Poll: which of these 3 small-ish semi-hollows?

Which one would you buy?

  • Gibson 137 with P90s.

    Votes: 1 5.3%

  • Gibson Midtown Deluxe with burstbuckers.

    Votes: 10 52.6%

  • Gibson 339 with 57s.

    Votes: 8 42.1%
  • Total voters
    19
No thanks I don't care for any of them Mahogany body ??? The last good Gibson I got was in 2005 It's a 335 1959 RI Gibson messed up it has a Brazilian Rosewood finger board
I played around 150 guitars before choosing the 335 first replace the 57 pickups with JM Roulph pretender PAF then a TonePro's bridge then aluminum stop tail piece then CTS pots with Sprague
bumble bee caps real. A friend owns a music store I get them at cost sticker price $3499.00 My price $1600.00 what my experience is with Gibson is it takes 10 years before the guitar opens up
green wood needs to dry.

2005 ES-335 001.JPG
 
Being the owner of an Epiphone ES-339 P-90 pro, I had to vote for the 339.
The solid center block means that none of the statements about "hollow" body guitars will apply.
It's simply an electric guitar with hollow "wings" and F-holes. It has very little in common with
genuine hollow body guitars. You buy this one because of how great it feels, how great it sounds,
and how cool it looks when you're onstage. What else is there? Oh yea, the price...

I love the P-90s in mine, and am also a fan of the '57s. The control
layout seems minimal, but the price is so good for a real Gibson that I think it's worth it to adapt...
just to get that price on that guitar.

I really love the comfortable size, balance and feel of my Epiphone ES-339. I have improved everything I
could unsolder or unscrew on mine, so she takes her place onstage next to guitars costing much much more
than I have laid out. And she gives up nothing.

Arm this guitar with a pair of Gibson '57 classic p'ups and it ought to sound tremendous. That's my vote.
 
WavMixer said:
Damn this thread!!! I had a GAS for a http://www.guitarcenter.com/Epiphone/ES-339-P90-PRO-Semi-Hollowbody-Electric-Guitar.gc a while back and it went away when I bought my PRS a few months back. Then I started getting a bass GAS and bought a Peavey bass that is currently in transit. I haven't even received the bass yet and I see this thread and it started stirring up the 339 gas again :cautious:
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I have this for sale and it stacks up great against all these...$1099 at Sweetwater...much more affordable from me...

 
I had a Westerly RI Starfire IV, a blonde one that I bought in 1971.
It was an exquisite guitar and is second from the top on my
"wish I still had that guitar what was I thinking" list.
 
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