Gibson Custom Shop 1959 ES-335 B.B. King «Live at the Regal» Murphy Lab Aged – Argentine Grey Sunburst

A Faithful Tribute to a Live Music Icon and a Legendary Guitarist

Gibson Custom Shop is the pinnacle of craftsmanship, quality, and sound excellence. Each instrument celebrates Gibson’s legacy through accuracy, authenticity, and attention to detail.

»Ladies and gentlemen..how about a nice, warm round of applause to welcome the world’s greatest blues singer, the king of the Blues, B.B. King!»

Those words introduce what many music lovers feel is one of the best live albums ever recorded. The Gibson Custom Shop is proud to commemorate this landmark album and the lengendary artist behind it with the B.B King «Live at the Regal» ES-335. It recreates the unique 1959 ES-335 that B.B. used at the time, which was custom-ordered with an Argentine Grey sunburst finish, a Bigsby vibrato, and a Varitone switch. It also features Grover «Milk Bottle» Rotomatic tuners, pearl dots to cover the stop bar holes, and nitrocellulose dot inlays on the rosewood fretboard. The hardware and nitrocellulose lacquer finish has been expertly aged by the Murphy Lab. Only 100 of these very special guitars have been handcrafted by the expert luthiers and craftspeople of the Gibson Custom Shop in Nashville, Tennessee. A Custom Shop Lifton hardshell case and certificate of authenticity are also included.

-Body

Body Style : ES

Body Shape : ES-335

Body Material : 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple

Top : 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple

Back : 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple

Side : 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple

Centerblock : Solid Maple

Binding : 1-Ply Cream, Top, Back, and Fretboard

Body Finish : Murphy Lab Aged Nitrocellulose Lacquer

-Neck

Profile : Authentic ’59 Medium C-shape

Scale Length : 628.65mm / 24.75 in

Fingerboard Material : Indian Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius : 304.8 mm / 12 in

Fret Count : 22

Frets : Reissue

Nut Material : Nylon

Nut Width : 42.85mm / 1.687 in

End Of Board Width : 52.37 mm / 2.061 in

Inlays : Nitrocellulose Dot

Joint : Hide Glue Fit

-Hardware

Finish : Aged Nickel

Bridge : ABR-1

Tailpiece : 1950s Reissue Bigsby B7 Vibrato

Tuning Machines : Grover Milk Bottle Rotomatic

Pickguard : Black 5-Ply

Truss Rod : Authenic 1950s No-Tube

Truss Rod Cover : True Historic Black

Control Knob : True Historic Gold Top Hat wih Dial Pointer

Switch Tip : True Historic Amber

Switch Washer : Black Vartione Switch Plate

Strap Buttons : 2 – One Nickel, and White Plastic Endpin

Mounting Rings : Black

Pickup Covers : True Historic Nickel

-Electronics

Neck Pickup : Custombucker (Unpotted)

Bridge Pickup : Custombucker (Unpotted)

Controls : 2 Volume, 2 Tone, 500K CTS Audio Taper Potentiometers, Paper in Oil Capacitors, Mono Varitone Switch

Pickup Selector: 3-Way Switchcraft

Output Jack : 1/4» Switchcraft

-MISCELLANEOUS

String Gauge : .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046

Case : Custom Shop Lifton Hardshell Case

Accessories : Certificate of Authenticity