Why?
played a ES-335 for the first time. might be my favoite guitar of all time.
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Why?
"No Tele For you." - The Tele Nazi
Ha! Tele-ish now inbound.
I had an Ibanez AS83, which was a 335-a-like. I really liked it. Gibson do a new one with a smaller body, but the same scale length, which I'd like to have a go on. It's called a 339, I think.
I have only played one, I love the sound I have heard from several of them.
I like them because they play like a Les Paul but they have a little more bite to them. They are also great because you can get them to feedback pretty easily. I don't like them because I feel that the body is too large (I own one so don't take that personally).
Patrick
I've always considered myself a LP standard/custom/studio guy but when a friend of a friend handed me his 70s-something cherry red 335 I was instantly shocked at how light it was, how it played, and the sound that came out of it. I always thought it wouldn't have the "bite" that I liked, but my god that thing could play light, heavy and everywhere in between.
this guy had literally 115 guitars. his crown jewel was a 60s-something johnny winters firebird. he had 2 mid70s black beauties (the 2 humbucker version so I guess they're just customs), a 1937 steel dobro, a 1964? epi puke-green thing that screams, a 62? fender precision bass with a slate neck.
he handed me guitars for 2 hours. it was like disneyland and guitar center rolled into one.
oh, and a 5150 block letter EVH head, a slash model marshall, etc...
and a jam space in his basement. WTF!!!!!!!!!!
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I remember my first encounter with a 335 and it was 34 years ago. I'd only gone into the shop (Macari's, Charing X Road) to buy a £13 fuzzbox and that's what they handed me to try it out with. Early 60's dot neck, I think. It'd be in a glass case today.
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Well, I love my 335 knockoff (or 355 knockoff if I listen to Oldguy), and I love it dearly. I like that it plays and rocks like a LP, but has more bite and snarl, and feedbacks so well.
Steve Thompson
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Yeah, 335's are really cool guitars. I think that they are a more versatile version of the Les Paul sound. I'd love to have a real one some day.
What I love about them is that they sound really warm and bluesy when you play them through a clean amp, and they scream when you play them with a dirty sound. They also seem to respond more to your picking attack.
I had a chance to play one of those 339's recently (not for very long), and it sounded great. That's probably the one that I would get if I had a bunch of money and no worries about the economy :-)
-- Jim
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I'd like to get one too but the 339 is a special build specifically for Guitar Centers, Inc. and their evil minions, (Musician's Friend, Music123, etc.)Originally Posted by jpfeifer
They don't get my money!
(Also appears that 339 build quality is a crapshoot.)