Gibson Custom ES-137 Custom Electric Guitar Based on the ES-137 Classic the Gibson ES-137 Custom Electric Guitar is the first Gibson archtop to employ a mahogany center block for reduced feedback and greater sustain. Other features are all Gibson deluxe: laminated curly maple body binding on top and bottom bound fingerboard bound peghead ebony fingerboard split-diamond overlay headstock pearloid split-diamond fingerboard inlays 6-way Varitone switch that filters tone from fat to thin and '57 Classic pickups (the original Gibson humbuckers from 1957). The magnets and 42-gauge enamel-coated wire are from the original suppliers and the pickups are built by Gibson on the original machinery.
A classic with some very special refinements.
Laminated curly maple body
Maple neck
Mahogany center block to reduce feedback and add sustain
Multiple bound body on top single bound on back
Bound fingerboard and peghead
Nut width 1.6875"
Scale: 24-3/4"
Ebony fingerboard
Pearloid split-diamond fingerboard inlay
C inlay at the 12th fret
6-way Varitone switching
Tune-o-matic bridge with stop tailpiece
'57 Classic pickups the original humbuckers from 1957
Body based on ES-135
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Review Date: 7/2/2007 11:59:59 AM Submitted by: Jeff Tallant, Memphis
33 out of 63 People found this review helpful
I got the Light Burst with Chrome hardware. The fit and finish are flawless. The tiger maple is so buffed that it looks 3D. But we don't buy guitars to look at. They are bought to PLAY!! The sound of this thing is unmatched. I have read reviews of this axe where people don't find much use of the varitone switch. These people are NUTS! Fender has had a 5 selector switch on Strats for decades, why not Gibsons? Between the toggle switch the varitone switch I am able to get 15 different sounds from this thing. Gibson has recently stopped offering this axe with chrome hardware. What a shame. I have visited and toured the Memphis plant on several occations and have seen Guitars on the showroom floor where the gold hardware has started to "turn". They should go back to offering a choice of hardware. I have bought, sold, and traded probably 100 or so guitars in my day but this one will be included in my will. Was this review helpful to you?
