Gibson ES-335 Cherry Red Gibson Tremolo

Gibson-ES 335 (Bigsby)
Chad's Bigsby Guitar photo taken at Mansun Convention 2014
Manufacturer	Gibson
Period	1961–present
Construction
Body Type	Semi-hollow
Neck Joint	Set neck
Scale	24.75 in (629 mm)
Woodbody	Maple (plywood) with maple centre block
Woodneck	Mahogany
Fretboard	Rosewood
Hardware
Bridge	Tune-O-Matic with stopbar
Pickups	2 Humbuckers; 2 P-90s
Colours and Styling
Styling	Early 90's Cherry red. Gibson plectrum dispenser.

Origins

The first appearance of the ubiquitous Gibson ES-335 is in the Flourella promo video where Chad can be seen playing an early 90's model cherry red ES-335 unmodified with it's original tailpiece.

	I found it second-hand, played it once and fell in love with it. I've had a Bigsby fitted too, which I don't use much onstage, but in the studio we use it for sound effects and stuff
—Dominic Chad

The Bigsby mentioned that was installed on this guitar is a vintage Gibson produced tremolo unit very similar to a Bigsby. The tremolo effect can clearly be heard at the end of Railings and was used extensively in tracks like ICODU and Take It Easy Chicken.

Usage

Live Performances

This guitar was continually used on every Mansun tour.