1952 Gibson ES 350 versus 1998 Gibson Tal Farlow

**christianm77** · 11-29-2020, 11:42 AM

Wooden on mine. Maybe I should try a TOM. I figured the wooden one it came with would give me a more acoustic-ish response, but if Lawson says there’s not much difference it would be quite nice to be in tune.

**vinnyv1k** · 11-29-2020, 12:23 PM

Dick I think you may need to change your Dutchbopper nickname to Thunkmaster. Your old handle of Mr.Bebopguitar was very fitting also.
Carrying the Tal torch forward is a beautiful thing. Tal lives on.

**Little Jay** · 11-29-2020, 12:51 PM

I put a tuneomatic with nylon saddles on my 330 kit guitar. Best of both worlds: intonation accuracy and wood-like response and tone!

**citizenk74** · 11-29-2020, 12:53 PM

Originally Posted by christianm77

Wooden on mine. Maybe I should try a TOM. I figured the wooden one it came with would give me a more acoustic-ish response, but if Lawson says there’s not much difference it would be quite nice to be in tune.

If you do go the TOM route, spring for a set of nylon saddle to retain that bit of mellowness. My ES-345 came with those, and I kept them on for tonal reasons until I finally wore them out with my bending excesses (I was young and strong and mule-headed. I am now neither young, nor strong).

Dutchbopper · 11-29-2020, 07:14 PM

Originally Posted by vinnyv1k

Dick I think you may need to change your Dutchbopper nickname to Thunkmaster. Your old handle of Mr.Bebopguitar was very fitting also.
Carrying the Tal torch forward is a beautiful thing. Tal lives on.

Thunkmaster ... love it! Good nickname. I could sign of with TM here.

DB

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**JFranck** · 11-30-2020, 12:02 PM

Nice job indeed !
In blind mode, could not discriminate the 350 from the Farlow. I never thought they could sound so close!

Dutchbopper · 12-06-2020, 08:34 AM

For those interested, I turned the vid into a Blog entry here.

DB

**Woody Sound** · 12-06-2020, 08:56 AM

Originally Posted by Dutchbopper

Yeah the amp settings are the same. Same strings and pick too. The 350 is a way more resonant guitar than the Tal. It is of a much lighter build and has a better acoustic sound. I recorded it unamped even and it sounded fine.

I like the vintage vibe of the 350. The Tal is a heavier guitar but still sounds great. Gibson did a very good job as you can hear.

So far I have only used the 350 at home and not in my trio. It is a dream guitar.

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Do you think the 350 might feedback more at stage volume?