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be23 « Electric blues / rock lady »
Published on 10/21/13 at 13:43This is a semi hollowbody Gibson guitar, ie it is provided with a central beam which shares two hollow wings on either side. The neck is mahogany, rosewood fingerboard and the hollow body consists only of maple. Made in the USA Custom Shop Gibson, it is based in fact the legendary ES 335 which would have reduced the body to a more manageable instrument and therefore meets the most current aesthetic standards. The handle can either be "60" type, that is rather thin and fast, or "rounded" (this is the case with mine), ie more massive (very close to that of a SG). 22 frets, a couple of microphones Classic 57/Classic 57 more managed by two volumes and two tones.
UTILIZATION
Aesthetically first this guitar is gorgeous, the finish is exemplary and she is always a source of admiring glances as soon as the fate of flycase.
Light, well balanced guitar provides access to proper treble halfway between a Les Paul and SG.
I acquired it used, it was very poorly resolved. Nothing fatal, but a small maintenance / setting / changing strings is imposed. The G string is always désaccordait (recurrent disease at Gibson due to the inclination of the head relative to the handle and thus the pressure between the strings and the nut), this problem is easily adjusted with a good pencil fatwood to lubricate the nut grooves and bridges.
One might think that such imperfections should not exist on this famous guitars and especially the price, but it is apparently often the second price tag at Gibson ...
Anyway, with a little equipment and two under care and D system, we quickly erase these little "flaws" more or less hidden.
SOUNDS
Vacuum already guitar sounds much more than a solidbody, with immediate acoustic side and logical given the structure of the beast. The air side of the sound is once again connected the guitar, and the neck pickup delivers the finest sounds that are clear (it clearly outperforms my SG and my Les Paul in this field). The sounds are at times brilliant, open and full, a pure delight!
Maple gives shine as the use of tone is more than welcome in some configurations, especially with the pickup.
In overdrive, the sounds are round and creamy, classic 57 excels at this game (in my opinion the best micro Gibson in the register). Then just make a turn and shuffle can improvise for hours without tiring, ecstasy!
If you push a little gain, microphones cashing without flinching and ACDC is just a pick ...
The attacks are dynamic, but still fat with this clarity typical of such models is simply ideal for the game rhythm.
If you push the gain beyond the big crunch, it is no longer possible, the feedback related to the hollow body becomes unmanageable.
Only tiny downside to my taste, the pickup seems to miss a bit of punch, but I confess to being difficult bridge pickups!
OVERALL OPINION
The ES 339 is a guitar that offers a nice compromise between a 335 ES too bulky for some and a Les Paul. The guitar is very versatile, equally at home in an arpeggio clear sound in a hushed blues or rock in a furious rhythm to Dave Grohl.
High gain followers of course spend their way, but for all other there is food to take a huge musical foot!
UTILIZATION
Aesthetically first this guitar is gorgeous, the finish is exemplary and she is always a source of admiring glances as soon as the fate of flycase.
Light, well balanced guitar provides access to proper treble halfway between a Les Paul and SG.
I acquired it used, it was very poorly resolved. Nothing fatal, but a small maintenance / setting / changing strings is imposed. The G string is always désaccordait (recurrent disease at Gibson due to the inclination of the head relative to the handle and thus the pressure between the strings and the nut), this problem is easily adjusted with a good pencil fatwood to lubricate the nut grooves and bridges.
One might think that such imperfections should not exist on this famous guitars and especially the price, but it is apparently often the second price tag at Gibson ...
Anyway, with a little equipment and two under care and D system, we quickly erase these little "flaws" more or less hidden.
SOUNDS
Vacuum already guitar sounds much more than a solidbody, with immediate acoustic side and logical given the structure of the beast. The air side of the sound is once again connected the guitar, and the neck pickup delivers the finest sounds that are clear (it clearly outperforms my SG and my Les Paul in this field). The sounds are at times brilliant, open and full, a pure delight!
Maple gives shine as the use of tone is more than welcome in some configurations, especially with the pickup.
In overdrive, the sounds are round and creamy, classic 57 excels at this game (in my opinion the best micro Gibson in the register). Then just make a turn and shuffle can improvise for hours without tiring, ecstasy!
If you push a little gain, microphones cashing without flinching and ACDC is just a pick ...
The attacks are dynamic, but still fat with this clarity typical of such models is simply ideal for the game rhythm.
If you push the gain beyond the big crunch, it is no longer possible, the feedback related to the hollow body becomes unmanageable.
Only tiny downside to my taste, the pickup seems to miss a bit of punch, but I confess to being difficult bridge pickups!
OVERALL OPINION
The ES 339 is a guitar that offers a nice compromise between a 335 ES too bulky for some and a Les Paul. The guitar is very versatile, equally at home in an arpeggio clear sound in a hushed blues or rock in a furious rhythm to Dave Grohl.
High gain followers of course spend their way, but for all other there is food to take a huge musical foot!