I like the 330 better than it's cousins because of the full hollow body. You get a ton of sympathetic resonance, really full sound with rich overtones, and they sound remarkably decent unplugged which is a big plus for practicing quietly at night. Edit: Also wanted to add that full hollow body guitars have incredible feedback that you won't find anywhere else. Really good for low and slow genres like doom metal.
Great video! Most people just don't know the ES-330. I have a 1965, quite hard to find down here in Brazil, and it is the most comfortable and great sounding guitar I've ever played. Despite the feedback in louder volumes, I wouldn't change it for any other axe. Thanks for all the info, btw. Keep on rockin, all the best from Brazil
@@Gibsunday That's a cool guitar as well. Actually a friend just bought a real 64 345 so we're going to do a shootout / comparison with my '64 reissue. Should be fun!
greatest player to wield the 330, was Elliott Smith. Same initals too hehe. Man he sounded sweet with that thing. Apparently he owned like 5 before he started trying other guitars for albums lol. His Fuji and Bumbershoot concerts are great examples of him rocking out with it.
I have a 2015 ES-330L and a 2018 ES-335, both in ebony finish. They look nearly identical, but completely different sounding. 335 is clean tight and professional sounding, and the 330 is DIRTY!
My inherited 330 is the first guitar I ever played. I researched players of the instrument and became a big Grant Green fan and lover of warm jazz tones like Joe Pass. With the hollow body and P-90's it can't really sound like other guitars but for the warm and mellow sound it does make it may be one of the best guitars every.
OK... I want to slam on the breaks of your comments about the ES330TD and how it can be played. I have a 1961(2) ES330TD, Black Dog Ear P90's, with a Bigsby Tremalo Bar. My father baught it when he worked at Meniketi Music Store in Oakland California in 1961. I now own this amazing guitar. Never owned by anyone but my father and myself. So to get to my point of playability, you may want to get more info on how it can be played, not how it was designed to play. This is an ES which the ES actually stands for Spanish Guitar, TD is thin body(hollow) and Dual Pick-ups. I do believe my father paid about $250 on a worker discount from Meniketies...who i believe the store owner is related to the Y&T future Front Man. This is originally thought of as a jazz guitar not a Rock Guitar at the time or anytime for that matter. Then again lots of guitars and amps were never thought to be anything but clean channel , non overdirven amps and guitars. HOWEVER, Rock Players would not take things for face value and say this is just a clear channel or a non over driven amp. Same goes for Guitars... but... Rock Players are never going to just lay down and take the salesmans pitch... players called BS on what could be done with a guitar or an amp. They Broke The Rules. I started really playing guitar in about 1967, at the age of 6. At Age 3-4, I watched my dad play this guitar out of a 1948 Gipson EH185. I played the guitar case and giggled as i listened to this guitar make the sweetest jazz tones. I have pics of the ES330TD that im holding right now.. and I still have the EH185 Kallamazoo Michigan Gibson amp and I have pics of that too. The amp is going to be rebuilt but when it worked... it was a beast. It Rocked in Volume... i never really heard it Over-Driven. The 330 just sounded amazing as my father played Jazz and more types of music from the 40's and 50"s. So AC/DC wasn't on his play list when he got the guitar. Move forward to 1976 im a freshman in highschool i have about 9 years of actual guitar playing under my belt, and Im in my first band playing the 330 through a PEAVY Classic VT 50 Watt Guitar Combo Amp. I didn't know what I was really doing with either and so i got a distortion pedal to be cool .. The 80's come along and now New Wave Music was hot and I was in a new band. I then found out that if i set the settings on the Amp just right I could make that ES330TD Scream like a Les Paul...kinda. It was Loud, it had sustain, great crunch and overdrive and I never once felt that this guitar couldn't ROCK with anyones. It was light, it was beautiful and i had a Bigsby Tremalo that i eventually fell in love with and learned to properly use it. To this Day, I play this Guitar through a Fender 57 Delux, a 81 Fender Twin Reverb(Rivera Model) A Marshall Stack own previously from the Lead Guitar Player of All American Rejects, and I play his Mesa Boogie ear bleeding amp... I have pics of both. He passed away(tragic story) and we purched his amps. My ES330TD Totally Rocks and Sounds so F**King Bad Azz ... and guess what .. NO DAMN FEEDBACK from my ES330TD.. EVER ...in anytime I have played this guitar.. I have never heard 1 note of FEED BACK. Maybe because its a 1961 and yours .... Isn't is the problem. I can only give you my experience