The 1960s Espana 335-style is a vintage hollowbody electric made during the era when Espana-branded instruments were built for the North American market by Japanese factories, often featuring distinctive hardware like zero frets and floating tremolo bridges.
Type
Hollowbody Electric Guitar
Model
335-Style Hollowbody (Espana, 1960s)
Manufacturer
Espana (contract-built for B&J)
Country of Manufacture
Japan
Year of Introduction
1960s
Pickups
Two vintage-style single-coils or humbucker-voiced single-coils (varies by factory), typically in chrome rectangular housings common to 1960s Japanese builds
Controls
Two Volume knobs, two Tone knobs, and a 3-way pickup selector switch
Input
¼″ instrument jack
Output
¼″ mono output
Notable Features
A fully hollow 335-inspired double-cutaway body, zero fret for consistent action and intonation feel, a floating tremolo bridge common to mid-’60s Japanese hollowbodies, bolt-on neck construction, bound fingerboard, and distinctive period hardware and electronics typical of catalog-brand imports from the era. The combination of the zero fret, trem system, and Japanese pickups gives these models a unique, slightly microphonic, vintage character prized by collectors of off-brand 1960s hollowbodies.