1972 Gibson ES-320 TD Natural, Very Good, Hard, $1,150.00

Offered for sale;

Used c1972 Gibson ES-330TD serial number 967559.

This thinline is in very good condition, neck and frets are fine.

Cosmetically showing some playing time and an interesting story.

The ES-320TD was Gibson’s attempt at the poor man’s thinline or the Melody Maker of thinlines.

It’s a double Venetian cutaway thinline arched top guitar (T for thinline - D for double cutaway), with a semi hollow bound maple body. The neck is also maple, unlike the ES-330 which had a mahogany neck.

Other features include pearl dot inlays on a rosewood fingerboard, a stamped metal Tune-O-Matic bridge and tailpiece assembly, unlike the ES-330 which had an ABR-1 bridge with a trapeze tailpiece. A single volume and a tone control with 2 pickup selector slide switches was top mounted on a metal plate to dial up the 2 single coil Melody Maker pickups.

ES-320s were made in mostly natural finishes. Some guitars were made in walnut or cherry finishes. Like big brother, the ES-335, it’s a long neck (19 frets to the body) with a center block.

Then somewhere along the way its owner decided to have some fun and soup it up.

Starting from the top, the original tuners were replaced with a set of sealed Gotoh style. At some point humbuckers replaced the Melody Maker thin single coils, then the humbuckers lead way to P-90s (don’t know who made them). A 3 way toggle pickup selector made the 2 sliders dormant. An additional volume and tone control was installed with a side mount output jack. And finally, the stamped metal bridge/tailpiece unit was replaced with a brass Tune-O-Matic bridge and trapeze tailpiece.

What you end up with is a killer thinline like no other. I’ve taken it out for a few spins and loved every minute. Sportin with me, ridin all around town for joy.

Cool guitar, great price!

Hard shell case included.

GUITAR SPECS:

Year: C1972

Serial number: 967559

Body: Maple

Neck: Maple

Finish: Natural

Fingerboard: Rosewood

Scale Length: 24.75”

Number of Frets: 22

Pickguard: awol

Bridge: Tune-O-Matic

Tuners: Gotoh style

Pickups: P-90’s

Width at Nut: 1`9/16”

Radius: ~9.5”

Weight: 7lbs

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