and what I know to be truth. I hate hearing people say you cant ROCK this Guitar. Im 61 soon to be 62... thats a good sample size of time for me to speak to this amazing guitars ability to FLIPPIN' ROCK. Get better guitar year, get better Pick Ups... play through better gear, learn how to use your amp up close and personal like... I dont know what to tell you.. but DONT TELL ME my 1961 ES330TD can't be Rocked. Just dont do that.. you got bad info or bad gear. I invite you to come to my club , turn up , plug in ... and Rock On... You just need to be re-educated and quit listening to bad info. I love that you took the time to really do a great job of telling the story of all these guitars and where the 330 fit in. I love this guitar, and im glad to know that there are others out there that appreciate it and keep it alive. BB wasn't Wrong... You aren't either on the wonderfulness of this guitar. Your Walnut Ax is beautiful. But just know.. what Old Farts who didn't know squat about Rocking a Guitar was all about... they were WRONG... Dead Wrong... I dare anyone to show up at my place and tell me this guitar cant ROCK. Thanks for the time and sorry for my stern but honest comments. I love hearing about this often overlooked increadable guitar. If you ever find one for a good price, buy it... you will love its versitility, the weight.. unless you add the Bigsby(mine came with it from the factory) and of course the varrying styles it can play... In 1981, I was Playing Zepplin, AC/DC and the Eagles through this amazing guitar, I still am today. Pick one up and you wont be sorry ... Tune up, Plug In, and Rock On. Thanks for the time. I have pics of items mentioned if you need proof. MIC DROP.... (and just like that.. this A-Hole is Gone..... muahhhhhh)
I have a 330 with the 19fret neck joint and it's been almost the only guitar I've played jobs with for about ten years. I truly love it. Mine is cherry, but I love the walnut finish.
My guess is that Gibson fitted a Tune-0-Matic with a supporting interior block rather that a common-sense floating bridge, which would allow the top to vibrate more, to avoid the steam-pressed arch collapsing downwards. There again, why doesn't the 330 have a spruce top? Added to that, why does the 330 and Casino have single coils instead of PAFs? They enrich the tone with a full hollowbody but then thin it out again with the choice of single coils.
In general a hollow body guitar is just incomparable with a semi hollow. I own a 125 TDC hollow body, probably a 1967 because of the slim neck. I would never consider to purchase (or trade for) a "heavy weight". A hollow body becomes one with you and the 2 P-90s are so incredible versatile in tone. Thanks for the great review, I never knew that the numbers of the different ES models were related to their price LOL.
I heard that the long necks that join the. Indy at the 19th fret like yours began in 1968. However, I also read they came out near the end of 1967. Again, like yours. But someone mentioned the missing dot on the “i” as making it a 1969. Either way, beautiful guitar. I have a 66 tobacco burst and a 68 cherry.
Just want to add here...great video!! I play a cheap Chinese Casino because it’s what I could afford at the time. The “woody and bell like” chime is all there. The DNA of the 330 so to speak even with the cheaper components. It just has a warm “woody clunk” to the lower notes and seems to really sing on the 4th and 3rd strings. I like the limitations that the holllowbody presents when amplified. You just have to get creative and pay close attention with your volume. It’s an underrated and misunderstood guitar in my opinion.
Thanks, appreciate the kind words! Also, totall agree… COMPLETELY misunderstood! I’m pumped your Chibson has worked for you. Have you considered getting a 330?
In all honesty, the 330 is really the superior model and more beautiful because of its direct lineage to the “Jazz Box”. It was the one I fell in love with but was dooped to want the the 335 because of well.. marketing. Can afford one yet but when I can….
Superb video - I once owned a 1963 es 330TD which had split diagonal blockl neck inlays - never seen another one ?? Anyone out there owned or seen one ? I know that this neck arrangement was used on 335 s .
Thanks for the video, its good information! I own a 330 with the "short" 16-fret neck, sunburst, bought it second hand back in 1976. One thing ist strange about ist: It has the "stereo" truss rod cover. I wonder, if this is the original state. Do you know if this guitar was ever sold as a stereo model?
Thanks for this video, I enjoyed it. I'm thinking of building my own 330ish guitar and what's stumping me a little bit is how I'll laminate the top accurately. Carving would actually be easier! Wondering if you have an opinion on what a 330 would be like with a solid spruce (or maple?) top. I fear it would be feedback city... Oh, and does yours have a soundpost under the bridge? Many thanks!
