The Gibson ES-335: A Short History

[chilipeppermaniac]

I have a different prescriptive. I sold my 2005 Gibson 1959 335 RI last summer for $800.00 profit.

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Steve, what pups are those Zebras in that 335?

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Back around 2000-2001, I bought one of these off a guy on ebay. I would have likely still had it, if it didn';t have a pencil point sized ding in the front of the body when it arrived. Had that flaw been on the back, I likely would have kept it. But for the price I paid, I didn't want a flawed guitar, right where I could easily see it. Got a full refund including shipping. Closest I've come to this guitar was my friend's EPI Dot Deluxe that I reattached the decapitated head on.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Here is the reason I first ever fell in love with an ES335

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Also, a 335 like this brown one was the first one I ever held in my hands and drooled over at a music shop down in or near DC.
It was not Vannemans or Chuck Levins, but is one that has been around like those 2. ( Revised, I think it was Victor Litz in Gaithersburg) Other than it being advertised on ebay, it was also a used trade in that the shop said would have to wait the 30 day police check that it was not stolen, before they could sell it.

Otherwise I might have walked out of the store with it that day.

 

[67plexi]

Steve, what pups are those Zebras in that 335?

JM Rolph

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Hey there Voxy, does Carlton's ES remind you of anything?

 

[Don O]

Heck, I’ll throw a Washburn HB-35S into the 335 mix here. It’s a sweet playing and sounding axe for $300 used. Bought it at GC 20 years ago.

 

[chilipeppermaniac]

Don O, Smitty has a similar Washburn if I remember right. Yours is a Beaut!!!