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NGD! Finally got my 335!


eldorado2001

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I got an amazing deal in Chicago a couple weeks ago.

 

Advertised as a 2016 floor model but in fact a new 2017 ES335.

 

I've wanted one since the first time I saw one in the 70s but could never justify the cost.

 

Was less than the price of many Les Paul Studio models.

 

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Thanks! The intonation and action were already set just right, it plays like the proverbial butter, the pickups sound great and it didn't need a thing when I got it home, except a strap. I had always wanted a cherry red one, but I couldn't pass up the lightburst. We'll now grow old together.

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I have always thought it unusual the way the neck and body have such a drastic contrast on a 335. It would look much sharper if the neck and body were the same color. And if they continued the binding and connected it.

I thought that, too. But a maple body will never be the same color as a mahogany neck. I got used to it after a got a couple of them. You could always get a Pelham blue one or other solid color and never see the neck wood at all.

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I've been looking at a couple of used 335's. Both Cherry Red. One is a 2007 plain top. Almost no wood grain showing through the finish. Dot neck. The other is one of the "floor models" from CME. A 2016 Figured Top. Block inlays. Both seem to be in excellent condition. Asking price for the 2007 is $2000 and $1850 for the 2016.

 

What's the "better" buy here?

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