Gibson ES-330 - ‘60s Cherry Guitar #0135

For sale is a brand new Gibson ES-330 in '60s Cherry. These guitars are an absolute classic and so worthy of the heritage that Gibson has created over the past century. Plays and sounds amazing. Case candy and OHSC included. Danville Music is an Authorized Gibson Dealer, you can buy with confidence and the instrument comes with the full Gibson lifetime Warranty. We inspect and professionally set up every instrument we sell so you can buy with confidence, helping you fall in love with your new instrument. Feel free to message us with any questions.

A Distinctive-Sounding, Versatile, Vintage-Inspired Hollowbody Returns to the Gibson Lineup

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.

Specifications:

Body

Shape: ES-335

Back Wood: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple

Top Wood: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple

Neck

Neck Wood: Mahogany

Profile: Rounded "C"

Nut Width: 1.695"

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Scale Length: 24.75"

Frets: 22, Medium Jumbo

Nut: Graph Tech

Inlay: Acrylic Small Block

Hardware

Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic, Trapeze Tailpiece

Knobs: Black Top Hat

Tuners: Vintage Deluxe with White Button

Pickguard: Black 5-Ply

Electronics

Neck Pickup: Dogear P-90

Bridge Pickup: Dogear P-90

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

Case

Case: Gibson Hard Case