The Guitar Player's Resource
Guitar style linked to players such as Chuck Berry.
Chuck Berry was a founding father of rock and roll. His stagecraft and musicianship laid the foundation for nearly every genre of rock and popular music. His playing, showmanship, and catalog of music helped launch many musicians’ careers, and countless sidemen shared the stage with him. So did his trusted Gibson guitars. This guitar was painstakingly crafted to replicate his beloved 1978 ES-355 - resulting in the Chuck Berry 1970s ES-355. Honoring Chuck Berry’s legacy, every aspect of construction and appointments is historically correct, including aged gold hardware, a Maestro™ Vibrola™, Grover tuners, a Varitone switch, and a classic Split Diamond headstock inlay. The Wine Red finish features Murphy Lab custom aging, giving it the look and feel of the original.
Only 100 guitars were hand-made by the expert luthiers and craftspeople of the Gibson Custom Shop as part of a very special limited run.
Wine Red, Murphy Lab aged nitrocellulose lacquer finish, Semi-hollow laminated Maple body with a lightweight Maple centerblock, Hide glue neck fit, Multi-ply top and back binding, Chuck Berry ES-335 shaped three piece Maple neck with the volute, Bound 12” radius Ebony fingerboard with the custom Block inlays and medium jumbo frets, 24.75″ scale length, 1.69″ nut width, 68 Custombucker Alnico 5 bridge and neck pickups, 3-way toggle switching with the volume and tone controls for each pickup plus the six position Mono Varitone, Tune-o-matic bridge and a long Maestro vibrola tailpiece, Grover Keystone tuners, The neck thickness is .81″ at the first and 1.00″ at the 12th frets, 9.8 pounds.
