Gibson Vintage 1996 ES-335 Dot Figured Vintage Sunburst Yamano Order w/ HSC

Here we have a very special 335. It’s a vintage 1996 Yamano sunburst Gibson ES 335 Dot with a striking highly figured look and real vintage feel. The 90’s were very good years for 335’s and this one is truly breath-taking. It plays superbly, beautifully balanced yet feels very solid and is in full original condition. It has a slightly thinner '60's profile neck carve which feels very comfortable, fast and smooth to play. Build at Gibson’s Nashville plant, USA. Like many of the best Gibson guitars of the era, it was exported to Japan by Yamano to retail in the prominent guitar stores over there. Please read up on the Yamano era of Gibson if you are not aware of these amazing guitars. Anyway it is in find condition for it's 30 years on earth. The binding is nice and tight with no cracking. There is no buckle rash on the back. No notable big chips or dings anywhere. Just gentle playwear with some lovely subtle vintage ageing all over the plastics. A few fine scratches & scuffing etc. There is some dust over the guitar which will account for the little white specs you see. The binding is turning cream and the metal hardware is dull and nicely tarnished. This one is well along the road to being a real vintage looker. The nitro has that dull look earned over a few decades and some fine finish checking in the nitrocellulose lacquer. Exactly the kind of look Gibson try to replicate on their modern VOS finishes. Neck is dead straight truss rod checked and functioning fine, plenty of life left in the frets, which still have their nibs. The original Classic '57's sound very articulate. Weighs in at a very decent 4.1kg. It is complete with its original tan, pink-lined Gibson HSC, Japanese Yamano booklet and original Japanese hangtag. Case is functioning fine, latches dulled over the years. I’ll let the pics tell the rest of the story, this is a beautiful 335.
 
Buy with confidence, Gas Station Guitars is a Ltd UK company and we offer a no question 14-day refund policy on all our guitars. We are very experienced in shipping our guitars worldwide. At Gas Station Guitars we carefully hand-select all our guitars, if they don’t blow us away on all fronts, we just don’t put them in our shop; if it’s for sale by Gas Station Guitars, you know it’s gonna be pretty special. All pictures you see above are of the actual guitar, and all guitars have been fully checked and are with us in hand, so it’s straight from us to you! Our packaging is very tough and designed to protect equally guitars with hardcases and softcases. This guitar is NOT FOR TRADE or part exchange and we cannot do holds or lay aways. We ship to the E.U, Europe, U.S, Australia, Canada and of course the UK.
 
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