Gibson ES Made in Nashville With Dave Cobb
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- Опубліковано 9 лют 2025
- Mat Koehler, Gibson's Head of Product Development, visits with six-time Grammy Award-winning producer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Dave Cobb at the historic RCA Studio A in Nashville, Tenessee, to discuss ES series guitars, musical influences, and notable Gibson ES series guitar players. Gibson has moved the production of the ES series from Memphis to Nashville. From body contours to pickups and wiring, Gibson USA and the Gibson Custom Shop have revitalized the entire Gibson ES line of guitars to make them even more historically accurate. In this video, you'll learn more about the improvements to the ES series, and Dave's favorite ES models; find out which guitars he vibes with and why they appeal to him, and hear about the one that got away.
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This wasn’t long enough. Such an iconic guitar and Producer. This deserves more please
Yeah this could have easily been an hour or two long
Nice, Dave is a hell of a producer. It's very cool to see you guys from Gibson trying to nail all the little details of vintage guitars.
I had a 335 Warren Haynes edition sitting unloved in a case for a few years, and then started recording some originals at home during lockdown. Pulled out the 335 and threw some new strings on, and it immediately became my #1 recording guitar because it’s such a fat recorded tone. Also inspirational for songwriting. Love it now.
Gibson Custombuckers provide me with the sound I've been looking for all my life. Excellent work, Gibson!
I just bought my first 335. I'm so excited!!
Just got a ES 335 Satin vintage burst fell in love with it ❤🎸✨
My custom shop ES-355 is my absolute favorite guitar.
Dave Cobb!!! The best producer by a mile. Seems like a great guy too.
One day I will own a 345, love the inlays
I love my new Gibson Custom '64 ES-335 reissue. It's my first ES guitar, and my new number 1. So versatile.
i sold all my guitars, all but one of my amps & all my pedals so I can get my 86 Dot Neck in time for my birthday in November, not an ounce of regret I can’t wait to bring it home
I think it was Les Paul who built the first semi hollow body. The “log” was a solid piece with 2 hollow wings attached 🎸
I just received my ES335 1961 reissue in cherry. The fit and finish is “exactly”. A true vintage feel and sound. I am more of a vintage guitar player but I must say, I am impressed! A spectacular instrument. If the reissue ES models are any indication..... Gibson is back!
Glad to see Matt in a video finally. Great guy. THE gibson expert
My biggest 335 influence was Lee Ritenour, and then Larry Carlton, and many others. I love my Memphis made 2005 dotneck.
Ooh, Larry Carlton...one of my all time favorites!!!!
I’ve got an amazing 137. I tried 2-dozen es’s that day and it was the best. Took awhile to find the perfect pickups but it’s amazingly toneful. The 137’s don’t get a lot of live but I’ve always preferred the 175 shape and to marry it with the 335 semi-hollow structure is awesome.
I have both 137 and 335 . I prefer the 335 as its much lighter and better build , but the 137 has its own sound . I prefer the 137 for more jazzy tone . Ironically it also has a good heavy rock tone
@@riviecc Heavy rock and jazzy is my thing. My experience of trying out so many taught me that the difference between them can be really significant even the same model with the same pickups. They’re all super light to me. My main guitars have aluminum necks so the 137 feels like a toy compared to those.
Just got myself a 2020 59 historic Nashville made 335 , hands down the nicest 335 I've ever played. Gibson have done great ! Looks and sounds amazing, neck fits my wimpy hands perfect and quality is perfect. Well done Gibson!
Beautiful guitar. The closest I could come to these is an Epiphone model. So versatile in that you can play blues , country , rock , jazz and to some extent, metal.
Just like a Tele- and a Tele will do all of them better as well.
@@davidharding200 A 335 does a lot of things a tele cannot do
@@m1garandisthebestAgreed. Teles and 335s are the most versatile guitars ever made. I own both.. but I have an Epiphone 335.. not a Gibson.. and I love it!
What a great interview and video..........I've got a M2M 335 in the pipeline at the moment and this is really an eye opener as to what's happening at the CS..........thanks Gibson most appreciated!!
My next purchase for sure. Love these and if Gibson does the ES as well as they did the 60th Anniversary LP, it’ll be a monster.
Red ES-355 is my second dream guitar (first is a black Les Paul Custom with 2 pickups).
I finally had the chance to get the LP custom. Now it’ll take some time, but I hope to get the 355 someday.
Do check as many as you can as the neck can get very narrow near the nut depending on what year they based it on.