Awesome, glad you enjoyed it! Do you already own a 330? Consider buying one first. They’re interesting and I don’t believe they’re for everyone- hence the 335’s superiority in the ES market. For wood, I don’t see that making a major difference considering how feedback-prone the 330/hollow body already is. I’m not sure about that the sound post, but I’ll try to check. In the event that I don’t, I’m sure you can find something on google for my ‘67 330. Either way, good luck on the build! Sounds like a shit ton of work but even more fun!
@@Gibsunday If I was going to buy one, I wouldn't make one. That would be an overabundance of 330s. Maybe that's not a bad thing. :) And yeah, a shit ton of work indeed. But it's the journey not the destination, so they say.
Read the label...............it will tell you. You have to remember the 1936 - 1956, ES150 has no cutaways. 150 already had two pick ups. So it's not for them. They were thick. T for thin is correct. D for double cutaways. I have a 1969 Gibson ES 150w, first year. A lot of changes for this model in the first year. As you may know Norlin took over Gibson in 1969. 1970 was a big change, they added two more numbers to the serial. They changed the label from your orange oval to the purple and black triangles. Since Norlin was a foreign company they didn't want people to think about Gibson this way. They added the Made in USA on the back of the headstock. Not because of Japanese guitars copying Gibson. Norlin also closed the gap on the b & o on the headstock logo. It looks like crap!!! Now I'm still looking for the real reason why they dropped the (i) dot in 1969. Anybody learn that one yet? I would love to know. Good video and I love your ES 330TDW. :) I just noticed you have a 1969, no dot Gibson logo... 1969 can also have the dot but closed b & o on logo as they go into 1970. I've seen a couple 1966's with no dot, Maybe you might have a 1966. P.S. Great job on your video.
Haha, LOVE your knowledge and enthusiasm! Seriously! Also, I may be mistaken, but the D does stand for Double Pickups in the scenario, because the ES-330/335/345/355 did not offer a single cutaway, but the 330 did offer a single pickup option. So the D here distinguishes the Double Pickups and not cutaways.
@@Gibsunday The ES 150 was Gibson's best selling model. Introduce NEW model 1958 ES 335 Why would they say T for thin but not the two major cut aways that was the NEW idea, different than the ES 150. I think you're reading many stories that are out there but incomplete. Thank you for your reply.
im still trying to get a definate serial # varification on my ES330TD but trying to find set in stone dates are hard or have been hard for me to validate. My SN# is : 91623 and when i look it up im stuck between a 61/62. I know in this time period there were changes to the guitar in pic ups, sqare vs dot fret markers, and a few other things... non of which has helped me pin down when it was manufactured. My dad bought in 1961 i believe... Im born in 61... it has always been there for me.. i just wish Gibson kept better records or had a better system of keep track of dates and SN's. I loved your history you posted... the one thing i know for sure.. there were and still are .. always... Changes. Tune Up, Plug In ... and ... Rock On. thanks
Huh. Maybe this is what I’ve been looking for. I had given up on finding a birth year guitar but this might do the trick. I had a 2021 ES-335 but didn’t find the semi-hollow represented enough of a difference vs a Les Paul. Maybe this full hollow would give me the character I expected. Plus… P90s….
@@donsimons9810 After 56 years of not finding happiness within, I understand I need to *buy* the temporary delusion of happiness. I actually ordered an SG today….
You have to learn how to control that feedback! Ted Nugent can do it with a Byrdland... I think of my ES-330 as a poor mans Byrdland, with a longer scale and the wrong pickups ;-)
Great video! Love my 330. It’s unlike any other guitar I own. The player that brought me to it is Grant Green.
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I like the 330 better than it's cousins because of the full hollow body. You get a ton of sympathetic resonance, really full sound with rich overtones, and they sound remarkably decent unplugged which is a big plus for practicing quietly at night. Edit: Also wanted to add that full hollow body guitars have incredible feedback that you won't find anywhere else. Really good for low and slow genres like doom metal.
Great video! Most people just don't know the ES-330. I have a 1965, quite hard to find down here in Brazil, and it is the most comfortable and great sounding guitar I've ever played. Despite the feedback in louder volumes, I wouldn't change it for any other axe. Thanks for all the info, btw. Keep on rockin, all the best from Brazil
330 was my dream guitar. Just so different, I love mine!
Totally! It helps that your 345 is a dream!
