Epiphone Limited Edition Joe Bonamassa ES-355 - Gloss Black

Patterned After One of Joe’s Favorite Archtops
The Joe Bonamassa ES-355 Standard is a killer axe — it’s patterned after Joe’s Custom Shop ES-355 semi-hollowbody archtop. Experience glorious snap and sustain, by way of 3-ply maple/poplar/maple construction, while a solid center block enhances your tone, sustain, and feedback resistance. Beyond that, a duo of ProBucker pickups yields a gorgeous PAF-like quality. Pick up the Joe Bonamassa ES-355 Standard, and you’ll have a difficult time putting it down, thanks to its comfortable SlimTaper neck and easy-playing ebony fingerboard. A Bigsby B7 vibrato enables vintage-style twisting and bending. And this guitar looks as great as it sounds, thanks to eye-catching multi-ply binding and gold hardware. The Epiphone Limited Edition Joe Bonamassa ES-355 Standard Outfit includes a custom hard case and hand-signed certificate of authenticity.




Classic semi-hollowbody tone
Besides being a celebrated Grammy-nominated music legend, Joe Bonamassa is also an expert vintage guitar collector — he knows his stuff! The Joe Bonamassa ES-355 Standard delivers everything that you’d expect from one of Joe’s favorite semi-hollowbody guitars. The classic tone is there (the phrase “bell-like” comes to mind), with notes that spring to life and then gently decay into a long sustain — perfect for wiry lead lines and solos. While this guitar’s tone can get bright and aggressive if you need it to, it’s the warm and smooth overdriven tones that really take it over the top — there’s a reason that blues and jazz musicians love ES-series semi-hollowbodies! You'll get the same vintage vibe from the Joe Bonamassa ES-355 Standard.






Epiphone ProBuckers deliver perfect tone for any genre
The Limited Edition Joe Bonamassa ES-355 Standard features Epiphone ProBucker pickups. ProBuckers conjure the sound of the original hand-wound PAF humbuckers designed by Seth Lover at Gibson's Kalamazoo factory in the late 1950s. ProBuckers have all the same components under the hood as the original PAFs, including Alnico II magnets, Elektrisola magnet wire, 18-percent nickel silver unit bases and covers, as well as pole screws, slugs, and bobbins built to original Gibson spec. Beyond that, the Joe Bonamassa ES-355 Standard’s ProBuckers are augmented by top-shelf electronics, including Mallory 150 capacitors and a Switchcraft 3-way pickup selector.




The Bigsby vibrato tailpiece
The Epiphone Joe Bonamassa ES-355 Standard 's most prominent feature is its chrome Bigsby vibrato tailpiece. Essentially the same design as when it was introduced in the mid-1940s, the Bigsby vibrato tailpiece model B7 allows you to bend the pitch of notes or entire chords for vintage-style vibrato. It has been a fixture on many Gibsons and was named after its late inventor, Paul A. Bigsby, who sold his Bigsby Guitar company to former Gibson President Ted McCarty in 1966. This classic piece of guitar hardware performs flawlessly thanks to several added enhancements — including a GraphTech NuBone nut for smooth string action, a set of Grover Rotomatic 18:1-ratio tuners and stable ABR-1 LockTone Tune-o-matic bridge to help keep the strings in tune, and a Vibramate String Spoiler to make string changes a breeze.





Epiphone Limited Edition Joe Bonamassa ES-355 Standard Outfit Features:

Patterned after Joe Bonamassa’s Gibson Custom Shop ES-355 semi-hollowbody archtop
3-ply maple/poplar/maple construction delivers glorious snap and sustain
Solid center block enhances tone, sustain, and feedback resistance
2 ProBucker pickups based on the legendary Gibson PAF humbuckers
Comfortable SlimTaper mahogany neck topped with an easy-playing ebony fingerboard
Top-shelf electronics, including Mallory 150 capacitors and a Switchcraft 3-way pickup selector
Bigsby B7 vibrato for vintage-style twisting and bending
Vibramate String Spoiler makes string changes a breeze
Eye-catching multi-ply binding and gold hardware
Includes a custom hard case and hand-signed certificate of authenticity






Tech Specs

Body Type: Semi-hollowbody
Body Shape: ES-355
Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
Number of Strings: 6
Body Material: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Top Material: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Body Finish: Gloss Polyurethane
Color: Black
Neck Material: Mahogany
Radius: 12"
Fingerboard Material: Ebony
Fingerboard Inlay: Pearloid Blocks
Number of Frets: 22
Scale Length: 24.75"
Nut Width: 1.68"
Nut Material: Nubone
Bridge/Tailpiece: ABR-1 Bridge with Bigsby B7 Vibrato, Vibramate String Spoiler
Tuners: Grover Rotomatic, 18:1 ratio
Neck Pickup: ProBucker 2 Humbucker
Bridge Pickup: ProBucker 3 Humbucker
Controls: 2 x volume, 2 x tone, 3-way toggle pickup switch
Strings: D'Addario, .010-.046
Case Included: Hardshell Case
Manufacturer Part Number: ETJ3EBGB3



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