sound comparison Gibson ES-335 - ES-175 - Pat Martino

[agentsmith]

Stringswinger, you're respected here as most are, and I'm NOT trying to argue For others bored with MY opinion... Here's MANY more positive, no "chambered git" bias, and no dark sound complaints.

User Reviews for Gibson Pat Martino Custom at Harmony Central

Really?!? Harmony-central! LOL

Joe Jewel's credentials speak for himself. Agree with him or not, he can back up his review with his ability to play guitar. The problem with Harmony-Central, this forum and other anonymous reviewers with fake "screen names" is that you have no idea whether they can even play satin doll.

Those types of reviews are utterly worthless.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion but not every opinion carries the same weight.

[Stringswinger]

Really?!? Harmony-central! LOL

Joe Jewel's credentials speak for himself. Agree with him or not, he can back up his review with his ability to play guitar. The problem with Harmony-Central, this forum and other anonymous reviewers with fake "screen names" is that you have no idea whether they can even play satin doll.

Those types of reviews are utterly worthless.

Everyone's entitled to their opinion but not every opinion carries the same weight.

I played a music festival in Southern California some years ago and met Joe Jewell. We got to do a green room jam. He is a first rate player, make no mistake about it.

[GNAPPI]

I played a music festival in Southern California some years ago and met Joe Jewell. We got to do a green room jam. He is a first rate player, make no mistake about it.

Of that I have no doubt.

My Ex-wife is a GREAT driver but shouldn't review cars :-) Remember anonymity goes both ways, acidic and sweet, the odds of them being one way due to anonymity are very remote.

Satin doll? now you sound like someone who was just banned... just sayin' :-)

Anyway, you win. Everyone else can read for themselves.

[LtKojak]

The Gibson Pat Martino Custom has the dreaded / hated snake head

Hated and dreaded by whom, exactly, other than yourself?

That design gives an extraordinary robustness, (to be precise, preventing, in the case of a fall, the neck to break at the nut, like you see every day with so many Les Pauls and other Gibson models) not to mention unparalleled tuning stability due to the strings going in a straight line over the nut.

I'd rather ask myself "what's not to like"?

Well...?

[GNAPPI]

Hated and dreaded by whom, exactly, other than yourself?

That design gives an extraordinary robustness, (to be precise, preventing, in the case of a fall, the neck to break at the nut, like you see every day with so many Les Pauls and other Gibson models) not to mention unparalleled tuning stability due to the strings going in a straight line over the nut.

I'd rather ask myself "what's not to like"?

Well...?

Where in the World did you get the idea I didn't like the "snake head"? My comments on the "Snake Head" were not meant to reflect my opinion of it but others who have an irrational dislike for it. Heritage takes a rap for similar shaped heads too.

I couldn't agree more with your "What's not to like" comment.

Then again I have no problem with a volute at all, we are in the minority I think on both counts. :-)

[LtKojak]

Where in the World did you get the idea I didn't like the "snake head"? My comments on the "Snake Head" were not meant to reflect my opinion of it but others who have an irrational dislike for it. Heritage takes a rap for similar shaped heads too.

Wow! Boy, did I miss the target!

I couldn't agree more with your "What's not to like" comment.

Sorry for wrongly assuming your statement with the wrong context, GNAPPI. My apologies!

Then again I have no problem with a volute at all, we are in the minority I think on both counts.

In my case, coming from a family of custom classical guitar makers, I know exactly why volutes are a good thing, and I grew particularly fond of'em, also from an aesthetic point of view as well.

Maybe I missed something on this thread, but I only recall one single poster voting against the volute, to be completely silent when asked why.

Seems that no everybody has the guts to, when confronted, stand out in a public place and motivate their position on the issue, or standing corrected when proven wrong, for that matter.

As the chinese intend it: we indeed ARE living in "interesting times"...

[GNAPPI]

Way back there was a picture thread on some of THE most B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L volutes done by craftsmen, if you missed it, check it out :-)

Why the dislike for volutes?

[LtKojak]

Way back there was a picture thread on some of THE most B-E-A-U-T-I-F-U-L volutes done by craftsmen, if you missed it, check it out :-)

Not only I didn't miss it, I contributed to it by posting the volute of a Mayones Maestro, a made-in Poland high-end guitar and bass brand, where their new-generation guitars nowadays are quite popular with high-visibility shredders from Northen Europe, but seems to be becoming popular in the States as well.

So there!

J/K