So I'm not sure I understand the difference versus the various models of 335s that have been available in the past few years...
Looking at used ones I see all these denominations: Memphis, custom shop (which is straightforward enough), dot reissue, etc.
Which ones are actually custom shop versus regular US production line??
Doesn't help that the used prices are all over the shop. I see "Gibson USA" or "dot reissue" ones at around £2k. Given that brand new ones are £2.4k (for what I assume is just regular production 335s) that doesn't make sense to me. I would expect to see used "standard" ones around the 1.6k mark and CS ones more around 2.5k.
Can someone enlighten me on the various ranges?
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There were however a few 335s made in the Nashville Custom facility, mainly '59 and '63 reissues. I'm pretty sure the laminates were pressed in Memphis but then shipped to Nashville to be built. When I visited both the Memphis factory and Nashville Custom Shop in 2013 I saw reissue dots from both plants.
And a 345 and 335 dot in non standard colours from the custom shop here: https://wildwoodguitars.com/product-category/electrics/gibson-custom-shop/hollowbody-and-archtop/
Bit of a weird time because the es and hollow ranges were decimated in the recent shakeup. I'm sure they'll be resuming production soon from Nashville. Or maybe they're building and stockpiling them atm
I prefer the neck shapes, the actual cutaway ear shape, the pickups, the 3 ply construction. Pretty much everything.
Pretty impressed though by some but not all Memphis, think the quality is a little patchy but a good one still a thing of beauty. Gibson get a lot wrong, probably more than any other musical instrument maker I can think of but when the stars align and they make something decent, there's nothing much that compares.
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Hugh
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