Gibson 1980 ES-335 Artist Tobacco Sunburst

Gibson 1980. ES-335 Artist in Tobacco Sunburst Finish.

1 Piece Figured Maple Top & Back with Binding.

3 Piece Maple Neck with Rosewood Fretboard with Upper Fret Marker Inlays.

Gold Hardware.

#83010070.

It is built like an ES-355 without the f-holes.

It has active electronics by Moog--the three toggles activate a compressor, an expander and a bright boost. The tone controls are active bass and treble.

It was quite versatile, able to do a wide variety of tones, but the built-in buffering made it impossible to get a standard Gibson Humbucker sound without modifying the guitar with a pickup-loading circuit. Activating both the expander and compressor produced a unique sound.

There was also a matching LP-Artist and an RD-Artist.