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Gibson Custom ES-137 Custom Review

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Gibson Custom ES-137 Custom options:

Candy Apple Red Gold Hardware

Heritage Cherry Sunburst Gold Hardware

Light Burst Gold Hardware

Tri-Burst Gold Hardware

Candy Apple Chrome Hadrware

Heritage Cherry Sunburst, Chrome Hardware

Light Burst, Chrome Hardware

Tri-Burst, Chrome Hardware

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Guitarists who reviewed ES-137 Custom play these music styles: Rock, Blues, Jazz, Country, Classic Rock, Worship, Motown, Alternative, Folk, Hawaiian, Nu Metal, Christian, Pop.

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Overall Rating 4.53

Features 4.7

Quality 4.5

Reliability / Value 4.38

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- '57 Classic pickups, the original humbuckers from 1957

Following review text is verbal representation of numerical rating information:

Gibson Custom is a company that you can count on and be sure that they know their job, and that's building great instruments. Another model from Gibson Custom named ES-137 Custom outperforms and outranks sound-wise many other models in its price range. It's well worth the price.

Some truly amazing features put Gibson Custom's ES-137 Custom at the top of the ranking table in its price range. With every guitar player's wish fulfilled, the overall feeling is that Gibson Custom did a great job at choosing the right features and tuning them well. Feature-wise you can rest assured that ES-137 Custom is ready to rock. Are you ready to give Gibson Custom's baby a try?

ES-137 Custom 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.

Gibson Custom did a good job. ES-137 Custom is built well, the finish feels just right, the hardware is solid. While playing for a longer periods of time you can expect ES-137 Custom to stay in tune and you will be pleased while playing, because the neck is extremely comfortable. You might find that over time metal parts will oxidize a bit, but that's normal and nothing to worry about. Gibson Custom did a really good job with ES-137 Custom guitar.

If you need an instrument that withstands live performances and studio sessions, rehearsals and practicing, you should rest assured that Gibson Custom's ES-137 Custom is the right choice. This instrument is definitely built to last and will do so , through fire and flames. Gibson Custom has the knowledge and experience you can rely on, and that kind of experience is well built into ES-137 Custom.