Based on the ES-137 Classic, the Gibson ES-137 Custom Electric Guitar is the first Gibson archtop to employ a mahogany center block for reduced feedback and greater sustain. Other features are all Gibson deluxe: laminated curly maple body, binding on top and bottom, bound fingerboard, bound peghead, ebony fingerboard, split-diamond overlay headstock, pearloid split-diamond fingerboard inlays, 6-way Varitone switch that filters tone from fat to thin, and '57 Classic pickups (the original Gibson humbuckers from 1957). The magnets and 42-gauge enamel-coated wire are from the original suppliers and the pickups are built by Gibson on the original machinery.
Laminated curly maple body
Maple neck
Mahogany center block to reduce feedback and add sustain
Multiple bound body on top, single bound on back
Bound fingerboard and peghead
Nut width 1.6875"
Scale: 24-3/4"
Ebony fingerboard
Pearloid split-diamond fingerboard inlay
C inlay at the 12th fret
6-way Varitone switching
Tune-o-matic bridge with stop tailpiece
'57 Classic pickups, the original humbuckers from 1957