Search Results: Gibson ES-335

We're taking a look at early patent number Gibson pickups, the ones with the patent number sticker, short magnet, enamel coated purple wire, to late 1950's PAF humbuckers (long magnet, PAF sticker on the bottom). They look about the same, but how do they compare ? There will be the usual amount of Wise Old Guys (us) discussing for a while, and then the demos. To make things easier for the impatient, see the menu below. No overdrive or distortion pedals used, just an EarthQuaker Devices Dispatch Master delay pedal for ambience. The amps used are a 1965 Vox AC10SRT and a newer Marshall JTM Studio. More details in the video.

8:22 1996 Gibson ES335 with patent # pickups-Marshall JTM Studio
10:35 1960 Gibson ES355 with PAF pickups-Marshall JTM Studio
12:50 1996 Gibson ES335 -Vox AC10 SRT
15:21 1960 Gibson ES355 -Vox AC10 SRT

17:35 2007 Gibson LP with patent # pickups-Marshall JTM Studio
19:40 1958 Gibson LP with PAF pickups-Marshall JTM Studio
22:00 2007 Gibson LP - Vox AC10 SRT
24:30 1958 Gibson LP - Vox AC10 SRT

Grab yourself a little snack and your favorite beverage as Doug and Pat wax on about one of their fave subjects, the early Gibson ES semi hollow thin line electric guitars meaning the 335 and it's fancy but more affordable brothers the 345 and 355 from '59 and '60. Let's talk history, construction, Varitone's, Bigsby's, stereo wiring and of course pAf's and hear what they sound like while we're at it. We can hardly wait, how about you?

Doug and Pat take time out of their busy lives to compare four Gibson ES 335's ranging from 1959 to 2006. Per usual, a chock full of tone, wit and charm video journey into Gibson's highly successful ground breaking semi-hollow guitar. We crank the Vox AC 10 to 3 and take no prisoners.