It's neat how that 335 just magically changed into the Trini Lopez model in the blink of an eye! 1:42
Well spotted, the continuity should have spotted a totally different model. It did'nt get past your eagle eye. The Gibson man should be embarrased .
The best producer on the planet in my opinion. Love just hearing him chat about shit. Great video Gibson!
100% agree, produced Jason Isbell ......enough said ,
Please know that Mat is the real deal…His love and knowledge of guitars is true long before he was with Gibson. No BS
Marty McFly played an ES-345 with a Bigsby in BttF, which was rented from Norm’s Rare Guitars for more than Norm would have charged them to buy the damn thing.
I wish I had an ES335 that could miraculously change to Trini Lopez and back again! Keep an eye on that 335 1:25 and 2:01 it's back again. Actually, I just wish I had a regular 335.
I am selling a 2008 beauty of a vintage sunburst 335, loaded with 50’s wiring, 2019 Gibson custombuckers and a reversed magnet neck pickup yielding the out of phase Peter Green middle position, lmk if interested!!
ES 355 of stock everywhere in Europe, waiting time is several months, price is about 5.800 Euro, thats 6.800 USD. 1959 Custom Shop In black with the diamond on the headstock and block inlays, with gold hardware and preferably a Bigsby, omg, just to die for.
Awesome watch!
Yeah, great to hear JD Simo helped you out in getting it right!
THE Crossroads recording is on the SG.
Awesome Dave.
Listening to NASHVILLE BOOTS by Dennis Callahan.
Please continue with this AMAZING videos!!! Love you Gibson!!! ❤️🤘
Never knew the Trini headstock was pre-Firebird ! 😮 Great interview ! 😎🎸👍❤
Oh man, that magical Es-335 transforming into Triny Lopez in your very own hands
I rewound, I thought I was trippin
At 1:42 i also noticed this transform ... haha
I will get one once I get good enough :)
I am selling a 2008 beauty of a vintage sunburst 335, loaded with 50’s wiring, 2019 Gibson custombuckers and a reversed magnet neck pickup yielding the out of phase Peter Green middle position, lmk if interested
Loved the video! That T. Lopez is a CANNON!!
Great video guys!
My ES-339 is made in Memphis, I love to have one made in Nashville
Dave Cobb is the coolest
Man that was good. I was hoping to hear about that Supro and Orange Matamp behind them. Maybe a collection video with Mark and Dave Cobb is coming?
4:34 !
I just got a Cherry 345. Beautiful great sounding guitar!
Very interesting about the presses changing over time from wearing down.
The 335 is the emperor of all electric guitars. It can do anything you want from jazz to rock to country and back again. For anyone who hasn't had a chance to play one they are surprisingly heavy. I have owned an ES 125 for many years (yet another incredible instrument from Gibson) which is a fully hollow body and light as a feather. The key to the 335 is the maple center block which adds a bit of weight. Mine is as heavy as a Les Paul which can be sort of surprising. They look like a hollow body but they combine the best aspects of a hollow body and a solid body which is the reason they are so versatile.
Great film and conversation. The thing about the 'ears' was a surprise. I definitely thought it had to do with stream-lining the shape a bit - updating it, so to speak.
You guys should zoom in on pups next time. We'ld loVE to hear your experience regarding that endless maze of sonic mystery.
Hi there. .
My first electric guitar was a mid-60's ES-335 12-string. Bought on July, 3, 1976 at Richard's Guitar outside Detroit for $300 (you never forget your first Gibson). I just played it earlier this evening thru a little Vox practice amp in my living room. Never had 12 strings on it in 45 years (man, I am getting old!). I love my 335. By the way... they still make guitars in Kalamazoo at the old Gibson factory, 225 Parsons Street. Not Gibson... Heritage. I have an H-575 (an ES-175 style gitfiddle - a beauty).
I so need a 335 in my life! Such a beautiful and classic guitar! "It will be mine. Oh yes, It will be mine." ~ Wayne. Gibson let me know if you wanna help me out here ;)
I am selling a 2008 beauty of a vintage sunburst 335, loaded with 50’s wiring, 2019 Gibson custombuckers and a reversed magnet neck pickup yielding the out of phase Peter Green middle position, lmk if interested
Great video
What was the black one at the end? It sounded amazing, I think it was the best sounding of all of them
Cobb legit looks like a young clapton😂😂
Fr except more American
But why is that funny ?
@@iamryanman it was a funny similarity that Dave looks like my Hero, chill out chief
It's the shape of the neck and heel joint that makes each year different. That's a big thing when picking out a reissue custom shop gibson guitar.
