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Originally Posted by newsense
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06-06-2019 02:08 PM
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Originally Posted by christianm77
Maybe I'll start one about tele's?
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Originally Posted by Bahnzo
PS. OK I stirred the pot a bit, let's see if we get some healthy activity going.
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
John
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
John
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Originally Posted by John A.
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Lacking exciting airstrike footage and otherwise apropos of nothing, I say...
this thread needs dancing girls (gratuitous 335 content):
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Originally Posted by rabbit
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I'll hand over my 335 when you pry it from my cold dead hands.
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Originally Posted by Tal_175
John
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
John
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No.
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I have an oldie, a 66 ES-335. Repaired headstock, well worn and much loved. To play it is is to know why. Probably the best humbuckers ever, at least in my experience. But it's the last guitar I would pickup to practice jazz. Maybe the narrow neck, I'm not sure. Whereas a MIK epi casino gets a lot of practice time. Must be the hollow body vs. semi aspect.
MD
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No.
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Meet the lads - both 1959 re-issues from the Memphis factory. I don't play anything but jazz and I am not a professional. But I play every day and I feel I get great tone from both. In the end I think that's what matters.
Attachment 62784
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Yes but it’s a concession because although legitimacy goes down being a semi, it still says Gibson on the headstock.
(Sorry, I couldn’t resist)
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Not a 335 but what was Kurt thinking? Such a horrid sound and I'm not sure if it's even jazz....although he does wear a hat....so....
. (you know I look for any excuse to post this video again....and again....)
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Originally Posted by Greentone
On the 335 thing, I almost got an Epiphone Casino Coupe but I was worried about acoustic tone and neck sag. I had a chance to try the 339 and if it sagged with a wood block, I felt it would be worse with a true hollow body. Ended up with the acoustic 5th Avenue and putting a custom pickup on it to get the vintage tone I sought and couldn’t be happier. Plus they feel better made to me than the Epiphones at the price point
I can afford.
But I don’t get the vitriol so many jazz players have for things outside their own preferences. Play what feels good and what sounds good to you. I have enough to worry about getting myself to sound good to care if someone likes how it looks or not, but then I’m not a professional musician. If it feels good but needs a tone improvement, modify the electronics. If it sounds good but needs some work to be more playable, get the work done. Unless you’re talking solely about pure acoustic tone, you can get just a good a sound from a middle price point instrument with some work done as a much higher end guitar. I just got a relatively new Hamer Monaco Korina with dual P90s because someone needed cash and let it go for $400 (half MSRP/ 3/4 of MAP). It feels god except I prefer my frets lower. Tone is good but I will eventually upgrade the pickups to customs as my budget allows. It could use a hardware refresh and a belly contour but I don’t care what it looks like. The wood has a tone I love and its lighter than mahogany. Will it take work, sure, but it will be unique amongst those I play with and play for, and it will fit me. Not sure where I was going with this ramble, but the pain meds and insomnia had my mind going but I think I’m going to ramble on my fretboard instead of on the forum.
“Now’s the time, the time is now...”
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335 = bad
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Originally Posted by christianm77
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Originally Posted by TOMMO
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Originally Posted by christianm77
:-D
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Originally Posted by Little Jay
The Unwritten Theory of Guitar Harmolodics
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