Dries Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 Hi All, This is a ES335 DOT from '88 Serialnumber: 81618553 Birdseye maple top & Ebony fretboard? An ebony fretboard on a ES335 is kinda rare....Was this a special run or something? More info would be nice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hughescaster Posted August 8, 2016 Share Posted August 8, 2016 I believe there was a short run in '87 - '88 where Gibson use ebony on some of their models. Yes, this appears to be ebony. I believe this was near the end of Norlin owning Gibson and the manufacturing had all but shifted to Nashville from Kalamazoo. Likely guitars were put together with "spare" parts due to financial difficulties. Not uncommon . . . though this is a beauty! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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