Gibson Custom CS-356 Figured Top Review

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Gibson Custom CS-356 Figured Top has been rated by 39 musicians.

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Overall Rating 4.62

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Features 4.47

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Quality 4.67

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Reliability / Value 4.62

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  • Body Shape: LPS  
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  • Number of Strings: 6  
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  • Scale Length: 24-3/4"  
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  • Body Top Wood: Maple  
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  • Finish: Lacquer  
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  • Binding: White  
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  • Pickguard: Yes  
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  • Neck Construction: 1-piece neck  
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  • Neck Shape: Standard  
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  • Number of Frets: 22  
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  • Nut Width: 1.6875" (1-11/16")  
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  • Bridge: Tune-O-Matic  
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  • Hardware: Gold  
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  • Fret Size: Classic  
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  • Number of Pickups: 2  
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  • Pickup Switch Type: 3-way Pickup Selector  
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Gibson Custom just can't get tired of making great guitars! CS-356 Figured Top is another fabulous instrument that deserves and gets the highest grades! There's little to be wished for, if anything, with this great sounding instrument. A job well done by Gibson Custom!

This guitar is fitted with all the features you could possibly wish for, for a playing style that goes with this kind of instrument. Carefully chosen features leave no guitar player's desire unfulfilled, which makes Gibson Custom's CS-356 Figured Top an extremely well featured guitar with which you'll be thoroughly pleased. Highest grades for CS-356 Figured Top's features!

CS-356 Figured Top guitar has a huge sound that sits shoulder to shoulder with sound produced by the guitars of the highest rank. It's easily controllable and even easier to shape to your own personal music style and style of playing. It's an easy task to adjust the hardware to make this guitar truly fit your playing needs. Gibson Custom has produced a guitar that is capable of achieving that huge and expensive sound which you can hear on records, played by world's top musicians.

Ready to play out of the box, Gibson Custom's CS-356 Figured Top is easy to set it up even more precise than usual, thanks to great hardware pieces it has built in. Handling and playing this kind of guitar is a pure joy as it stays in tune 90% of the time, regardless of the level of usage. It feels reliable and it really is, as Gibson Custom put great deal of time and effort to produce such a good-looking guitar that is behaving well, as CS-356 Figured Top does.

CS-356 Figured Top is one of the finest in its class. Gibson Custom created a guitar that is both durable, and a guitar that performs well in studio, on stage and while rehearsing/practicing. Quality hardware and finish are a guarantee that this instrument will last long and serve you well, if you take the usual care for your instrument, as you should.