Gibson ES-330, Sixties Cherry w/ Case

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.

Key Features:

• Fully Hollow Thinline 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple Body

• Mahogany Neck with a Rounded "C" Profile

• Rosewood Fretboard with Acrylic Small Block Inlays and 22 Medium Jumbo Frets

• Two Dogear P-90 Pickups

• Vintage Deluxe Tuners

• Hardshell Case Included

Body Style
ES

Body Shape
ES-330

Body Material
3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple

Top
3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple

Back
3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple

Side
3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple

Bracing
Spruce

Centerblock
None

Binding
Single Ply Cream, Top, Back, and Fretboard

Body Finish
Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

Profile
Rounded "C"

Scale Length
628.65 mm / 24.75 in

Fingerboard Material
Indian Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius
304.8 mm / 12 in

Neck Material
Mahogany

Fret Count
22

Frets
Medium Jumbo

Nut Material
Graph Tech

Nut Width
43.053 mm / 1.695 in

End Of Board Width
57.404 mm / 2.26 in

Inlays
Acrylic Small Block

Joint
Glued In, Set Neck

Finish
Nickel

Bridge
ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic

Tailpiece
Trapeze

Tuning Machines
Vintage Deluxe with White Button

Pickguard
Black 5-ply

Truss Rod
Adjustable

Control Knobs
Black Top Hat

Switch Tip
Cream

Strap Buttons
2

Neck Pickup
Dogear P-90

Bridge Pickup
Dogear P-90

Controls
2 Volume, 2 Tone; Hand-wired with 500k Potentiometers and Orange Drop Capacitors

Pickup Selector
3-way Toggle

Output Jack
1/4"

Strings Gauge
.010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046

Case
Hardshell

Accessories
Includes Gibson Accessory Kit