The Gibson ES-335 was originally designed to encompass the benefits of a solidbody guitar, but with the style of an acoustic archtop. Altough it was introduced in 1958, the most desirable version is the 1959 model - and this is the model that Gibson have based their reissue on. The 1959 ES-335 Dot Reissue retains the original construction, with the solid maple center block for sustain and resistance to feedback, and arched laminated maple top, back, and sides for added hollowbody-like warmth. The glued-in quarter-sawn mahogany neck with long tenon has a one-piece rosewood fingerboard with a 12” radius and a width of 1 11/16” at the nut, along with classic 24 ¾” Gibson scale length.

From 2013 onwards these reissues had Kluson™ Deluxe machine heads, hot-hide glue neck fit, a period-correct Historic Truss Rod assembly with no tubing, accurate body and fingerboard binding color, and Aniline dye for the neck of guitars finished in Faded Cherry, and Gibson Custom’s outstanding new Custom Bucker PAF reproductions.