Big Arm Posted October 14, 2016 Share Posted October 14, 2016 I am excited. I think I got a pretty good deal on a Gingerburst from Sweetwater so jumped at it. Supposed to arrive on Tuesday. Hope I made a good choice. Tell me about yours. This is supposed to be a picture of the actual guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmokeyGhost Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 Cool. Love the colour. I'd like to know your thoughts when you get it. No matter what, enjoy. I don't own a Gibson ES339 but do have an Epi 339 but with P90's so I cannot compare at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 My God, what a gorgeous guitar!! I'm sure it's going to be a keeper, and a real player. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 15, 2016 Share Posted October 15, 2016 I bought one last year. They had to fetch the 2015 one I wanted from the warehouse (Andertons UK), so meanwhile I played the 2014 models that were in the shop. When the 2015 Studio arrived it was still boxed (from Gibson). I was happy to discover that I preferred it to the more expensive models I had been playing. Yours has the full complement of 4 knobs. Mine has 2 only. Mine came with a black hard case. I think yours may be brown. I've not posted pics of mine before, so you've given a good excuse to do so! The neck is maple, and the fingerboard is torrified maple. This is much harder than rosewood and, to me, feels much nicer. Pickups are Classic 57's, which are my favourite among Gibson pups. The maple neck is heavier than the mahogany ones, and it feels very slightly neck heavy. I still prefer it to mahogany for its strength though. Sound-wise? It sounds exactly the same as the mahogany necks to my ears. I played enough of them in the 50 minutes I waited for my guitar to arrive. So I'm pretty sure about that. I've gigged it about 4 times so far. I can honestly say that I like more now than I did when I bought it. I has grown on me like no other guitar over the last 18 months of use. I hope you'll be thrilled with yours when it arrives! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WLOQ Posted October 19, 2016 Share Posted October 19, 2016 Retail is about $1999 for the studio model. What was the deal you negotiated, if you don't mind me asking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Arm Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 I got it for $1650 so not a killer deal, but I thought pretty good. I am having a new amp built and ended up trading my amp for an Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro which is actually fairly nice. but was using just a Vox little battery operated amp. Saw my old amp on Craigslist today so bought it back. My new amp is probably at least a month away. It really made a difference in the sound of the ES 339. It sounds so much better through this amp and my 1 x 12 cab than the little practice amp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 I got it for $1650 so not a killer deal, but I thought pretty good. I am having a new amp built and ended up trading my amp for an Epiphone Les Paul Custom Pro which is actually fairly nice. but was using just a Vox little battery operated amp. Saw my old amp on Craigslist today so bought it back. My new amp is probably at least a month away. It really made a difference in the sound of the ES 339. It sounds so much better through this amp and my 1 x 12 cab than the little practice amp. I thought you'd been kept waiting for the 339! Got any pictures? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Arm Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 I have pictures but couldn't get them to load on this forum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Arm Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 Can't seem to load the picture. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 21, 2016 Share Posted October 21, 2016 try photobucket. you can upload for free. once uploaded, click on the URL field. It will turn yellow & say 'copied'. then paste it directly into your message. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Arm Posted October 21, 2016 Author Share Posted October 21, 2016 let's try it again, resized Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted October 22, 2016 Share Posted October 22, 2016 It looks beautiful. Not all sunbursts finishes are applied the same, but 'that' sort looks great. You got the same type of case as me after all by the looks of it. Canadian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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