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R_of_G
June 15th, 2007, 10:44 AM
Lots of SG's and LP's at the Fret. I play a semi-hollow arch-top. My primary electric is my ES-135, which has such a great tone straight into the amp. Anyone else?:cool:

duhvoodooman
June 15th, 2007, 11:03 AM
Epiphone Dot (335 type) that I bought on eBay last year. Love it! :DR

R_of_G
June 15th, 2007, 12:02 PM
sweet! i looked long and hard at the 335's and 135's when i got mine, and it was a tough call.

t_ross33
June 15th, 2007, 12:07 PM
I use my Washburn HB-30/CH (335-ish style) for almost all of my Rawk And/Or Roll humbuckin' as well as some R&B and rockabilly type tunes. I love the fullness of the tone, though it can be susceptible to feedback (of course) and slight overtones at stage volumes. Taming the beast is half the fun :R

Similar to the LP/Strat thread, I find it has changed my approach to my playing in that I try to be more subtle, especially on the neck p'up, to milk those dreamy tones :cool:

My Tele is for Twangin' and Bangin'

R_of_G
June 15th, 2007, 12:45 PM
Similar to the LP/Strat thread, I find it has changed my approach to my playing in that I try to be more subtle, especially on the neck p'up, to milk those dreamy tones :cool:

My Tele is for Twangin' and Bangin'

Well said Ross. I use my Gibson for more jazzy, or tremoloed out sweet tone, or just some nice chunky blues licks, and when I want to rip it up a bit, I grab the strat.

hubberjub
November 26th, 2007, 02:34 PM
I always loved the look of Gibson hollow bodies. When I finally played a few new Gibsons I was turned off by the shoddy paint jobs and poor quality control. I really wanted to like them because I was getting into playing jazz. After playing many different brands I settled on buying two Heritage guitars. The one is an Eagle that was custom ordered with a natural finish, no fretboard binding, and all black hardware with a frequensator tail piece. The other is a H 535 that was ordered with a transparent black finish. Here's the link to my hollow body page (http://s222.photobucket.com/albums/dd105/hubberjub/Hollows/). Heritage has since gone downhill in quality as well. They are apparently restructuring right now to try to put the company back to what it once was.

elavd
November 26th, 2007, 05:53 PM
I have recently bought a used Gibson ES335.

Finally a dream of mine came true:

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/elavd/ES335/ed9b_3.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/elavd/ES335/gibby_01.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/elavd/ES335/gibby_05.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/elavd/ES335/gibby_06.jpg

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f283/elavd/ES335/gibby_10.jpg

just strum
November 26th, 2007, 06:08 PM
Epi Dot - the last addition to the group and has been my favorite since day one.

http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h16/auroraohio/Picture149.jpg

Elavd, very nice ES335.

warren0728
November 26th, 2007, 08:03 PM
that is a sweet 335!

I have an Ibanez Artcore....i like it but would love a gibby archtop one day!

ww

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/35474b7a7715084.jpg

http://www.thefret.net/imagehosting/35474b7a775f7b4.jpg

R_of_G
November 26th, 2007, 08:08 PM
Warren, that blue finish is SWEET! Also, I like that your guitar has a whammy bar. I love playing with the one on my strat, but have to go to the pedal for whammy fun with my Gibson.:AOK:

just strum
November 26th, 2007, 08:25 PM
Warren, nice Ibanez. I have to start reading the signatures, I didn't even realize you had this guitar. How long have you owned this one?

I am impressed with the Ibanez guitars. A much better guitar for the money than I expected.

warren0728
November 26th, 2007, 08:30 PM
thanks guys....i've had it for a couple of years....the quality of this guitar is top notch...no complaints at all!

ww

tot_Ou_tard
November 26th, 2007, 08:51 PM
My next guitar is likely to be a semihollow or hollow with P90s.