@@Gibsunday That's a cool guitar as well. Actually a friend just bought a real 64 345 so we're going to do a shootout / comparison with my '64 reissue. Should be fun!
greatest player to wield the 330, was Elliott Smith. Same initals too hehe. Man he sounded sweet with that thing. Apparently he owned like 5 before he started trying other guitars for albums lol. His Fuji and Bumbershoot concerts are great examples of him rocking out with it.
You've got the long neck. I had the Casino version. LOVED that guitar. It magically became Christmas presents, one year ...
I have a 2015 ES-330L and a 2018 ES-335, both in ebony finish. They look nearly identical, but completely different sounding. 335 is clean tight and professional sounding, and the 330 is DIRTY!
My inherited 330 is the first guitar I ever played. I researched players of the instrument and became a big Grant Green fan and lover of warm jazz tones like Joe Pass. With the hollow body and P-90's it can't really sound like other guitars but for the warm and mellow sound it does make it may be one of the best guitars every.
OK... I want to slam on the breaks of your comments about the ES330TD and how it can be played. I have a 1961(2) ES330TD, Black Dog Ear P90's, with a Bigsby Tremalo Bar. My father baught it when he worked at Meniketi Music Store in Oakland California in 1961. I now own this amazing guitar. Never owned by anyone but my father and myself. So to get to my point of playability, you may want to get more info on how it can be played, not how it was designed to play. This is an ES which the ES actually stands for Spanish Guitar, TD is thin body(hollow) and Dual Pick-ups.
I do believe my father paid about $250 on a worker discount from Meniketies...who i believe the store owner is related to the Y&T future Front Man. This is originally thought of as a jazz guitar not a Rock Guitar at the time or anytime for that matter. Then again lots of guitars and amps were never thought to be anything but clean channel , non overdirven amps and guitars. HOWEVER, Rock Players would not take things for face value and say this is just a clear channel or a non over driven amp. Same goes for Guitars... but... Rock Players are never going to just lay down and take the salesmans pitch... players called BS on what could be done with a guitar or an amp. They Broke The Rules. I started really playing guitar in about 1967, at the age of 6. At Age 3-4, I watched my dad play this guitar out of a 1948 Gipson EH185. I played the guitar case and giggled as i listened to this guitar make the sweetest jazz tones. I have pics of the ES330TD that im holding right now.. and I still have the EH185 Kallamazoo Michigan Gibson amp and I have pics of that too. The amp is going to be rebuilt but when it worked... it was a beast. It Rocked in Volume... i never really heard it Over-Driven. The 330 just sounded amazing as my father played Jazz and more types of music from the 40's and 50"s. So AC/DC wasn't on his play list when he got the guitar. Move forward to 1976 im a freshman in highschool i have about 9 years of actual guitar playing under my belt, and Im in my first band playing the 330 through a PEAVY Classic VT 50 Watt Guitar Combo Amp. I didn't know what I was really doing with either and so i got a distortion pedal to be cool .. The 80's come along and now New Wave Music was hot and I was in a new band. I then found out that if i set the settings on the Amp just right I could make that ES330TD Scream like a Les Paul...kinda. It was Loud, it had sustain, great crunch and overdrive and I never once felt that this guitar couldn't ROCK with anyones. It was light, it was beautiful and i had a Bigsby Tremalo that i eventually fell in love with and learned to properly use it. To this Day, I play this Guitar through a Fender 57 Delux, a 81 Fender Twin Reverb(Rivera Model) A Marshall Stack own previously from the Lead Guitar Player of All American Rejects, and I play his Mesa Boogie ear bleeding amp... I have pics of both. He passed away(tragic story) and we purched his amps. My ES330TD Totally Rocks and Sounds so F**King Bad Azz ... and guess what .. NO DAMN FEEDBACK from my ES330TD.. EVER ...in anytime I have played this guitar.. I have never heard 1 note of FEED BACK. Maybe because its a 1961 and yours .... Isn't is the problem. I can only give you my experience and what I know to be truth. I hate hearing people say you cant ROCK this Guitar. Im 61 soon to be 62... thats a good sample size of time for me to speak to this amazing guitars ability to FLIPPIN' ROCK. Get better guitar year, get better Pick Ups... play through better gear, learn how to use your amp up close and personal like... I dont know what to tell you.. but DONT TELL ME my 1961 ES330TD can't be Rocked. Just dont do that.. you got bad info or bad gear. I invite you to come to my club , turn up , plug in ... and Rock On... You just need to be re-educated and quit listening to bad info. I love that you took the time to really do a great job of telling the story of all these guitars and where the 330 fit in. I love this guitar, and im glad to know that there are others out there that appreciate it and keep it alive. BB wasn't Wrong... You aren't either on the wonderfulness of this guitar. Your Walnut Ax is beautiful. But just know.. what Old Farts who didn't know squat about Rocking a Guitar was all about... they were WRONG... Dead Wrong... I dare anyone to show up at my place and tell me this guitar cant ROCK. Thanks for the time and sorry for my stern but honest comments. I love hearing about this often overlooked increadable guitar. If you ever find one for a good price, buy it... you will love its versitility, the weight.. unless you add the Bigsby(mine came with it from the factory) and of course the varrying styles it can play... In 1981, I was Playing Zepplin, AC/DC and the Eagles through this amazing guitar, I still am today. Pick one up and you wont be sorry ... Tune up, Plug In, and Rock On. Thanks for the time. I have pics of items mentioned if you need proof. MIC DROP.... (and just like that.. this A-Hole is Gone..... muahhhhhh)
I have a 330 with the 19fret neck joint and it's been almost the only guitar I've played jobs with for about ten years. I truly love it. Mine is cherry, but I love the walnut finish.
