Epiphone 1959 ES-355 Cherry Red Semi-Acoustic Guitar with Ca

Epiphone 1959 ES-355 Cherry Red Semi-Acoustic Guitar with Case
Product no: 9000-0120-2065

Product information

General

Gibson Custom Shop and Epiphone have joined forces to bring you the Inspired By Gibson 1959 ES-355. This brilliantly affordable yet brilliantly authentic ES-355 is based on a late '50s version of this popular thinline guitar and boasts the exact same dimensions, contours and looks. The hollow body has been constructed from laminated maple and poplar, comes with a solid spruce centre-block, and has been bound to a set-in mahogany neck.

The 1959 ES-355: Period-Correct Feel & PAF-Style Sound

The neck has a '50s Rounded Medium C profile to guarantee a period-correct playing feel, with the dark ebony fretboard and pearloid position markers serving as the authentic finishing touch. To help ensure vintage tone, Gibson has kindly supplied a pair of Custombuckers: hand-wired double-coil pickups that have been installed alongside real CTS pots and Mallory condensers. As far as the hardware goes, you're looking at a set of Grover Rotomatic tuners, a classic Tune-O-Matic bridge, and a Gibson Historic Reissue Aluminum Stop Bar. In short: maximum historical accuracy.

Specifications

Product features

Number of frets: 22
Number of strings: 6
Body depth: Thinline
Bridge type: Tune-o-matic + tailpiece
Centre block: Yes
Sustainable product: Not specified
Pickup configuration: HH
Pickup type: Humbucker (passive)
Suitable style of music: Warm blues, rock
Neck connection: Set neck
Wood type (back): Maple
Fretboard wood: Ebony
Wood type (soundboard): Maple
Wood type (sides): Maple
For what genre?: Rock & Blues (overdrive)
Includes cover: No
Includes case: Yes
Colour: Red
Country of origin: South Korea / Indonesia / China / Vietnam
Left-handed: No
Body material: Maple
Scale length: 24.75 inches (629mm)
Body type: Hollow-body
Set: No

Weight and dimensions including packaging

Weight: 7,8 kg
Dimensions: 120,0 x 50,0 x 17,0 cm

Product specifications

Epiphone semi-acoustic guitar
- model: 1959 ES-355
- series: Inspired by Gibson Custom Collection
- model number: EC35559CHVGH1
- colour: Cherry Red
body
- material: 5-ply layered maple/poplar
- finish: vintage original sheen
- shape: ES-355
- binding: white
neck
- joint: set-in
- neck material: 1-piece mahogany
- finish: vintage original sheen
- profile: 50s rounded medium C
- scale length: 24.75" (628.65mm)
- fretboard: ebony
- fretboard radius: 12" (305mm)
- binding: white
- number of frets: 22
- nut material: Graph Tech
- nut width: 43mm (1.69")
- position markers: pearloid position blocks
- truss rod: yes
hardware
- bridge: Tune-O-Matic
- tailpiece: Gibson Historic Reissue Aluminum Stop Bar
- hardware finish: gold
- tuners: Grover Rotomatic
- pickguard: synthetic tortoiseshell
electronics:
- bridge pickup: Gibson Custombucker
- neck pickup: Gibson Custombucker
- controls: 2x volume, 2x tone, 3-way pickup switch
included: brown hardshell case with pink interior
special features:
- hand-wired electronics including CTS potentiometers and Mallory condensers
- Inspired by Gibson Custom Logo

Service promise

Bax Music Warranty This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

This product comes with a 3-year warranty.

Reviews (2)

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4 / 5

Epiphone 1959 ES-355 Cherry Red Semi-Acoustic Guitar with Case

Persoonlijke ervaring.. Zelf heb ik 2 Gibsons SG's, paar goede high end Fenders.. Maar, deze lonkte mij toch om te proberen. En was verbaasd, hoe die in je hand ligt, de sound van de costumbuckers, US hardware, kortom, een hele andere ervaring dan de goedkope versies van Epiphone, en dus niet te vergelijken. Maar denkbdat zeker 10% verschil in zit met de echte 335 van Gibson ES-355.

January 15, 2025 | Walter H.

This review was automatically translated from Dutch.

2 / 5

Epiphone 1959 ES-355 Cherry Red Semi-Acoustic Guitar with Case

Besteld in juli en na 4 maanden wachten kwam er een nieuwe batch en werd de gitaar keurig door Bax verstuurd.
Vol verwachting opende ik de doos, de koffer en daar was-ie dan: de Epiphone ES 355.
Maar de blijdschap was van korte duur. De fret einden waren gewoon vreselijk slecht afgewerkt, super scherp en de binding bij de lage E snaar was over 15 cm beschadigd. Het voelde echt als een super goedkoop gitaartje!
Misschien ben ik verwend met mijn Gibson, maar ik heb ook goedkopere gitaren van Tokai, Burny en G&L die prima afgewerkt zijn voor de helft van deze prijs dus ik ben erg teleurgesteld in mijn eerste Epiphone ervaring.

Na 5 minuten voelen en droog spelen heb ik de gitaar subiet weer ingepakt en geretourneerd.
Uitstekende ophaal service van Bax waarvoor dank!

November 28, 2024 | Paul

This review was automatically translated from Dutch.