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Gibson Gibson may refer to: People * Gibson (surname) Businesses * Gibson Brands, Inc., an American manufacturer of guitars, other musical instruments, and audio equipment * Gibson Technology, and English automotive and motorsport company based * Gi ...

335-S was a solid-body version of their very popular Electric Spanish guitar, the ES-335. Although a very similar shape (though a little smaller), and with identical controls, being a solid-body rather than

semi-acoustic A semi-acoustic guitar, hollow-body electric, or thinline is a type of electric guitar that was first created in the 1930s. It has a sound box and at least one electric pickup. The semi-acoustic guitar is different to an acoustic-electric guita ...

guitar gave this model a rather different sound. The 335-S came in three varieties: *335-S Deluxe:

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body and neck, bound ebony

fingerboard The fingerboard (also known as a fretboard on fretted instruments) is an important component of most stringed instruments. It is a thin, long strip of material, usually wood, that is laminated to the front of the neck of an instrument. The stri ...

, pearl inlaid headstock *335-S Custom: Mahogany body and neck, unbound rosewood fingerboard *335-S Standard: Maple body and neck, unbound rosewood fingerboard All models were fitted with two

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pickups, and two volume and two tone controls. The pickups in the Deluxe and Custom were Gibson's "Dirty Fingers", with a coil-tap switch, to allow a single-coil mode, while the Standard had Gibson Superhumbuckers with no coil-tap facility. All three versions were introduced in mid-1980; Custom and Standard ended production in 1981; the Deluxe in 1983. In 2011 Gibson reissued the 335-S with specifications similar to the 335-S Standard, but with one tone control and Gibson Burstbucker pickups.

References

External links

Gibson 335-S on Vintage Guitars website
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