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Gibson ES-339 30/60 Slender Neck

Hollow Body/Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar from Gibson belonging to the ES series

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«  A 335 for "small people"? Not that! »

Published on 06/06/14 at 07:45
This is an ES-335 that would not eat his soup ... and that he was not too bad!
• We keep:
- A semi-hollow center beam, maple.
- A mahogany neck, rosewood fingerboard
- 2 tone
- 2 volumes
- The Classic 57
- A stopbar tailpiece
- Mechanical tulips Gibson "Kluson style" ("? Pouuuurquoi But are they as bad")
- Memphis Tone
• And we change:
- The size of the fund
- Insert the jack found on the splint and not on the table (only thing I prefer the 335, and again, do not ask me why).

UTILIZATION

• Viewpoint violin, it's very nice.
The size of the fund makes it more manageable than its big sister fed the fat lard guitar: If you are part of a group of boys to dance vocation (yes, a Boys Band), it will facilitate the execution of your backloops ; or you simply enjoy on stage, do not have to apologize to every bassist untoward movement.
The handle is perfect: it has in hand, but it is reasonable. Perfect in style, though, and it's very personal, I prefer the smaller radius (ha ... the handle of the Johnny Marr Jaguar ...).
Flat (yes) why such mechanical on a quality instrument? Malicious intent? Nastiness? Global conspiracy? And if so, who and why? Well, the change already taking arrange things a bit (10-52 for me).
• Easy to get good sound? :
So there it thickens ... Judge for yourself, you must:
1 - To enter an ES-339 guitar (A) (in a good sense, it is important)
2 - Turn the tube amp (B)
3 - Warm up the receiver (B)
4 - Enjoying step 3 to place a jack (C) (the right diameter, it is also important)
5 - Operate the junction (A) and (B) through (C)
6 - Saute the standby amp (B)
7 - Play, or let them play a talented friend.
For more scrupulous, you can add "- 8: Using the 4 knobs, make your strengths (which illustrates only two (knobs) is good, but it is 4 it is really nice) "

SOUNDS

A Fender Bassman 59 is beautiful, it is ample.
With overdrive (Mad Pro, Little Green Wonder): it's beautiful, it growls.
With distortion (Fulltone Plimsoul): it's beautiful, it tranche.
With Fuzz (Hoof): it's beautiful, it's fat (and fat, that's life)
With a tremolo (Boss TR-2): It's fine
With a delay (MXR Carbon Copy): it's beautiful ... it's beautiful ... it's beautiful ... it's beautiful ...
In short, it's beautiful and super versatile.

OVERALL OPINION

So all good ... except ... and yes, "except", as if there is no "except" is not the recent Gibson. Unless, therefore, that the bridge was rotten: when the bridge re is lower than all other (bad machining), it no longer follows (all) the radius of the shaft, so the guitar is inréglable, it borders, So it's ugly, so it's annoying. As Gibson, in which the reactivity of service has equaled the excellence of quality control, propose to change the room, free of charge ("haaaa ..."), but with a delay of "several weeks" ("hoooooo ... :-("), and being given my previous disappointments (see "Episode 1: The Return of the Firebird Anniversary twisted" and "Episode 2: The Gibson Les Paul traditional 2014 against attack"), I n listening boundless confidence that inspires me the brand and decides (with a gesture of goodwill store, thank you) to change at my expense the bridge by TonePros.
This manipulation was reached shortly after the purchase, it is therefore difficult for me to note the instrument as it was originally: a good guitar with a lamentable easel past 2 times (parts and finished instrument) through a lack of quality control. My ratings therefore apply to the instrument as I take this opportunity today: a great guitar, great, provided a very good bridge (which the passage, I think, improved the overall sustain of the instrument ).