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Gibson ES-355 TDSV
Thin line semi-acoustic guitar
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PART 1 description and chronology | PART 2 specifications and shipping figures | PART 3 BB KING | Other users
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The Gibson ES-355 TD SV was available in several standard colours, as well as a number of custom colours. From left to right; 1961 sunburst, 1969 cherry, 1975 walnut, 1978 wine red, 1979 sunburst, 1980 antique sunburst. Note the ebony block tailpiece which occured in some early sixties models, and the TP-6 tailpiece of the newest instrument. |
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FEATURES:
Curly maple top, back and rims (rims are spruce after 1980) with solid maple centre block
Slim, fast, low-action neck joins body at 19th fret (1958-1962) and from then on at the 20th fret
One-piece mahogany neck (1958-1969?) Laminated maple neck (1970-1982)
Ebony fingerboard, pearl block inlays
Gold plated hardware throughout
Tune-O-Matic bridge
Twin Humbucking pickups with separate tone and volume controls
Three position toggle switch
Vibrato tailpiece. TP-6 from 1979/80
six-position Vari-Tone control
16" wide, 19" long, 1 ¾" thin; 24 ¾" scale, 22 frets
The varitone gave increasing depth notch out of midrange frequency. An explanation of all controls can be seen in the 1978 ES-355 spec sheet
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Gibson String advert from 1970? BB King plays his Gibson ES-355 TDSV - wailin on Gibson strings
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As well as the cherry, walnut, sunburst and antique sunburst, shipping figures also show small numbers of white, ebony and natural instruments shipped in the 1970s. There were most likely more shipped in the 1960s, however pre 1969 shipping figures do not always specify color. There is no mention in any Gibson literature of the availablilty of these colours
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