After over 100 years, the CS-336 also represented the realization of company founder Orville Gibson's goal to produce an instrument with one-piece back-and-sides construction.

In 1996, Gibson's Custom Shop introduced the ES-336 ("ES" is an abbreviation for "Electric Spanish").

When the CS-336 was introduced five years later, it added the center block and top bracing as an integral part of the back and top pieces (the final step in creating a tonally carved instrument).

CS-336 P90 In 2017, Gibson produced 200 CS-336 Mahogany Limited Editions with two Custom P90 pickups specially designed for this model.

Each CS-336 is adjusted by one of Gibson’s Plek machines before it leaves the Custom Shop.