Gibson ES335 misc - Page 4

bsnelson · #46 10-24-2006, 03:09 PM

My parents gave me a cherry red ES 335 the year before I graduated from high school - 1961. That would make it a 1959 or 1960 model. Played it in a rock band throughout college, then had to sell it after I got married to pay for diapers and food. Just saw a 1958 model listed on eBay for more than twice what I paid for my first house. Needless to say, wish I had that baby now!

Earthworm · #47 10-29-2006, 12:40 PM

Can someone pm me with a good price on a new 335 and where I could go looking. What can I expect to pay? I'd like sunburst.

taylorphile · #48 10-29-2006, 05:04 PM

Of course there's also the ES 137. Here's mine in
Blueburst

Bob Womack · #49 10-29-2006, 06:00 PM

Very pretty! I like the gold hardware and LP crown inlays, and that's some gorgeous quilt!

Bob

stratokatsu · #50 10-31-2006, 05:45 PM

I really like the 137 Custom with the Varitone, but I recently got a Hofner Verythin Classic for a lot less money than the cheapest Gibson 335 model, (the satin), and with the 1.75" nut width, it's an acoustic guitar player's perfect electric guitar.

Bob Womack · #51 10-31-2006, 06:43 PM

I went out sampling last night. One local store had three. The blonde had been on the wall for years. Not a good sign. The sunburst was bright and hard sounding. The red was was the sweetest sounding electric guitar I had ever played. Mmmm...

Bob

Bob Womack · #52 10-31-2006, 06:53 PM

Oh, and by the way, no better way to look overweight than play a CS-336...

The incredible shrinking 335...

Bob

Caldermt · #53 10-31-2006, 07:17 PM

I eased my 335 itch with a Heritage 535. I had the chance to really play through a bunch of them at Jay Wolfe Guitars in Jupiter, Florida. I finally settled on an Almond burst with Seth Lover pickups - fairly low-output with sweet tone. I am very happy with my choice. I also picked up an Epiphone Sheraton II, which my son now plays. A very good guitar for a very good price.

ERock_Germany · #54 11-01-2006, 01:31 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by anthonyc007

I believe you are correct. The fretboard enlays give it away!

ES-355:

ES-335:

Well, I think the guitar Clapton is playing in the picture is a mid 60's ES 335 Block. Yes, the 355 has these blocks but look at the headstock - it does not have the binding and fancy diamond inlays that a 355 does. I had a 1962 355 for a long time (20 years) but due to the crazy prices people pay for them now, I decided to sell it and bought my 335 and paid off one of my toys on 4 wheels.

Anyway, the 335 is the guitar I take when it absolutely, positively only can be 1 electric. It is versatile and can really scream. I love "Red"

Bob Womack · #55 11-07-2006, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ronmac

I play acoustic almost exclusively, but when I began the hunt for an electric that could do just about anything this baby dropped into my lap.
...added a Bigsby
...and I now have one mean jazz/rock/rockabilly/country axe.
It's not a "real" 335 (it's a '77 Electra "Elvin Bishop" MIJ) but it plays like a dream and sounds fine.

Pretty looking axe. I saw Elvin in Chattanooga, TN, in '76 with Johnny "V" Vernazza and Mickey Thomas during his Capricorn "Travellin' Shoes - Fooled Around and Fell in Love" tour, opening for Marshall Tucker. They BLEW Marshall Tucker off the silly stage. A funny story: Elvin broke a string in the middle of a song on his (I think) ES345. He kept singing, unstrapped the guitar, and casually tossed it backwards over the stack of amps. A hand shot up from behind the backline and caught it, right about as the gasp escaped my mouth. A verse later, without really looking back, Elvin stuck out his hand and the guitar magically flew back into it, restrung. Without missing a beat, he continued to sing, strapped it on, and picked right up with his playing.

To this day, I can't figure out how they did it.

Bob

ozrufus · #56 11-07-2006, 07:24 AM

For the neo-classicals among us...

Yamaha AEX1500 (not an actual pic of mine)

And the Godin Flat Five (not mine either)

Both are great guitars with incredible versatility. The Flat Five has a five position switch to get single coil tones from each position. The AEX has a piezo under the bone saddle that can be blended with the floating humbucker to taste. Of course, either pickup can be isolated and run full-on, too. They look dang nice, but they play even better...

Hondo · #57 11-07-2006, 03:36 PM

I bought a 333 a few months ago and love it - it's a tri-burst. Sweet, sweet guitar....

basilking · #58 11-10-2006, 12:18 AM

Where I lived from '63-'67[Kokomo, Ind], the guitar all us youngsters wanted was a cherry red ES-335 with Bigsby. A local player or two had 'em and they sounded great; seemed versatile for rock, blues, country, Chet-style, you-name-it. in '65 [when I could talk my parents into helping me] I went with an Epiphone E230-TD like Lennon's. That guitar was a good one [though a different beast from 335], but after I switched to Fenders for a good while the unused Epi was sold.

As time passes [am 55 now] and most of my time is spent on acoustic guitar, I've pared down my electric guitars to two "keepers", one of which is the '60 PAF dot-neck SB 335 I've had for 14 or 15 years. Grateful to have acquired it when I did, couldn't afford one now at the crazy prices they bring.

Have looked carefully at the 137 model, under the "if I ever regularly gigged on electric again" excuse. My old 335's a full-service guitar, is played plenty; if the need for a "workhorse" arose I'd be inclined to get a 137, mess with pickup options & get it as close to the 335's sound as I could. The classic Gibson sunburst would be fine, and I'd want the model without the varitone. Everyone I've ever known who had a varitone-equipped 345/355 disconnected it from the circuit, left the knob & bezel just to fill the hole. My $.02.

Earthworm · #59 11-11-2006, 03:19 PM

I spent about two hours last night alternating between playing a ES-335 and an ES-175. Both guitars are wonderful. Oh, I love the sound of that 175 with the flat wounds. I'm not a jazz player (acoustic player almost exclusively), but that 175 sure was fun.

I am likely to buy either a:
ES 137 Custom (one is coming into my GC in a week)
ES 335 tobacco sunburst
ES 175 (maybe the Steve Howe sig model)

Can anyone advise me? I know the 175 would not be very versatile, but...man it played sweet.

Bob Womack · #60 11-11-2006, 04:32 PM

Here's a heads-up: The ES335 and ES137 both are semi-hollow, meaning that they have a block of wood under the center of the top, below the pickups, that helps reduce feedback. The ES175 is a purely hollow archtop. All control of feedback will be up to position and distance from the amp.

That said, I'd like one of each.

Bob