yoshiii1 Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Hello I found a 335 for sale for 1400 dollars. Its new. Its the kind without neck binding, and has black body binding. Around the joint where the neck and body meet, the paint has aready cracked and there is a seam line. The dots on the fretboard have extra glue coming out on the edges. Are these bad signs of a not well made guitar? It sounds good when played. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted January 5, 2019 Share Posted January 5, 2019 Sounds like a Studio. There's lots of guitars out there, how much do you like that particular one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshiii1 Posted January 6, 2019 Author Share Posted January 6, 2019 Interested because only 1400 dollars But do t like the paint cracking and it’s new and the glue things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JSW Posted January 6, 2019 Share Posted January 6, 2019 Interested because only 1400 dollars But do t like the paint cracking and it’s new and the glue things. I’d be concerned. Glue on the fretboard and a finish crack would make me look deeper. You say it’s new, from private party or business? You’ve played it, do you feel the glue on the fretboard. Jim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshiii1 Posted January 8, 2019 Author Share Posted January 8, 2019 Major Retailer, Didn’t check for glue on the fretboard. Played it some, it was good sounding. But didn’t check everywhere. So not worth buying? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnappi Posted January 9, 2019 Share Posted January 9, 2019 I've never seen glue coming out of fret dots, with that and the neck joint issue maybe it was dropped and the result had a fret marker or two pop out and some heavy handed "tech " just glued them back in? A retail price of $1400 in some places would make it a pretty good deal "IF" what you're seeing in the finish "cracks" are stable, the marker glue is likely easily cleaned up. I have and have had a few Gibsons where the neck joint paint had some checking or cracking and none ever worsened. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted January 11, 2019 Share Posted January 11, 2019 I'm pretty sure you negotiate that price or better on a brand new one.... Studio.. If that's what you want... Are you familiar with that Guitar? It isn't a traditional ES335. But you probably know that.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
01GT eibach Posted January 14, 2019 Share Posted January 14, 2019 It seems that the going price for used ES-335 Studios is closer to $1000. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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