A 1959 Gibson ES-335TDN

Details

A 1959 Gibson ES-335TDN
Serial No. A32176, Factory Order No. S926 15, in natural finish, thinline body with double cutaways, top with f-holes, mahogany neck, twenty-two fret bound rosewood fingerboard with dot inlays, headstock face with crown inlay, two humbucking pickups, four rotary controls, selector switch, metal bridge, stud tailpiece and black pickguard; and a brown hardshell contour case lined in pink plush and handwritten tie-on label Gibson 335 '59 Blonde 'Dot' Ser A.32176 and paper adhesive label similarly inscribed; and a bag containing six Kluson Deluxe tuners in guitar case

The ES-335 was introduced in 1958.

Eric Clapton said that he used this guitar occasionally on his 1994-5 Blues Tour. Clarence Gatemouth Brown played this guitar on stage with Clapton during this tour also.
Gibson ES-335TDN/Natural

Literature

MARTEN, Neville Would You Buy A Used Guitar From This Man? Article in Guitarist, 15th Anniversary Special, Clapton Issue, June, 1999. p.78

Lot Essay

In a recent interview with Neville Marten for Guitarist Lee Dickson recalled "...that blonde [Gibson ES-335TD] does have a nice piece of history of its own: the wonderful Clarence 'Gatemouth' Brown needed a guitar one night and I asked which one he'd like and he said, 'How 'bout one of them hollowbodies'. So I said 'Would this 1959 blonde dot-neck 335 do?'

The stage-shot illustrated, features Eric Clapton playing his c. 1964 cherry red ES-335 with Cream during their farewell performance at The Royal Albert Hall, London, November 26, 1968.

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