Love this! You def can’t go wrong with a Cherry 330!
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My guess is that Gibson fitted a Tune-0-Matic with a supporting interior block rather that a common-sense floating bridge, which would allow the top to vibrate more, to avoid the steam-pressed arch collapsing downwards. There again, why doesn't the 330 have a spruce top? Added to that, why does the 330 and Casino have single coils instead of PAFs? They enrich the tone with a full hollowbody but then thin it out again with the choice of single coils.
In general a hollow body guitar is just incomparable with a semi hollow. I own a 125 TDC hollow body, probably a 1967 because of the slim neck. I would never consider to purchase (or trade for) a "heavy weight". A hollow body becomes one with you and the 2 P-90s are so incredible versatile in tone. Thanks for the great review, I never knew that the numbers of the different ES models were related to their price LOL.
Nice video man! I’m hoping to get a 62 330 one day.
Thanks man! I hope you do and if so, send pics! Would to see it!
I bought my 1960 ES-330 TS, with the single P-90 pickup version for $200.00! yeah, I know, it was quite a few years ago.
My dad owns a es-175 thinking bout getting him this one
That would be an excellent gift and addition to his collection!
I heard that the long necks that join the. Indy at the 19th fret like yours began in 1968. However, I also read they came out near the end of 1967. Again, like yours. But someone mentioned the missing dot on the “i” as making it a 1969. Either way, beautiful guitar. I have a 66 tobacco burst and a 68 cherry.
Just want to add here...great video!! I play a cheap Chinese Casino because it’s what I could afford at the time. The “woody and bell like” chime is all there. The DNA of the 330 so to speak even with the cheaper components. It just has a warm “woody clunk” to the lower notes and seems to really sing on the 4th and 3rd strings. I like the limitations that the holllowbody presents when amplified. You just have to get creative and pay close attention with your volume. It’s an underrated and misunderstood guitar in my opinion.
Thanks, appreciate the kind words! Also, totall agree… COMPLETELY misunderstood! I’m pumped your Chibson has worked for you. Have you considered getting a 330?
@@Gibsunday I sure have. It’s in my top 3 of guitars that I must own. The price point is the only thing holding me back at the moment. 😆
In all honesty, the 330 is really the superior model and more beautiful because of its direct lineage to the “Jazz Box”. It was the one I fell in love with but was dooped to want the the 335 because of well.. marketing. Can afford one yet but when I can….
330, 331.. whatever it takes.
LMAO... now that is a great reference... im sure MR. Mom Plays Both... GREAT HUMOR.. thanks for that.
Damn looks like I’m the first one here because Mafuyu uses a Gibson es-330
I'm also here after watching Given!
@@BassOutcast hell yeah
Also here because of Mafuyu's guitar. I think I prefer the walnut color in this video over the cherry red.
@@jdcv17 same! haha
Superb video - I once owned a 1963 es 330TD which had split diagonal blockl neck inlays - never seen another one ?? Anyone out there owned or seen one ? I know that this neck arrangement was used on 335 s .
I played a 2022 335 Monday and the neck was to thick. I want one with a neck like a 60s les paul. The 335 was a 60s version but still to thick.
