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Gibson Custom’s ES-330 is reminiscent of the classic Gibson, late ’50s feel, including the comfortable neck shape blending into the soft curves of the rounded fingerboard binding. The ES-330 is a lightweight, lively sounding guitar whether played acoustically or plugged in. With the 16th fret neck joint and just the right neck angle, it’s got a great feel that makes you want to play all night.
The combination of exacting ’50s body and neck specifications and slightly underwound P-90 pickups on aged nickel-plated bases tied together with an original spec wiring harness will bring you back to the tones of Grant Green in a laid-back New York jazz club. Run it through an old tube amp and you won’t be able to keep from playing one British Invasion song after another.
The weight, the feel and the tone of this ES-330 are magical. Offered in old-school colors and all finished in Gibson's warm Vintage Original Spec process, it’s a guitar that just makes sense from beginning to end.
Gibson ES-330 Electric Guitar
Features:
Three-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple hot-pressed top and back Rosewood fingerboard with Mother-of-Pearl dot inlays Underwound P-90 Dog Ear pickups Nickel-plated ABR-1 bridge with Trapeze tailpiece TonePros® Kluson® tuners with white buttons and 18:1 tuning ratio Includes Gibson Custom hardshell case
Gibson ES-330 Electric Guitar
Specifications:
Body Body Type: Single Chamber, Fully Hollow Top: 3ply - Maple/Poplar/Maple, Hot Pressed Back: 3ply - Maple/Poplar/Maple, Hot Pressed Binding: Cream Neck Species: Mahogany Neck with Maple Spline Truss Rod: Traditional Joint Angle: 4° (+/- 15 seconds) Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50 Neck Fit Joint: Mortise & Tenon Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50 Joint Angle: Tolerance +/- .005" Fingerboard Species: Hand-selected Dark Rosewood Radius: 12" Scale Length: 24.75" Nut/E.O.B: 1.687/2.062 Inlays: Mother-of-Pearl Dots Binding: .04, cream Other: Standard Fret Wire/Tortoiseshell Side Dots Nut Material: Vintage Style Nylon Width: 1.687 Slots: Gibson PLEK System Headstock Logo: 'Gibson' Pearl Inlay Truss Rod Cover: Vintage Truss Rod Cover Angle: 17 Degrees Tuners Model: TonePros® Kluson® with White Buttons Plating: Nickel Tuning Ratio: 18:01 Bridge Type: Tune-o-matic (ABR-1) Material: Die Cast Alloy Plating: Nickel Tailpiece Type: Trapeze-style Material: Aluminum Plating: Nickel Hardware Knobs: Amber Top Hats (Black Top Hats with Silver Inserts on Vintage Cherry) Pickguard: Reissue with 5-ply Binding Strings: .010 - .046, Genuine Gibson Strings Strap Buttons: Aluminum End Pins Pickups Neck Position:: Underwound P-90 Dog Ear (Alnico II) Bridge Position Underwound P-90 Dog Ear (Alnico II) Electronics Potentiometers: 2 Volume Controls, 2 Tone Controls Capacitors: Sprague Black Beauty Bumblebee Type: 500k Audio Taper Coil Wiring: Parallel-Machine Wound Toggle Switch: Switchcraft Toggle with Vintage Cap Output: Jack 1/4" Switchcraft Jack
I brought my Epiphone 1961 50th Anniversary Casino to the Englewood, CO store to do an A to B comparison with the Gibson ES-330 VOS. Neither guitar had a Bigsby vibrato.
The Casino 50th has the standard Gibson P-90's on it and they are hotter than the underwound P-90's on the 330 and can drive the amp into distortion sooner. (makes sense) The neck on the Casino is definitely a thinner 60's profile compared to the chunkier 50's profile on the 330.
Playing both unplugged, the 330 had a fuller, more acoustic or piano kind of resonance. The Casino had a tighter, thinner sound to it. The Casino has a wooden block inside the body between the tune-o-matic bridge and the bridge pickup; the 330 is fully acoustic and doesn't have the block. Though, it was quite a surprising contrast.
Plugged in the 330 has a warmer, fuller sound probably due to the vintage style P-90's and the body's acoustic quality, but P-90's still had bite.
The Casino has the shiny poly finish on it and the 330 has the more satin hand-rubbed lacquer finish. The Casino has chrome hardware and the 330 has nickel hardware with the VOS treatment.
All in all I'd say the two are in different parts of the spectrum, the Casino with modern P-90's would do rock easier with a tighter more solid body sound. And, the ES-330 VOS would do jazz or 50's style rock & roll easier. With a little knob tweaking one could probably do either style with the Casino or the ES-330.
I traded in the Casino and bought the 330. The other ES-330 VOS with Bigsby in the store was sold to another player at the same time I bought mine. Get 'em while you can!
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