Gibson Tal Farlow vs ES-350T

[Woody Sound]

Why was there never a long scale es350T? I plan to make an es350 replica at some time!

The late 70s/early 80's reissue was 25-1/2 scale.

[vinnyv1k]

There was a long scale ES350T. I had one. 25.5 with 22 frets. Made in the 90's.

[Rim Shot]

You could find the Gibson Custom Shop Nashville ES5 Reissue with P90s used in Antique Sunburst or Wine Red for under $2800 on ebay in 2010 to 2012. Scour Reverb or ebay or ã?ã??ã?¸ã??ã?¼ã??ã??楽å?¨ã¨é ?³æ¥½æ©?材å°?é??のæ¤?ç´¢ï¼ ?総å?æ??å ±ã?µã?¤ã??.
The Custom Shop version with the Alnico Vs cost about $600 more than the P90s.

Can't find nothing on the net. Rare guitars it seems.

You could also look into the non-cutaway 17" ES-150 (not the Double Cut) with a single P90. It has a 25.5" scale length. The first one is from 1949. The ones from 1950s have a bound fretboard and trapezoid inlays.
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I should have bought them back then when I visited Chicago. My friend Stefano Ronchi plays a similar guitar. Forgot the correct model # but you'll sure know this one.

Thanks bunches for your interesting and informative input.

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[Max405]

There was a long scale ES350T. I had one. 25.5 with 22 frets. Made in the 90's.

I remember I almost bought it.

[Rim Shot]

Last night I visited a friend who owns this orig. 50ies ES 5. .....2 gear heads in a house full of old guitars and amps. I had the chance to plug it into an orig. 59 Bassman. My aim was to find out if I could get along w. the ES 5 body depth, since I have almost no experience using a big guitar. So it had to be me in a standing position and the guitar w. a strap. I had almost forgotten that the string spacing at the bridge was even smaller than on a Les Paul or similar GIBSON guitars. At least it felt like that. Not sure if this is really the case. I was picking the guitar periodically for a few hours while we were talking and drinking. It started to grow on me after a while, loved the chunky neck in particular, not so much the thumb pick ticking on the middle pickup. Played a few tunes which were almost all kind of Travis style, chord changes and some soloing. Sound wise a great great guitar especially together w. the Bassman amp (that's what I'm plying in the band too). I was prepared to face a totally different word and I liked it. But in the end it still felt a tad too thick for me. Of course you can't expect to adapt to a very different guitar in just a few hours but it gave me some good impression at least
I'll have to test ride the Tal Farlow though since it is a little thinner. With the 350T I'm pretty sure will make me feel at home, since my light weight Norlin era 335 always feels extremely comfortable.

[Flat]

Seems a lotta cats are talking Tal Farlow these days. Here's a pic of Bill Frisell, at Rudy's, I think, a few days ago playing a Tal Farlow that was apparently played by Tal himself.

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