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Mel Bay’s 1958 Gibson ES-335

You’ll notice this guitar has, most unusually, a side jack [as opposed to a front-mounted jack] and it’s thinner than a regular 335. It’s 1/8-inch thinner than the standard depth [of 1 ¾ inches]. It’s also got a crazy figured Brazilian rosewood fretboard. I’ve never seen such figuring on a ’board. It’s got a black streak that runs down the treble side. It starts off on the 6th fret and continues getting wider towards the bass side.

“The ledger says that it was made specially for

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