I love 335s but god they are so expensive
My 2017 Memphis 335 is definitely one of the best instruments I own, gets used 80% of the time whether a rock, blues, rnb, motown, hip-hop, it pulls it off
Hi, what about the 2019 figured blue burst with MHS2 pickups ? I was about to buy it and then it disappeared from all shops all of a sudden , I am so frustrated and even not able to find it on second hand. Any plan to rebuild some nice blue burst ES335 with triple A maple and good pickups ? How sound the T-Calibrated versus MHS2 ? Thanks
Steve D’Angers just wait if you really wanted that. I know they were on sale a lot since Gibson was going to relaunch.
"It's always the wood." Thank you.
I have been wanting a 335 for 10 years so recently I purchased a Japanese 335 style but its not quite there due to the construction, mainly because its not a laminate where the Japanese copy (Guitar Co. shall remain nameless, think a "sixth sense" sister company. Wink, wink) is solid maple. I believe the tone I hear missing is in the laminate process. So next time I have an extra grand I'll sell the Japanese version to help fund the real deal. Until then I will make due but hear me now folks there is no substitute for a genuine Gibson 335 if you take your tone as serious I I do.
I am selling a 2008 beauty of a vintage sunburst 335, loaded with 50’s wiring, 2019 Gibson custombuckers and a reversed magnet neck pickup yielding the out of phase Peter Green middle position, lmk if interested
@@jarcidiacono1 Oh man that's right up my ally but its gonna be a year before I have the funds for something like that. Maybe if congress gets their act together I would def use a stimulus for that beauty.
this guy is definitely super cool, but I find it hilarious he’s wearing the same outfit as his rig rundown from 3 years ago
I mean what a badass outfit
I think that makes him even cooler
Yeah when I posted that I was wearing the same band shirt and jeans I’ve worn for the past 3 years
They filmed it the same day... 😆
For me a 335 has got to be cherry. And the Trini has always been my favorite with the dimond holes and inlays. The headstock really makes that look right. I wish I could afford one.
Is the center block really solid or does it have the cut out like the original 345 had?
Weird how they say something about bringing the old contours back but according to the tour I went on In Memphis they said they were still using the original presses. Somebody is lying.
Awesome video. Although Clapton did actually play his Fool SG on Crossroads.
Is the bridge on bushings?
Very informative. Have you considered featuring Lee Ritenour?
The rings banging on these guitars is killing me
Such beautiful guitars
I been looking at this Orange Matamp the whole time
Words of wisdom; "What's the point if having a great sounding guitar if it do'nt look cool"? The Man is hip cos does'nt hide the fact that the guitar has to look good and sound good to make it complete. Cool.
I need an es335 my favourite guitar players who use them at Kelly Jones from stereophonics and Caleb followill from kings of Leon
Caleb is your favorite player!?
Try seeing Albert Lee
Caleb may not be a “great” player, but Kings of Leon is a badass band and the 335 or whatever model he has looks so freaking cool on stage playing those songs.
@@allstopblue5717 technically he plays a 325
I have wet dreams about that '64 ES-335
I can hear his Jean jacket buttons hitting the back of the guitar. I'd tell him to take the motorcycle outfit off before he touched MY es345😃 great video!
Not me simping over a guitar 😍 my dream guitar is a Gibson ibanez hollow body guitar ohhhh one day
I knew he would bring up the one Isbell bought hahah. This dude has a good attitude but I can tell he regrets letting it go.
Mat Koehler, when you say Gibson has refactored how you develop the ES 335's for 2020 that match the originals, do you mean only for the ES 335 'Custom Shops', or all new Gibson mass produced 'production line' ES 335's?
There’s a finish bleed on the binding of my ‘64 Trini Lopez reissue. Has nothing to do with the tone of the guitar, but just something noticeable when I play it.
Sweet! I just got one of these!
Gibson, can I send it in to get the double trapezoid inlays instead of the dots?
You can tell why Dave and Scott Holiday get on well, they're very similar cats.
Guipson forever
OK. I posted before I watched the whole thing. hahaha.
gibson: plz do a run of BFG-ESs with the HB bridge/p90 neck setup as the original bfg. thanks.
Anyone else blame the current ES craze on Little Tommy?
Fellow lad, good day to you.
You’re a sweet man, John Shanesy.
Haha I'm assuming little tommy bukovac?
ES-330??
Dicky Bets played a red 335 that's what got me on them
Out of the ES guitars, I've been dying to get an ES137.
