capacitor
Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Case: Hardshell
Other: Certificate of Authenticity, Gibson Strap, Gibson Polish Cloth, Gibson Multi-tool, Gibson Pick Holder
About Gibson Memphis:
Luthier Orville Gibson founded the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Kalamazoo, MI in 1902. Its original aim was to make mandolins and mandolin-family instruments. Over the last 100-plus years, Gibson Brands, Inc., as it is now known, has since evolved into the world’s premier manufacturer of semi-hollow and hollow body electric guitars, as well as a celebrated portfolio of innovative solid-body and acoustic models.
If Beale Street could talk, it might tell you about Gibson Memphis. Producing all of Gibson’s semi-hollow and hollow body guitars, the Gibson Memphis facility is the heart of the blues.
Serial #: 12818729
Weight: 7lbs 6.9oz
Top: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Back: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Rim Material: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Centerblock: Thermally Engineered Chambered Maple
Bracing: Thermally Engineered Quarter Sawn Adirondack Spruce
Binding: 5-ply Black (B/W/B/W/B)
Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck: Quarter Sawn Mahogany
Neck Profile: Rounded "C"
Fingerboard: Dark Rosewood
Inlays: Mother of Pearl Full Block
Nut: Bone
Frets: Medium Jumbo - 18% Nickel Silver
Nut Width: 1.687"
Scale Length: 24.75"
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Number of Frets: 22
End of Board Width: 2.241"
Hardware Finish: Gold
Bridge: ABR-1 with Titanium Saddles
Tailpiece: Bigsby B-7 Vibrola
Tuners: Grover Milk Bottle Rotomatics
Pickguard: 5-Ply Black
Knobs: Black Top Hats with Gold Inserts
Switch Tip: Vintage
Truss Rod Cover: Black/White
Neck Pickup: MHS II Humbucker Rhythm
Middle Pickup: MHS II Humbucker Lead
Bridge Pickup: Modified MTC Premiere : 2 volumes, 1 master tone, 1 blend pot, Controls: 1 toggle switch, hand-wired with matched 550K volume and tone pots and orange drop capacitor
Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Case: Hardshell
Other: Certificate of Authenticity, Gibson Strap, Gibson Polish Cloth, Gibson Multi-tool, Gibson Pick Holder