Gibson Custom Shop Joe Bonamassa ES-335 VOS

Mark Wein

Grand Poobah
Staff member
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Here is a Gibson Custom Shop Joe Bonamassa Signature ES-335 VOS ser #129 of only 365 built. Modeled after Joe’s own 51-year-old 335. Excellent condition. Includes original hardshell case and COA.

The Gibson Joe Bonamassa ES-335 is a limited edition 335 that lives up to the specifications of Joe’s own 51-year-old 335, and delivers the same, gritty, warm, vintage tone that you hear on those irresistible blues licks that could only be Bonamassa.

The guitar, as you would expect, has a spec fitting of a blues legend. Bonamassa’s prized 335 is recreated in the most spectacular way including 57 Classic pickups, a VOS wiring harness, spliced maple sunburst veneer top, and a perfectly recreated neck designed to sit just a little thinner than the well-known rounded ’59 neck profile – exactly as Joe himself specified it.

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Gibson Custom Shop Joe Bonamassa ES 335 VOS Features

  • Limited Edition
  • Spliced Plain Maple/Poplar/Maple 3-Ply Body
  • Notched Center Block
  • Mahogany Neck
  • 1959 Bonamassa Round Neck Shape
  • Rosewood Fretboard
  • 22 Frets
  • 57 Classic Humbucker Pickups
  • Bumblebee Capicators
  • CTS Volume & Tone Pots
  • Tonepros Single Line Amber Tulip Button Tuners
  • Holly Head Veneer with Mother-of-Pearl Gibson and Crown Inlay
  • Nickel Lightweight Aluminium Stop Bar
  • Bonamassa Specific Vintage Sunburst with VOS Treatment
  • Gibson Hard Shell Case
  • Certificate of Authenticity
$3495.00 + Shipping
 
Purty for a burst.
If you can pump out 365 of them, it really doesn't sound like "Custom Shop" has any validity.
 
Don't care for the player association, but the dislike of the three-color bursts and any poorly/unevenly/inconsistently applied bursts doesn't appeal...including too much dark brown/black...trumps the other stuff. As usual if I played it and thought it sounded like god I would disregard the dislikes and just be frustrated that I couldn't afford it...which would also be a reason not to even bother picking it up.
 
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