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NGD - Gibson ES-330
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And for the record, I like Guitar Guitar, had some good deals from them.
Main differences for me:
Poly vs nitro. Nitro isn’t necessarily better as my 330 is a touch sticky at the moment and will be till I’ve worn it in properly. I’m used to nitro guitars though and I like the feel once they wear.
Pickups. The GCJ has Gibson pickups, but they’re hotter than the 330.
The GCJ has much more bottom end acoustically. The 330 is more balanced for me, but that’s personal taste. The 330 is a bit louder acoustically.
The finishing on the 330 isn’t perfect- typical Gibson. The GCJ is flawless.
Im going to be honest and say I prefer the colour scheme of the GCJ. It’s full on gorgeous.
I got the 330 as I think £2k on 3 years interest free is a top deal, but there isn’t a lot in it. I also played an epi 339 side by side with a Gibson, and again, not a lot in it. Both Gibson’s feel better in the hand and sound better to my ears plugged in. As always, is the Gibson worth 4-5 the price? Of course not. Personally though, I’m happy to waste my money on higher end guitars. It’s an expensive hobby, buy YOLO etc.
I’ve had a tele obsession for about 25 years
I’ve had a tele obsession for about 25 years
I will admit to playing quite a few Beatles riffs while I was trying it out in GG Epsom, but I'd never looked that close into the relationship between the guitars, and I just played those cos it "sounded right".
I tend to go "bluddy hell this is magic" over a guitar, buy it if the price seems worth it to me, and then wonder "wtf have I bought?!?" afterwards! lol
When I learnt about the 330/casino relationship I did worry a bit whether I could have got this much fun for a quarter of the price!! Didn't worry me that much, I have Epiphones in the loft (Les Paul, SG) that I used to gig with, that I replaced with Gibsons when I got interested in playing again - whenever I've got the Epiphones out since then, I always put them back after cleaning and set-up... I just prefer the feel and vibe of the Gibsons. Even with their various issues.
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I'm absolutely LOVING this guitar. With 11s on, it's a different beast altogether. It was good before, but 11s have really made it wake up. Just waiting for delivery of some spacers to raise the pickups and I think it'll possibly be a "ok, put all the others away for a bit" guitar then.
Last time that happened to me was a 2012 Les Paul Traditional (Lucy). @bbill335, I was always a strat-player (20-odd years). Got into teles, then SGs, LPs, got a 335 I love but played less often. I always went back to Fenders, specially strats. When I got the LP Trad that all went out the window - I stopped playing everything else. When I got the next guitar (a 61 RI SG), I had to put Lucy away so that I'd actually play the new one!!
It's kind of balanced out again, I love all my guitars, and Lucy is probably equal #1 with a particular strat, but it doesn't COMMAND my attention like it did the first year or so I had it.
However, it is that LP, Lucy, that saved me from buying one of the R8s. I'd been playing my Feline a lot, but now I was drooling over the keyboard, trying to justify one of the R8s... having the same conversations with my missus that probably everyone else was... she was even going "how much do you want it? buy one if you want it enough" ... the solution was to get Lucy out and play her for 5-10 minutes. Whenever I did, the GAS evaporated and I was able to chuckle at the other folks suffering from it!
Now, this 330 - I haven't wanted to play anything else since Saturday (and that includes Lucy). The last few extra R8s appeared over the last day or two - they do look tasty - and I really don't care. The missus was worried I might have regrets I'd bought the 330 before the R8s ran out... nope! :-)
"In the phase before purchasing, a prospective buyer often feels positive emotions associated with a purchase (desire, a sense of heightened possibilities, and an anticipation of the enjoyment that will accompany using the product, for example); afterwards, having made the purchase, they are more fully able to experience the negative aspects: all the opportunity costs of the purchase, and a reduction in purchasing power."
I'm kind of "HA! GUITAR! ME BUY" in the shop
(or sometimes it's a more relaxed Homer-Simpson-esque "mmmm, guitar")
Because of this, I never touch a guitar whose price-tag I'm not prepared to go to, there and then... just in case the bluddy thing speaks to me! And I'm a lot happier if my missus is there too - she knows when the Andrew-Guitar relationship looks like a good un, and she's also able to ring alarm bells if necessary.
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