Gear

Watch Larry Carlton talk about his Signature Gibson ES 335 Guitar:

More Details About Larry’s ’68 Gibson ES-335

BODY
Size: 16.5″ wide x 20″ long x 1.75″
thick
Top Species: Maple/Poplar/Maple
Back Species: Maple/Poplar/Maple
Rim Species: Maple/Poplar/Maple
Binding: Single-ply Cream top, back

NECK
Species: Mahogany
Profile: 1960 Slim Taper
Peghead Pitch: 17°
Thickness at 1st fret: 0.825″
Thickness at 12th fret: 0.970″
Heel Length: 0.500″
Neck Joint Location: 19th fret
Headstock Inlay: “Gibson” and holly

FINGERBOARD
Species: Rosewood
Scale length: 243/4″
Total Length: 18.137″
Nut Width: 111/16″
Width at 12th fret: 1.992″
Frets: 22
Inlays: Pearloid mini block
Binding: Single-ply Cream

HARDWARE
Plating Finish: Chrome
Bridge: Tune-o-matic
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Knobs: Black Amps w/ gold insert
Tuners: MH Schaller M6

ELECTRONICS
Pickups: ’57 Classics
Bridge Pickup: ’57 Classics
Controls: Two volume, two tone,
three-way switch

OTHER
“Mr. 335″ engraved truss rod cover

Amps:
Bludotone Amps

This signal is fed into his effects processors that are connected via the mixer’s aux sends, and the effected signal is then sent to a pair of powered JBL stage monitors. “The tone of my reverb is from a microphone on my speaker, rather than preamp out,” Carlton reveals. “I’m treating my Mackie as a mixer just like I would in the studio––so that my effects (a reverb and a chorus) get hit with the sound of a microphone.”

Effectboard with Show-Bud Volume, Dunlop Wah and new Korg DTR-2000 orchestral tuner. (Visit www.korg.com for more information)

Strings for electric: D’Addario .010-.052

Strings for acoustic: D’Addario .011-.052

Larry Carlton endorses Korg Tuners, D’ Addario Strings, B-Band Acoustic Pickup Systems and Bludotone Amplifiers.