I absolutely love my 335-S. Mine is a 1980 and there is a dot on the first fret. I have the original brochure that came with the guitar, and it says that the guitar comes equipped with a 'coil tap'. I hear a lot of guys bickering about 'tap' or 'split', so whenever someone asks I tell them that the switch taps into the wiring and splits the humbuckers into 2 functioning single coils . I love it when some shit head doesn't believe me that it's a 1980, or that it has Tim Shaw pickups, or that I don't play with effects. I get all my tone from this one guitar plugged straight into a Marshall DSL 40C. I can cover Johnny Winter blues to Hendrix rock to Allman Brothers to Yes and Zeppelin to Steely Dan without changing my guitar. It really is the one guitar to rule them all.
Love my Gibson 335s and it is a tone machine. There is not much Gibson left to mine except the wood and shape. 1980 and was completely re-done in 2000. Have Jimmy Page electronics with custom Fralin Unbuckers with all push/push pots. Beautiful matching Quilt top and headstock. No more fire branded. Ebony finger board with abalone inlays. Tone pros locking bridge with titanium inserts and locking tailpiece. Real ivory nut with locking graphtech tuners and ebony tuning buttons. Real ES 335 5 ply pickguard and mounting hardware. Brass pickup mounting system and custom brass truss rod cover with the matching string butler to preserve the ivory nut. I wished I could let you play this guitar. Only one Gibson guitar I can say sounded better and that was a famous 59 Burst my friends vintage guitar shop had for $450k.
Thank you! :) I definitely recommend getting a Tele, they have an iconic tone and vibe, the used made in Mexico fenders are a great deal for the money!
Hi Simon, this is a great guitar! 2 questions, first: except you of course... :-) do you know guitarists/bands which use it? second: I find the coil split very usable, is it comparable to a Tele sound in your opinion? Greetings from Italy
Hey there! I'm not familiar with any significant bands that used these (which is surprising because they're awesome). Also, this guitar is very twangy, the ebony fretboard is similar to the snappy sound of a maple neck tele when the pickups are split
@@simonaustin1136 Hi Simon, I have a couple of question about that guitar after few months of your (and my) purchase... Is the 335-S still in your arsenal? In which situation do you choose It? I'm so satisfied with certain cleanish tone i obtain in middle position when splitted... I have to explore dirty sounds but it' difficult for me because of COVID... no room, no party! Do you have any advice about matching this guitar with a valve amp to drive its dirty fingers' bridge pickup in a good punk-hc tone? Which amp(s) work best with this axe in your opinion? Thank you so much
@@galbeder80 hey Paolo! I don't own it anymore as it needed a re fret but that wasn't a job I was looking to take on at the time, otherwise it was a great player and I have had regrets about selling from time to time. This thing is great for a punk or hardcore tone, especially with the ebony board. If you ran it through a Marshall JCM800 you would definitely get the tones ur after, and then it would clean up well with coil splits in the middle
@@simonaustin1136 Yes, this guitar has very low frets, as lots of late 70 Gibson (as I read on forums). Frets of mine are in good condition but you have to like it... in certain situations that fretboard is slow, expecially when i play octaves (classic punk/indie/etc tecnique). I think that a refret and the replacement of the tailpiece (on the occasion, a bridge more performing than the original one) could make it a top guitar ... if in the coming months my love for this 335-S does not pass, I think I will jump into this upgrade... but I'm undecided because it seems that the refret can make the guitar lose value due to the binding
I absolutely love my 335-S. Mine is a 1980 and there is a dot on the first fret. I have the original brochure that came with the guitar, and it says that the guitar comes equipped with a 'coil tap'. I hear a lot of guys bickering about 'tap' or 'split', so whenever someone asks I tell them that the switch taps into the wiring and splits the humbuckers into 2 functioning single coils . I love it when some shit head doesn't believe me that it's a 1980, or that it has Tim Shaw pickups, or that I don't play with effects. I get all my tone from this one guitar plugged straight into a Marshall DSL 40C. I can cover Johnny Winter blues to Hendrix rock to Allman Brothers to Yes and Zeppelin to Steely Dan without changing my guitar. It really is the one guitar to rule them all.
Love my Gibson 335s and it is a tone machine. There is not much Gibson left to mine except the wood and shape. 1980 and was completely re-done in 2000. Have Jimmy Page electronics with custom Fralin Unbuckers with all push/push pots. Beautiful matching Quilt top and headstock. No more fire branded. Ebony finger board with abalone inlays. Tone pros locking bridge with titanium inserts and locking tailpiece. Real ivory nut with locking graphtech tuners and ebony tuning buttons. Real ES 335 5 ply pickguard and mounting hardware. Brass pickup mounting system and custom brass truss rod cover with the matching string butler to preserve the ivory nut. I wished I could let you play this guitar. Only one Gibson guitar I can say sounded better and that was a famous 59 Burst my friends vintage guitar shop had for $450k.
Great review. I just bought one today. Super lucky, in a pawn shop. Cheers
I've found one for a affordable price. Going to buy as soon as I sell one of my guitar head .
I like your guitar videos :)
thinking of getting a strat or tele myself
Thank you! :) I definitely recommend getting a Tele, they have an iconic tone and vibe, the used made in Mexico fenders are a great deal for the money!
Sounds great. Do you still have this? Willing to sell?
Thanks for the offer! I sold it a while back, should have held it as they’ve shot up in price!
Hi Simon, this is a great guitar! 2 questions, first: except you of course... :-) do you know guitarists/bands which use it? second: I find the coil split very usable, is it comparable to a Tele sound in your opinion?
Greetings from Italy
Hey there! I'm not familiar with any significant bands that used these (which is surprising because they're awesome). Also, this guitar is very twangy, the ebony fretboard is similar to the snappy sound of a maple neck tele when the pickups are split
@@simonaustin1136 Hi Simon, I have a couple of question about that guitar after few months of your (and my) purchase... Is the 335-S still in your arsenal? In which situation do you choose It?
I'm so satisfied with certain cleanish tone i obtain in middle position when splitted... I have to explore dirty sounds but it' difficult for me because of COVID... no room, no party! Do you have any advice about matching this guitar with a valve amp to drive its dirty fingers' bridge pickup in a good punk-hc tone? Which amp(s) work best with this axe in your opinion?
Thank you so much
@@galbeder80 hey Paolo! I don't own it anymore as it needed a re fret but that wasn't a job I was looking to take on at the time, otherwise it was a great player and I have had regrets about selling from time to time. This thing is great for a punk or hardcore tone, especially with the ebony board. If you ran it through a Marshall JCM800 you would definitely get the tones ur after, and then it would clean up well with coil splits in the middle
@@simonaustin1136 Yes, this guitar has very low frets, as lots of late 70 Gibson (as I read on forums). Frets of mine are in good condition but you have to like it... in certain situations that fretboard is slow, expecially when i play octaves (classic punk/indie/etc tecnique). I think that a refret and the replacement of the tailpiece (on the occasion, a bridge more performing than the original one) could make it a top guitar ... if in the coming months my love for this 335-S does not pass, I think I will jump into this upgrade... but I'm undecided because it seems that the refret can make the guitar lose value due to the binding
I’d the body similar to the melody maker? Like the Joan jet guitar
Do you know wear you can get a case for one of these?
They fit in a Gibson ES-339 case