OK ... show us your 335s (and 345s and 355s)
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Re: OK ... show us your 335s (and 345s and 355s)
Beauties in here.
The Tokai semis are amongst the best I've ever played, and the Bernard Butler fanboi in me wishes I could rock one.
Alas, my small stature means I look like a complete prick when playing one standing up (and a 339 just ironically makes it even more obvious how vertically challenged I am)
Can 330's come into this thread? Played a '65 one recently and it might have been the single finest guitar I've ever laid hands on.
The Tokai semis are amongst the best I've ever played, and the Bernard Butler fanboi in me wishes I could rock one.
Alas, my small stature means I look like a complete prick when playing one standing up (and a 339 just ironically makes it even more obvious how vertically challenged I am)
Can 330's come into this thread? Played a '65 one recently and it might have been the single finest guitar I've ever laid hands on.
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Re: OK ... show us your 335s (and 345s and 355s)
Yeah throw in some 330s if you’ve got them
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Re: OK ... show us your 335s (and 345s and 355s)
It IS a 335... body.
It remains the benchmark for nicest sunburst ever. From 1964.
It remains the benchmark for nicest sunburst ever. From 1964.
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I bought this a couple years ago because it's pretty. It has the bridge posts screwed directly into the wood, and the tailpiece came with locking studs. It's a nice guitar, though it doesn't especially suit me. I think they called it glacier burst.
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That's a great finish. I have no idea why blue bursts are so rare, they can be among the nicest colour schemes in my opinion.
There was a "blueberry burst" offered on one of the recent years of Les Pauls, and then Epiphone copied it on their 335. The Gibson version looks even better - Gibson is up there with G&L as masters of blue bursts.
There was a "blueberry burst" offered on one of the recent years of Les Pauls, and then Epiphone copied it on their 335. The Gibson version looks even better - Gibson is up there with G&L as masters of blue bursts.
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With no disrespect to the offsets (huge love for the Jazzmaster!), Gibson ES models are my absolute favorite guitars.
A bunch of really good ones have gone through my hands over the past year.
I clearly have a 'type' and think these guitars look best in cherry. (The '61 355 and '63 330 on the right were sold last year)
My 'desert island' guitar is this super beat up '64 335. My all-time favorite guitar.
Epiphones basically count, right? Here's a '64 Riviera in Royal Tan.
This one recently joined the family, it's an early 1960 ES-330. Pretty different from all the others, these are unusual guitars that sound great unplugged too.
The other great color for ES is Black. This one is a Custom Shop that was modified with vintage parts, and aged by somebody. Sadly, I sold this one a few months ago.
A bunch of really good ones have gone through my hands over the past year.
I clearly have a 'type' and think these guitars look best in cherry. (The '61 355 and '63 330 on the right were sold last year)
My 'desert island' guitar is this super beat up '64 335. My all-time favorite guitar.
Epiphones basically count, right? Here's a '64 Riviera in Royal Tan.
This one recently joined the family, it's an early 1960 ES-330. Pretty different from all the others, these are unusual guitars that sound great unplugged too.
The other great color for ES is Black. This one is a Custom Shop that was modified with vintage parts, and aged by somebody. Sadly, I sold this one a few months ago.
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Re: OK ... show us your 335s (and 345s and 355s)
Wow 🤩 not much more I can say there. Just beautiful.
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Re: OK ... show us your 335s (and 345s and 355s)
I bet.Highnumbers wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 11:09 am...these are unusual guitars that sound great unplugged too.
Quite an array of beautiful guitars, not to mention some tantilising glimpses of Vox & Rickenbackers locked away in the background.
But that 330, man!!! The burst takes me back to my old '59 125T that I sold and I know just how good P90s of this era sounded.
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Re: OK ... show us your 335s (and 345s and 355s)
Thank you!PorkyPrimeCut wrote: ↑Wed Aug 11, 2021 2:06 pmI bet.
Quite an array of beautiful guitars, not to mention some tantilising glimpses of Vox & Rickenbackers locked away in the background.
But that 330, man!!! The burst takes me back to my old '59 125T that I sold and I know just how good P90s of this era sounded.
Yep the 330 only arrived last week, but it's quickly become a keeper. These are such great guitars, and possibly the ultimate at-home guitar (either unplugged, or at lower volumes). They just sing, and weigh practically nothing.
The 125T is cool! I've never owned one, but that's still one of the most affordable guitars from that era and they sound great.
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Re: OK ... show us your 335s (and 345s and 355s)
Here’s my 63 VOS reissue. Best guitar ever!
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Here's my '62 ebony block 355
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Excellent photography, as always! ^^^^
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That ebony block 355 makes my heart ache.
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I am conscious that I’m almost morally obliged to post on this thread. And I promise to do that later when I’m back to my desktop…