A real player’s vintage ES-335 from the golden Norlin era – lightweight, resonant, honest and full of character. This guitar has clearly spent decades being played instead of sitting untouched in a collector’s vault, and that is exactly what makes it special. The worn-in feel, the beautifully aged cherry finish and the heavily played rosewood fretboard immediately tell you this is an instrument with history.

Professionally converted from trapeze to stop tailpiece by well-known German guitar builder EYB Guitars using high-end Faber hardware and Schwarz stop tailpiece studs/posts. The result is exactly what many players are looking for in a vintage 335: more sustain, more attack and a tighter overall response while keeping the open, woody ES-335 character intact.

The guitar has also been professionally refretted with Jescar 55090 frets and plays extremely well. The fretboard shows noticeable wear from decades of real use, but in a way that simply feels right on a vintage instrument like this. It looks like a guitar that earned every mark honestly.

Electronics are original and fully functional. Tuners are non Originals.

The guitar delivers everything you would expect from a great old ES-335: warm neck tones, articulate mids, airy cleans and that unmistakable semi-hollow bark when pushed through a loud amp.

This is not a museum piece. It is a proper player’s grade vintage Gibson made to be used, recorded and taken on stage.

Includes a non-original hard case.