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GIBSON THINLINE ELECTRICS 1955 - 1969

Gibson Thinline Electric Hollowbody Notes:

  • EB-6 changed from a thinline model to a solidbody model in 1962.
  • ES-350 changed from a fullbody model to a thinline model in 1955 (though some fullbody models were shipped in 1956).

Production Numbers

Model '55 '56 '57 '58 '59 '60 '61 '62
Byrdland 1 31 78 38 40 71 77 59
Byrdland N 2 25 52 23 34 39 20 17
ES-350 T 1 156 150 104 90 71 61 59
ES-350 TN 1 62 74 43 57 15 21 18
ES-330 T - - - - 349 772 267 224
ES-330 TC - - - - - 37 214 179
ES-330 TN - - - - 82 88 - -
ES-330 TD - - - - 270 1198 542 496
ES-330 TDC - - - - - 98 645 734
ES-330 TDN - - - - 79 215 - -
'55 '56 '57 '58 '59 '60 '61 '62
ES-335 TD - - - 267 521 405 466 266
ES-335 TDC - - - - - 21 420 610
ES-335 TDN - - - 50 71 88 - -
ES-345 TD - - - - 446 251 174 102
ES-345 TDC - - - - - 252 223 204
ES-345 TDN - - - - 32 18 - -
ES-355 TD - - - 10 177 128 117 72
ES-355 TDSV - - - - 123 189 174 148
EB-6 - - - - - 34 33 20
'55 '56 '57 '58 '59 '60 '61 '62


Model '63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69
Byrdland 102 93 66 45 92 194 160
Byrdland N 32 15 11 3 7 24 60
ES-350 T 35 - - - - - -
ES-350 TN 23 - - - - - -
ES-330 T 151 - - - - - -
ES-330 TC 152 - - - - - -
ES-330 TN - - - - - - -
ES-330 TD 521 1231 1318 2000 2335 1223 518
ES-330 TDC 652 693 1067 1151 2563 643 515
ES-330 TDN - - - - - - -
'63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69
ES-335 TD 349 349 712 1468 2596 2294 1055
ES-335 TDC 807 892 1038 1056 3122 1466 1142
ES-335 TDN - - - - - - -
ES-345 TD 117 218 272 278 501 560 201
ES-345 TDC 161 193 216 186 643 378 213
ES-345 TDN - - - - - - -
ES-355 TD 66 54 130 132 207 144 67
ES-355 TDSV 97 198 127 137 198 174 147
EB-6 10 24 12 - 2 - -
'63 '64 '65 '66 '67 '68 '69