Thanks for the video, its good information! I own a 330 with the "short" 16-fret neck, sunburst, bought it second hand back in 1976. One thing ist strange about ist: It has the "stereo" truss rod cover. I wonder, if this is the original state. Do you know if this guitar was ever sold as a stereo model?
330’s we’re never made Stereo as a Production Run, but it’s possible that it’s A) a one-off or B) a replacement truss Rod cover.
Thanks for this video, I enjoyed it. I'm thinking of building my own 330ish guitar and what's stumping me a little bit is how I'll laminate the top accurately. Carving would actually be easier! Wondering if you have an opinion on what a 330 would be like with a solid spruce (or maple?) top. I fear it would be feedback city...
Oh, and does yours have a soundpost under the bridge? Many thanks!
Awesome, glad you enjoyed it!
Do you already own a 330? Consider buying one first. They’re interesting and I don’t believe they’re for everyone- hence the 335’s superiority in the ES market.
For wood, I don’t see that making a major difference considering how feedback-prone the 330/hollow body already is.
I’m not sure about that the sound post, but I’ll try to check. In the event that I don’t, I’m sure you can find something on google for my ‘67 330.
Either way, good luck on the build! Sounds like a shit ton of work but even more fun!
@@Gibsunday If I was going to buy one, I wouldn't make one. That would be an overabundance of 330s. Maybe that's not a bad thing. :) And yeah, a shit ton of work indeed. But it's the journey not the destination, so they say.
Read the label...............it will tell you. You have to remember the 1936 - 1956, ES150 has no cutaways. 150 already had two pick ups. So it's not for them. They were thick. T for thin is correct. D for double cutaways. I have a 1969 Gibson ES 150w, first year. A lot of changes for this model in the first year. As you may know Norlin took over Gibson in 1969. 1970 was a big change, they added two more numbers to the serial. They changed the label from your orange oval to the purple and black triangles. Since Norlin was a foreign company they didn't want people to think about Gibson this way. They added the Made in USA on the back of the headstock. Not because of Japanese guitars copying Gibson. Norlin also closed the gap on the b & o on the headstock logo. It looks like crap!!! Now I'm still looking for the real reason why they dropped the (i) dot in 1969. Anybody learn that one yet? I would love to know. Good video and I love your ES 330TDW. :) I just noticed you have a 1969, no dot Gibson logo... 1969 can also have the dot but closed b & o on logo as they go into 1970. I've seen a couple 1966's with no dot, Maybe you might have a 1966. P.S. Great job on your video.
Haha, LOVE your knowledge and enthusiasm! Seriously! Also, I may be mistaken, but the D does stand for Double Pickups in the scenario, because the ES-330/335/345/355 did not offer a single cutaway, but the 330 did offer a single pickup option. So the D here distinguishes the Double Pickups and not cutaways.
Oh, and thank for you your contribution and kind words! Really appreciated!
@@Gibsunday The ES 150 was Gibson's best selling model. Introduce NEW model 1958 ES 335 Why would they say T for thin but not the two major cut aways that was the NEW idea, different than the ES 150. I think you're reading many stories that are out there but incomplete. Thank you for your reply.
im still trying to get a definate serial # varification on my ES330TD but trying to find set in stone dates are hard or have been hard for me to validate. My SN# is : 91623 and when i look it up im stuck between a 61/62. I know in this time period there were changes to the guitar in pic ups, sqare vs dot fret markers, and a few other things... non of which has helped me pin down when it was manufactured. My dad bought in 1961 i believe... Im born in 61... it has always been there for me.. i just wish Gibson kept better records or had a better system of keep track of dates and SN's. I loved your history you posted... the one thing i know for sure.. there were and still are .. always... Changes. Tune Up, Plug In ... and ... Rock On. thanks
Huh. Maybe this is what I’ve been looking for. I had given up on finding a birth year guitar but this might do the trick. I had a 2021 ES-335 but didn’t find the semi-hollow represented enough of a difference vs a Les Paul. Maybe this full hollow would give me the character I expected. Plus… P90s….
these are not the droids you’re looking for. Happiness only comes from within
@@donsimons9810 After 56 years of not finding happiness within, I understand I need to *buy* the temporary delusion of happiness. I actually ordered an SG today….
@@CentaurusRelax314 I think 'need' was the word you should have highlighted there
You have to learn how to control that feedback! Ted Nugent can do it with a Byrdland...
I think of my ES-330 as a poor mans Byrdland, with a longer scale and the wrong pickups ;-)
Hahaha, love this perspective!