Gibson Custom Shop CS 356 Ebony Finish with Bigsby
Item: GBCS356EBBG1
Gibson Custom Shop CS 356 Ebony Finish with Bigsby
Item: GBCS356EBBG1
This Gibson CS 356 in ebony with factory Bigsby is one of my favorite guitars of 2011 so far. A slightly scaled down version of the ES 355, it is one comfortable guitar to play and hold. An extremely rare guitar in this finish. This Gibson Custom Shop CS 356 Electric Guitar has an elegant and comfortable scaled-down ES double cutaway body, with a carved top made of 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 of course, a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. A very limited number of these were made in this color. Think Keith but a bit smaller.
Gibson Custom Shop CS 356 Ebony Finish with Bigsby
Features:
- Body Type: Scaled-Down ES double-cutaway
- Top: 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: 1.59"
- 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: Bigsby vibrato
- Tuners: Vintage Kluson tulip style
- Strings: Brite Wire .010
- Finish: Lacquer
Includes:
- Gibson Hardshell Case
- Certificate of Authenticity