Whither Epiphone or Gibson on the headstock, the ES-335 is one of the most versatile electrics you ... a ‘60s SlimTaper Rounded C profile mahogany neck. Small pearloid block inlays count out the frets ...

Cut to a couple of weeks later, when I was fortunate enough to receive a new Sunburst Epiphone Inspired by Gibson Custom 1962 ES-335, which is ... mother-of-pearl block inlays, to the ‘60s ...

The first ever Epiphone ... Both the 335 and its smaller sibling stick with layered Maple and a solid Maple block down the middle and have rounded C profiles, and there's that newer Kalamazoo ...

The ES-335 is one of Gibson's most classic designs, perhaps second only to the Les Paul—and Epiphone is doing it ... featuring mother-of-pearl block inlays. And that's all expected, really.