seed · 2025-01-01
Widely considered the most versatile gigging guitar ever; feedback at stage volumes is the known trade-off.
electric · semi-hollow
ES-335
| Maker | Gibson |
|---|---|
| Origin | United States |
| Type | electric · semi-hollow |
| Introduced | 1958 |
| Price | USD 3499 (2026-09) |
| Maker founded | 1894 |
| Status | current |
The semi-hollow that started the category: a hollow body with a solid centre block and two humbuckers.
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Why it matters
The ES-335 has been in continuous production since the late 1950s and appears on records across jazz, blues, soul and rock. The centre block is what makes it work: it holds off the feedback that troubles fully hollow guitars while keeping some of the open response. For players who want one electric that covers a lot of ground, it remains one of the default answers.
Note
The first semi-hollow: solid centerblock in a hollow body with humbuckers. Jazz-blues-rock crossover legend.
Specifications
- Scale length: 628.65 mm (24.75 in)
- Neck shape: Rounded C
Before you buy
- Body size and weight are the main adjustment for players used to solid bodies
- The range runs from the standard model to Custom Shop builds, so price spreads widely
- Neck profiles have changed over the decades, so the year matters
Collected notes
Other opinions
One video is one opinion. These are the other videos for this entry, most-viewed first. The order is the view count, not a ranking of ours.
Guitar Center · 2024-06 · 131,646 views
“The ES-335 ’60s Block Limited Edition brings home the sound and feel of this guitar’s most mythic era with T-Type Alnico V humbuckers wound to vintage specs, hand-wired CTS potentiometers, Orange Drop capacitors and…”
Molly Miller plays a '60s block ES-335 and covers its details.
Peach Guitars · 2023-09 · 53,198 views
“Check it out here: Are you curious what gear we use to record our videos?”
No-talking tone demo of an ES-335 in Sixties Cherry.