DISC Gibson ES-355 Walnut Maestro VOS 2018, Antique Walnut

Full Description

Lightweight Hollow Body

The Gibson ES-355 Walnut Maestro features a 3-ply maple/poplar/maple body, delivering a bright, precise tone with a beautifully balanced response. In addition, a pair of traditional ''F'' sound holes are also included, offering a classic appearance while delivering a stunning resonance and enhancing its harmonic richness. The ES-355 is also equipped with a quarter sawn Adirondack spruce bracing to project a vintage tonality, while its maple centreblock improves the body’s stability to reduce unwanted feedback and deliver a clean sustain. The VOS (Vintage Original Spec) finish recreates the natural fading vintage Gibson's would feature, providing each instrument with its own distinctive look and character.

Quatersawn Mahogany Neck

Coupled with the lightweight body is a quartersawn mahogany neck, offering a beautifully natural grain which adds to the ES-355’s stunning aesthetic. The mahogany tonewood provides players with an incredibly focused midrange, enhancing the overall tone with a thick, meaty, and organic character that works well with a variety of playing styles and musical genres. Its well-balanced sound and excellent dynamic range delivers nice overtones with a crisp response and clear, bright highs. The neck also features a rounded ''C'' profile, offering an incredibly comfortable playing experience.

Rosewood Fingerboard with Rolled Binding

The addition of a dark rosewood fingerboard infuses the Gibson ES Hollowbody with a sweet, mellow characteristic, offering a thick low end and striking high end that will suit a wide variety of playing styles. The natural finish of the dark rosewood provides a smooth playing surface, while the addition of medium jumbo frets provides comfortable slides and note bends. The neck and fingerboard is finished will rolled binding, providing a rounded off feel and delivering a comfortable performance.

MHS Humbucking Pickups

Loaded with two hand-wired PAF-style MHS humbucking pickups, the Gibson ES-355 delivers a vintage style tone with an airy and biting response. Featuring unbalanced coils and Alnico II magnets with an under wound design, the MHS pickups are perfect for a variety of styles and offer a detailed and articulate response. Coupled with these powerful pickups is Gibson’s MTC premier control setup, featuring matching 550k pots and orange drop capacitors which have been hand wired to ensure they deliver the ultimate performance.

VariTone Control

Incorporating an innovative VariTone control, the ES-355 can create a huge variety of well-articulated tones by simply rotating the switch. With 6 different positions, the VariTone switch acts as a notch filter and drops out different frequencies depending on the assigned position to produce a range of smooth and dynamic tones.

Vintage Maestro Vibrato System

This model features a vintage maestro vibrato system, which was 1 of 4 available vibrato systems used in the 60s. While this tailpiece adds to the truly vintage aesthetic of the Gibson ES, it still manages to deliver incredible pitch shifting effects to enhance your playing experience. A stylish lyre engraving was added to the cover plate to finish off its historic style.

Authentic Bone Nut

The Gibson ES-355 Walnut Maestro features an authentic bone nut, which offers an enhanced tone and sustain over traditional plastic and tusq nuts. The use of bone improves the vibration transfer between the string and tuning machines without dampening the tone, resulting in a clean sustain.

Gibson Memphis Series

Every Gibson Memphis Guitar receives an ultra-precise Plek Pro setup, which optimises the fingerboard and nut for perfect action and intonation. Gibson's world-class luthiers took painstaking care with every detail of the ES-355, including fine touches like matched 550k potentiometers, orange drop capacitors, Maestro tremolo, and a stunning VOS nitrocellulose lacquer finish. These finishing touches add to the amazing tone and vibe of this incredible guitar, living up to the ES Series' legacy.

Specifications

Body & Bridge

• Style: ES-355
• Body: 3-Ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
• Centreblock: Weight Relived Maple
• Bracing: Quarter Sawn Adirondack Spruce
• Binding: Multi-Ply
• Bridge: ABR-1 w/Plated Brass Saddles
• Tailpiece: Maestro Tremolo w/Engraved Cover
• Construction: Set-In
• Finish: VOS Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Colour: Antique Walnut

Neck & Fingerboard

• Neck: Quarter Sawn Mahogany
• Profile: Rounded ''C'', Rolled Binding
• Scale Length: 24.75''
• Fingerboard: Dark Rosewood
• Radius: 12''
• Frets: 22 Medium Jumbo, 18 Percent Nickel Silver
• Inlays: Mother of Pearl Full Blocks
• Nut: Bone
• Nut Width: 1.687''

Hardware & Electronics

• Bridge Pickup: MHS Humbucker Lead
• Neck Pickup: MHS Humbucker Rhythm
• Controls: 2 x Volume, 2 x Tone, Toggle Switch, 6-Position Varitone Switch
• Special Electronics: Hand-Wired w/Matched 550K Potentiometers & Orange Drop Capacitors
• Tuners: Kluson 'Waffle Backs'
• Control Knobs: Black Witch Hats w/Gold Inserts
• Pickguard: Multi-Ply Bound Tortoiseshell
• Hardware: VOS Gold
• String Gauges: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
• Case Included: Hardshell
• Accessories: Certificate of Authenticity, Gibson Strap, Gibson Polish Cloth, Gibson Multi-Tool, Gibson Pick Holder