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2009 ES 335 Query


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Hi! Recently I saw an advert for a red ES 335 dot. The owner says it's from 2009 and he's had it from new, but it does not have a certificate of authenticity. The ad has since expired without selling, so I don't have the pictures to show Gibson, and thus they won't offer me any advice at all.

 

What I'd like to know is would a 2009 335 normally have a COA? I've had one before and that came with one, but I think that one was a later model. The guitar is still gettable, in spite of the expired advert.

 

Thanks in advance for your input, guys.

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Is it a reissue? Did they ever come with a COA?

 

I don't think it affects the value but at the moment the value is defined by what you're prepared to pay so if they need a sale maybe you can get $200 off anyway.

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If you can otherwise guarantee the authenticity of the guitar, the COA is meaningless, and neither adds to nor subtracts from the value of the instrument. You aren't buying a COA: you're buying a guitar.

 

While I agree with you in theory, pragmatically speaking I disagree and here's why. Just like anything else you are buying or selling; the item in question is for all intents and purposes worth whatever someone is willing to pay for it. That being said, if someone is willing to a pay a premium for a COA for whatever reason, then it is not meaningless.

 

Also, as a buyer if I'm choosing from two guitars and between the two all things are equal, I would choose the one with the COA over the one that does not.

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