So what happened to the Marcus King model?
Are we not supposed to notice when it switched from the 335 to the trini and back again?
Did a big guitar company representative just state, that the vast majority of an electric guitars tone, comes from the pickups and harness? But what about the tone wood debate then ... Just today, I read a UA-cam comment, from an apparently highly skilled listener, who was not able to “hear the Honduras mahogany” (or actually not hear it) in the guitar, demoed in the video. Through the processed high gain amp, harness, pickups and playing, he was questioning weather or not, the mahogany used for the guitar, was actually Honduran, because to him, it might have sounded like maybe African mahogany, or god forbid sapele. And now, this guy, from one of the largest guitar manufacturers in the world, is saying that the maybe there wouldn’t necessarily be a noticeable.
Miss the Memphis 335's. The Memphis Gibson plant excelled with the 335's since that is what they did!
With all due respect, I think Ted McCarty may have been inspired by Les Paul's log guitar, the hollow body Epiphone, with the 4x4 solid center section, and the two hollow wings, when it comes to the ES-335. So Ted McCarty invented the Les Paul guitar (or designers under his watch), and Les Paul kind of created the semi-hollow concept.
Yes, they seem to neglect mentioning that les had made that Guitar(The Log) which is obviously the "Original " feature that the 335 was based on..just thinner. I suppose they think Les paul has had enough time in the spot-light ?
Stop. I just bought a Les Paul Special Tribute P-90 two weeks ago. The wife isn't ready for another case to walk in the door. 🤣
Wouldn’t Les Paul’s “The Log” be the first solid center semi hollow? Didn’t he bring that to Gibson and get laughed at? Maybe I’m wrong with my story, but this just seems like a thinner double cut version of The Log.
Sometimes you see the strings “up and over” the tail piece. Other ESs have the strings run through the tail piece. Why the difference?
Anybody notice the Trini Lopez that accidentally showed up at around 1:50??? It’s in the background before and after
Hello!!! If I am not mistaken! Ted Nugent played and still does play the ESS 335!!
ES le chitarre più belle !!!!
Mine has been on preorder for 3 months now. ;(
If you could only own one, a Tele custom shop or 335 which would it be?
335
I need a trini
Gibson and Ted McCarty's ES-335 design objectives.....Please note.Mat....let's be sure and get this right...the genesis of the ES-335 as envisioned by Ted McCarty and his design team back in 1957-58 had three (3) significant goals in mind. (1) FIRST of all, Gibson was keenly aware of the annoying & problematic feedback issues associated with their full-size & thinline hollowbody body electric guitars. That was the main reason solidbody body guitars were developed in the first place...beginning with the Fender Broadcaster in 1950, and the Gibson Les Paul Model in 1952. SECONDLY...many jazz guitarists of the day were NOT keen on adopting the new, somewhat small-bodied, Les Paul Model. Jazz guitarists' demanded a guitar with the "look" and feel of a traditional Gibson archtop. Prominent jazz guitarists' in the 1950s simply were NOT drawn to the look and design of Gibson's solidbody Les Paul Model. Gibson anticipated that jazz guitarists might be early adopters and switch from playing the big hollowbody electrics to the new ES-335 model, which offered a solution to constant feedback issues. LASTLY the 3rd issue..... Guitar players auditioning new guitars at the popular music stores of the day often felt the weighty Les Paul Model was just too heavy for their needs. Seasoned guitar pros recognized the physical demands of playing a very heavy guitar on stage for hours on end, 4-5 sets, every night. To these players, the prospect of suffering nightly shoulder & back pain steered them away from the Les Paul Model and over to lighter alternatives. It goes without saying... Fender Musical Instrument Co., who's product line included the flashy Stratocaster & the venerable Telecaster, captured a large share of the electric guitar market in the late 1950s.
Mark agnesi nobody in Sicily sells the new Gibson and the new Epiphone inspired by gibson, why? I think they are excellent guitars but we do not have the way or the pleasure to try them, and we are a land full of great musicians, thank you. 🙂👋
What about Mike Voltz?
Gibson , do you focus on the points of contact ? Are the metals used in the vintage the same as the reissues ? My 2007 Gibson SG had a heavy bridge and tailpiece . I switch out for a Faber/Corsa bridge and tailpiece and it made my guitar ring like a bell . I believe what the string is sitting on is just as important as wood and pick ups . The tuners , nut , saddle , bridge , bridge post , tailpiece , tailpiece screws . If those are not resonate then you are losing tone . Those great vintage guitars had resonate hardware .