Gibson ES335 - Sale started?

Legionreturns

@peachguitarsdotcom ...you're a tease! 

peachguitarsdotcom

I’m back on Wednesday. All will be revealed then. Serious Peach/Fretboard collaborations need to happen......

fendergibson

I’m excited and I don’t even want a Gibson. When’s the Fender CS sales ???

Schnozz

Or you could get a SA2200 for £1450.

grappagreen

Here we again! Will it beat the R8 thread count when it’s done and dusted I wonder

TTony

peachguitarsdotcom said:

I’m back on Wednesday. All will be revealed then. Serious Peach/Fretboard collaborations need to happen......

John @peachguitarsdotcom - I was planning on putting my theFretBoard admin hat on, and coming down to Colchester for a chat with precisely that in mind.  I guessed your PMs here would probably be overloaded with "other matters", so I was waiting for you to get back from hols before getting in touch.

PM me if you're bored of watching sunsets and waves breaking gently on beaches, or whatever you're up to.

kswilson89

Or you could just buy my mint condition 1999 335 in the classifieds 

pmg

I have a 63 block 335 (2014 historicburst vos 50th anniversary model) I could be tempted to part with...

bazzabalboa

@peachguitarsdotcom ;
Any Gibson Les Paul Standard or Traditionals being blown out on Wednesday?

peachguitarsdotcom

bazzabalboa said:

@peachguitarsdotcom ;
Any Gibson Les Paul Standard or Traditionals being blown out on Wednesday?

No. Gibson just haven’t had enough stock of those models 

57Deluxe

... Black binding??? yuk

duotone

Musicman20 said:

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/170823313753008-1915755--gibson-es-330-vos-olive-drab-green-2018-11088721

WANT

No!

Philly_Q

duotone said:

Musicman20 said:

https://www.guitarguitar.co.uk/product/170823313753008-1915755--gibson-es-330-vos-olive-drab-green-2018-11088721

WANT

No!

I never noticed how far the neck extends into the body on those models.  Terrible upper fret access.

Hattigol

57Deluxe said:

... Black binding??? yuk

Agreed. Makes it look like a Studio to my eyes.

Chalky

If you think a £1499 ES335 is going to feel, play and sound the same as a £3499 ES335 then you really need to try both before you buy.  They are not the same.

Hattigol

Chalky said:

If you think a £1499 ES335 is going to feel, play and sound the same as a £3499 ES335 then you really need to try both before you buy.  They are not the same.

I don't think anyone's suggesting that?

impmann

Chalky said:

If you think a £1499 ES335 is going to feel, play and sound the same as a £3499 ES335 then you really need to try both before you buy.  They are not the same.

That sounds like a Marks & Spencer’s advert....

”this isn’t just a 335, this is a £3499 335”

:-)

Moe_Zambeek

Chalky said:

If you think a £1499 ES335 is going to feel, play and sound the same as a £3499 ES335 then you really need to try both before you buy.  They are not the same.

Quite. With Gibson, it’s entirely possible the £3499 version will be much worse than the £1499 one!

chrisj1602

This looks nice...

https://www.andertons.co.uk/gibson-memphis-2019-es-355-figured-vintage-natural

Chalky

Moe_Zambeek said:

Chalky said:

If you think a £1499 ES335 is going to feel, play and sound the same as a £3499 ES335 then you really need to try both before you buy.  They are not the same.

Quite. With Gibson, it’s entirely possible the £3499 version will be much worse than the £1499 one!

Maybe

But the OP says "£1499 for a 335...... that's got to be good hasn't it?" and my point is that it might not be.  Its a bargain if you are getting a £3000 guitar for half price but if you're getting a £1750 guitar for slightly less then its not quite the bargain it seems. 

All ES335s are not the same, and Gibson has demonstrated in the past that it can build ES335 guitars down to a price, and the result is not the same and definitely not as good.

A few years ago they did a cheap run and the resulting guitars were pretty crappy.  I bought one after trying five at GG.  They were nowhere near as good as my other ES335s.  Worth their £1499 price tag, but no more than that and not a "bargain".