Gibson Custom Shop CS 356 Quilt Top Antique Natural
Item: GBHB213C
Gibson Custom Shop CS 356 Quilt Top Antique Natural
Item: GBHB213C
The Gibson Custom Shop CS 356 Electric Guitar has an elegant and comfortable scaled-down ES double cutaway body, with a carved top made of gorgeous quilted maple and a tonally carved mahogany back, center block, and sides. It has a one-piece mahogany neck which features a 22-fret ebony fretboard and is bound and adorned with mother-of-pearl block inlays. The Gibson CS-356 is loaded with Classic '57 humbucker pickups with Alnico II magnets, giving you the sound that defined the music of the late '50s. All the hardware on this beauty is brilliant gold, including the vintage Kluson tulip-style tuners, the ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic bridge and stop tailepiece.
Serial# 001655
Weight 6lbs. 14oz
Gibson Custom Shop CS 356 Quilt Top Antique Natural
Features:
- Body Type: Scaled-Down ES double-cutaway
- Top: Quilted Maple
- Body: Tonally carved mahogany back, center block, and side
- Body size: 13-3/4"(W) x 16" (L) x 1-11/16" (D)
- Neck: 1-piece set mahogany
- Neck profile: 1960 Slim Taper Profile
- Fingerboard: Ebony
- Fingerboard Radius: 12"
- No. of frets: 22
- Fingerboard inlay: Pearl Block
- Scale length: 24-3/4"
- Nut Width: 1.69"
- Hardware: gold
- Neck pickup: '57 Classic
- Bridge pickup: '57 Classic
- Controls: two volume, two tone, 3-way toggle pickup selector
- Knobs: Black speed
- Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
- Tailpiece: Stop Tailpiece
- Tuners: Vintage Kluson tulip style
- Strings: Brite Wire .010
- Finish: Lacquer
Includes:
- Gibson Hardshell Case
- Certificate of Authenticity