Semi-hollows with jumbo frets?

RustyShackleford

Who makes one? I find the 335 body style really comfy (rivals the strat in ergonomics for me) but I can't get on with the tiny frets most of them have. AFAIK there's the Hagstrom Viking, Eart 335 copy, and the Fret King 335 something or other. Any others I should consider?

*edited title from medium jumb to jumbo after becoming enlightened on fret wire*

PAL

Depends what you want to spend !  Eastman are pretty good Epiphone of course I would buy the Gibson 335.

Funkfingers

Sire Larry Carlton H7.

Blueingreen

I don't find the 335 shape so comfortable, too bulky, but I have a Gibson 339 that came with "tall narrow" (6105 I think) frets as stock.  I'm not sure if they all do, but mine was just a standard example.

My 336 came with what I assume were more standard Gibson medium jumbos but I prefer larger frets and had it refretted with 6100 wire.  I'm very happy with the 6105 wire on the 339 though.

RustyShackleford

PAL said:

Depends what you want to spend !  Eastman are pretty good Epiphone of course I would buy the Gibson 335.

I thought they came with medium frets? Gibsons are too pricey for my blood in any case.

Funkfingers said:

Sire Larry Carlton H7.

Looked into the H7 too but apparently the nut is narrower than typical. 

chrisj1602

Epiphone ES-335 Specifications

Body

Body Shape

ES-335

Body Material

Layered Maple

Top

Layered Maple

Back

Layered Maple

Side

Layered Maple

Centerblock

Maple

Binding

Single ply Cream - Top, Back and Fretboard

Body Finish

Gloss

Neck

Neck Material

Mahogany

Profile

Rounded "C"

Scale Length

628 mm / 24.72 in

Fingerboard Material

Indian Laurel

Fingerboard Radius

304.8 mm / 12.00 in

Fret Count

22

Frets

Medium Jumbo

Nut Material

Graph Tech® NuBone®

Nut Width

43 mm / 1.69 in

End Of Board Width

56.88 mm / 2.24 in

Inlays

Dot

Joint

Glued in; Set Neck

Bennyboy-UK

Perhaps see if you can find a Hamer Artist or Vanguard, or Newport.

You wont find better build quality anywhere and the prices (even with current madness levels) might surprise you - great value.

RustyShackleford

Blueingreen said:

I don't find the 335 shape so comfortable, too bulky, but I have a Gibson 339 that came with "tall narrow" (6105 I think) frets as stock.  I'm not sure if they all do, but mine was just a standard example.

My 336 came with what I assume were more standard Gibson medium jumbos but I prefer larger frets and had it refretted with 6100 wire.  I'm very happy with the 6105 wire on the 339 though.

I thought I'd find it bulky too until I got meself an Ibanez AS73 which I really bonded with apart from its small frets. The fat body made for an awesome arm rest.  I find Explorers really comfy for the same reason. 

I suppose getting a cheapie AS73 and paying for a refret is always an option. With their pointier horns I  always thought they looked better than regular 335s.

susbemol

The VOX HDC-77 and HDC-99 models did. Quite hard to find though.

Stratavarious

Ibanez semis have chunky frets. Surprised anyone would consider them small.

grungebob

Rivolta Regata VII?

24 medium jumbo frets and a nice twist on the semi shape. 

BillDL

Stratavarious said:

Ibanez semis have chunky frets. Surprised anyone would consider them small.

That's exactly what i was thinking too.  My Ibanez AS-73 has frets that are 2.7mm wide and very approximately 1.2mm to 1.3mm tall.  They are a fraction taller than "medium jumbo" but about the same width.  The guitar is a "made in China" one from 2015/2016.  Perhaps fretwire spec changed through the years.

 "Medium Jumbo" fretwire (Dunlop 6130) has a width of (rounded up) 2.7mm x 0.9mm tall.

"Modern" (narrow and tall - Dunlop 6105 wire) is approx 2.3mm wide x 1.4mm tall.

"Vintage" (Dunlop 6230) wire is around 2mm wide x 1.1mm tall.

"Vintage Jumbo" wire (Dunlop 6150) is approx 2.6mm wide x 1.1mm tall.

"Jumbo" wire (Dunlop 6100) is approx 2.8mm wide x 1.4mm tall.

RustyShackleford

So I finally got around to measuring the frets on my guitars. Turns out that the annoyingly short frets I can't get on with are what you'd call medium jumbos.

So...semi-hollows with jumbo frets?

CavemanGrogg

RustyShackleford said:

Who makes one? I find the 335 body style really comfy (rivals the strat in ergonomics for me) but I can't get on with the tiny frets most of them have. AFAIK there's the Hagstrom Viking, Eart 335 copy, and the Fret King 335 something or other. Any others I should consider?

*edited title from medium jumb to jumbo after becoming enlightened on fret wire*

Washburn, I'm thinking of the now discontinued HB32 which can easily be found second hand in great condition for around £300 with a hardcase.  Or the currently still available HB35.  As much as I like my Ibanez guitars, they've never managed to pull off a half decent 3X5 shaped semi hollow, there's always something not quite right, and ''off'' looking about Ibanez's 3X5 inspired designs.