Gibson Custom Shop

How do you make the most authentic re-creation of a vintage ES-335? To create the Gibson Custom 1964 ES-335 Reissue Ultra-Light Aged semi-hollowbody electric guitar, Gibson's master luthiers studied, scanned, and listened to rare examples of...

Initially produced as an acoustic in 1922 under the direction of famed Gibson luthier Lloyd Loar, the L-5 was Gibson’s first guitar with f-holes. In the 1940s the model became the rhythm box of choice for big band players and later the standard...