Show your ES 335 style guitars!

[kidsmoke]

another GREAT value in a 335 style is a Japanese built Washburn HB35. I had one for years, and let it go when I landed the Heritage. It stacks up VERY well against the real deal.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

That particular sub-type of trapeze tailpiece is called a "harp." Used on some Guilds and some of the DeArmond line that emulated Guilds.

And my Viking. Brian, you are plenty large enough to handle a 335 size in my mind!

 

[jilaw50]

Here is a You-tube video of me playing my Gibson ES-345. My only Gibson and it is a GREAT guitar I will never part with.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eFkDiCOUHRU&feature=related

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’04 Fender Custom Shop ’56 Stratocaster Relic RI 50th Anniv. Aztec Gold
'10 Fender American Select Mahogany HSS Strat
'07 Fender Custom Shop Vintage Heavy Relic HB Telecaster
'03 Gibson ES-345 RI
Schecter California Custom Hellcat
’10 Squier Classic Vibe 60’s Stratocaster (Fender CS ’69 /Candy Apple Red)
’10 Squier Telecaster w/Bigsby (Fender CS Texas Specials/Candy Apple Red)
’09 Squier Stratocaster HSS Standard (Pearly Gates HB/SSL-1/SSL-1/Silver Sparkle)
’02 Squier Bullet HHH (S. Duncan: Little ‘59/Duckbucker/JB Jr. /LockingTuners)
’10 Squier Vintage Modified Jaguar HH (Fiesta Red)
Breedlove AD25/SR Plus Acoustic

Yamaha S90XS Keyboard

 

[Pickngrin]

I had never GASsed for a semi-hollowbody before - until now! Thanks, guys!

 

[Dragon Rider]

another GREAT value in a 335 style is a Japanese built Washburn HB35. I had one for years, and let it go when I landed the Heritage. It stacks up VERY well against the real deal.

is the washburn HB-32 close?
worldmusicsupply has a good deal on a B stock $350 shipped with a FREE Behringer SP400 Super Phase Shifter

http://www.worldmusicsupply.com/Washburn-HB32-DM-Hollowbody-Electric-Guitar-Factory-B-Stock.html

If I could justify a 2nd hollowbody, and if I wasn't saving all the pennies for a Hell Guitar or two, I'd be all over the HB-32

from the site
Product Detail

With dot neck inlays, distressed hardware the HB 32 looks as good as it sounds. A must have for the hollowbody player... offering ultimate sustain, warm tones, and a solid inner-block body construction.

Mahogany body and top
Double cutaway semi-acoustic body
Distressed hardware
Bound f holes
Multi laminate binding
Rosewood fingerboard
Split block inlays
Tune-o-matic bridge
Stop bar tailpiece
621 with open coils (back) neck pickup
623 with open coils (black) bridge pickup
4 knob/3 way switch
Distressed Grover® 18:1 gear ratio tuners
Buzz Feiten Tuning System™
A B-stock is a guitar that has minor cosmetic issues or blemishes from mis-handling at the factory. It is new in every other regard. Don't let the word B-stock scare you because this great guitar has a Full Lifetime Warranty! Washburn rates their B-stock as B1, B2, and B3 with B1 having the most minor cosmetic flaw to B3 have the more serious flaws. All of our Washburn B-stock guitars are B1. We do not sell B2, or B3 stock.

 

[otaypanky]

it's not a double cut away, but it is a hollow-body, and its 45 yrs young

This one brings back memories. Back in the 60's I played a Guild Starfire III.

 

[Dragon Rider]

I'd love to find a well preserved starfire, but the word seems to be out and they fetch a pretty penny nowadays.

 

[piebaldpython]

is the washburn HB-32 close?

Yes, darn close. The HB-32DM is the same as the HB-30 except for the relic-ing. The HB-35 might be a step up but I have the HB-32DM and like it a lot. Good bluesy guitar.

 

[sunvalleylaw]

I'd love to find a well preserved starfire, but the word seems to be out and they fetch a pretty penny nowadays.

+1

 

[Katastrophe]

This one brings back memories. Back in the 60's I played a Guild Starfire III.

That's a great pic, 'panky. Just from the portion you can see, there was a lot of change going on in the world at that time. I dig it!

 

[otaypanky]

That was my first 'public gig' as I recall, a big step up from the basement dance parties where the girls were on one side of the room and the boys on the other. Even if it was at a supermarket, it felt like a big deal at the time, LOL. This was the whole picture that was in the little local newspaper. I especially like the wheel of the upside down shopping cart in the foreground. Get a load of the food prices back then ~

 

[Ch0jin]

My BB1200 relaxing....


Classic Combo by Ch0jiN, on Flickr

 

[Ch0jin]

.... and two more


Blood Red by Ch0jiN, on Flickr


BB1200 by Ch0jiN, on Flickr

 

[otaypanky]

wow, never saw one of those. I bet that's nice ~

 

[Katastrophe]

Nice entry, Ch0jin! But, you have to tell us more about the amph, cab and guitar as well.

 

[Ch0jin]

Thanks Kat! There sure are some nice looking guitars in this thread, but my entry is a custom Maton BB1200.

It's an early production version that most resembles the current BB1200JH Josh Homme model, but in this case with a regular tail piece instead of the trapeze style on the JH. This one also features custom B90 pickups from Brierley Guitar Pickups (They are basically humbucker sized single coils that sound amazing!) as well as locking Spurzel tuners. Wiring has been modified to a simple single volume and tone configuration.

That amp and cab are rarities too as it happens. Made by an Australian amp builder some time in the 60's, that's a Vase Bassman 60 atop a Vase 4x12 with original speakers.

Sadly the head has been substantially modified from original (by me unfortunately) and now contains a home built JCM800 style circuit, otherwise the pair would basically be a museum piece I guess.

The other amp over in the corner is my Peavey Ultra 112 combo. Awesome all tube 60 watter. A really great versatile amp.

 

[jpfeifer]

Hollow and semi-hollow bodied guitars are fun and if you've never had one I highly recommend them. In fact I think even playing different styles of solid bodied guitars tends to get you playing a bit differently from how you might normally play on the guitar you're accustomed to.
Not all of these are ES-335's but they're all Gibsons.The first one is a '66 ES-335, you can see where B.B. was nice enough to autograph the back. It's hard to see but hanging on the rack to the left of it in the first photo is an Epiphone version of a Les Paul Signature. It was an amazing guitar. I was lucky enough to find an original '73 Gibson version back in the early 90's, that's the semi-hollow goldtop. The last pic is a Johnny A model.

Wow, the Johnny A model is one of my favorite guitars, although I've never been able to find one to try. I love the design and the tone of that guitar. One day I'd like to get one of those.

--Jim

 

[otaypanky]

You can buy this one Jim