NGD! Gibson Memphis ES-335 Blonde Dot

Logan

Logan

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Long time no see, the tone rooms. I've been very busy and hadn't had time to get on here. Well, I'm posting this a day late. I got it yesterday on Martin Luther King day. Anyway, ever since I went to the Memphis factory, I've wanted an Electric Spanish guitar from there. And I heard about them shutting down, so I pounced. I got it for $2,500.00, including tax, and 2 year financing. This thing sounds great and plays great.
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Now, it's a weird guitar in the sense it says 2018 on the back of the headstock, but is a 2019 model. It even says 2019 in the F-hole. And, the early 2019 ES-335s are all over the place. Some have bell knobs, some have reflectors, some have the locking tailpiece, some don't, and some have the F-hole engraved TRC, some don't, and finally, some have MHS-II pickups, and some have '57 Classics. All in all, this got all the features I wanted, even being in a transitional time, and those were the bell knobs, MHS-IIs, blank TRC, and regular tailpiece studs.
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Now, the MHS-IIs are different from the '57 Classics in a couple of key ways. The MHS-IIs have Alnico V magnets, aren't wax potted, and are scatterwound with unbalanced coils. The '57s have Alnico II magnets, are wax potted. and balanced coils. One thing that stuck out to me was how hard the pickups hit my Marshall compared to my other guitars. And, actually, it sounded relatively close to the original Gibson Embossed T-Tops in the old ES-335 I used to have.
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Now, that one, I don't really miss it anymore after I got the blonde. It filled that spot in my collection. Would I like to get it back? Absolutely. But, after getting the blonde, only the history with that one would make me want it back. It is in Alaska right now being played by a cousin. Now that I got the blonde one, I'm glad she's got it.
And, finally, the last few pictures I took:
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YAY LOGAN, I love both the BLONDE AND Redhead. I also love every ES pictured from all our members here in this forum. 67, and anyone else who posts theirs. ColMustard has a 339 and RVA has a sweet 336, while VOXAC30 has a 335/345
 
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Logan, I once purchased a similar Blonde 335. That was around 2001 ish. It had a pencil point size ding in the face that the seller did not disclose. We arranged a refund despite it likely would have been a great guitar. Had the little blemish been on the back, I'd have kept it. But when one pays over $2k for a guitar, one wants it to not be pre-damaged if advertised as new.
 
chilipeppermaniac said:
Logan, I once purchased a similar Blonde 335. That was around 2001 ish. It had a pencil point size ding in the face that the seller did not disclose. We arranged a refund despite it likely would have been a great guitar. Had the little blemish been on the back, I'd have kept it. But when one pays over $2k for a guitar, one wants it to not be pre-damaged if advertised as new.
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I was the first person to even see it. If I didn't like it, I would have sent it back and had Gibson send me a new one. It's a phenomenal guitar :D
 
Update: pulled out the pickups to check what they were. They are '57s. Reason I thought that they were MHS-IIs was they were hitting the amp a lot harder than I have been used to with '57s with the Black SG, Les Paul (now has OX4s), and the OG SG. Wierd.
 
That really is a beauty Logan.
Glad to see you back visiting with us here.
You have some truly spectacular guitars.
 
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