The 1959 ES-175 Historic utilizes all of the original tonewoods, componentry, and design specifications of the original legendary guitar. The body is a full-depth archtop design, made from three-ply plain maple with an plain-styled AAA maple top face. There is a Florentine cutaway with a pointed edge, which allows comfortable access up through at least the 18th fret. The rims are made of solid maple that even replicate the cotton rim stays of the original. The colors too are exact to the original, finished in the same proprietary nitrocellulose lacquer finish. Before it leaves the factory, the 1959 ES-175 goes through Gibson's complex VOS (Vintage Original Spec) process, which employs a series of staining, wet-sanding, and hand-rubbing stages. What results is a distinctive patina that one would normally find only on a guitar 40 years or older.

The 1959 ES-175 Historic's deep-set neck is made from solid mahogany with maple spline. The bound fingerboard is made of rosewood and inlaid with classic split-parallelogram markers on 8 frets. The headstock is adorned with a mother-of-pearl Gibson logo and crown inlay. The pickguard is a two-tone multi-ply design. The rosewood bridge is a traditional floating design, and the irreplaceably stylish "zig-zag" faithfully restores a critical design detail. The single-line TonePros tuners with amber tulip buttons keep your intonation rock solid and stay true to the historical tribute of this guitar.

Each guitar comes protected in a plush-lined hardshell case and Custom Shop Certificate of Authenticity.

Features:

- Full-depth archtop hollowbody with 3-ply maple/poplar/maple back and top
- Plain-styled AAA-grade maple top face
- Mahogany neck with maple spline
- Aged-cellulose plastic split parallelogram inlays
- TonePros Kluson tuners with tulip buttons
- Original to-spec "zig zag" style tailpiece
- 2 x '57 Classic humbucker pickups
- Includes Custom Shop silk-screened case