praisegeetarman Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 Looking to buy a 335 and was looking for input comparing the 24" scale 335's vs the 24 3/4" scale ones. Is there much difference in tone? Which one would be the more traditional 335? thanks, Keith Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpdeluxe Posted April 14, 2010 Share Posted April 14, 2010 I've never heard of a 24" 335. All of them are 24.6" which becomes 24-3/4" in Gibson adspeak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
badbluesplayer Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 The description of one of the 335's on the Gibson website - the "335 Block Inlay" - says that it has a 24" scale. The website must be wrong. See here: http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/ES/Gibson-Custom/ES-335-Block-Inlay/Features.aspx They probably just made a mistake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lpdeluxe Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 The description of one of the 335's on the Gibson website - the "335 Block Inlay" - says that it has a 24" scale. The website must be wrong. See here: http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/ES/Gibson-Custom/ES-335-Block-Inlay/Features.aspx They probably just made a mistake. No doubt...one of Fender's ads for the Precision (toward the end of the CBS era) claimed that it had a scale length of 46.25," about a foot and a quarter inch longer than actual. Generally speaking, Gibson has used three scale lengths for electrics (not counting "three-quarter" models, mostly inexpensive solid body electrics from the '60s): 23.5" for the Byrdland and its contemporary ES-350, 24.6" for LPs, SGs, 335s and most other non-jazz electrics, and 25.5" for the jazzbos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PP_CS336 Posted April 15, 2010 Share Posted April 15, 2010 The description of one of the 335's on the Gibson website - the "335 Block Inlay" - says that it has a 24" scale. The website must be wrong. See here: http://www2.gibson.com/Products/Electric-Guitars/ES/Gibson-Custom/ES-335-Block-Inlay/Features.aspx They probably just made a mistake. I have the Gibson CS-336 Model and that's also a 24" scale. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickypicky Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 24"? Are we beginning to discover something here besides a "typo"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamBooka Posted April 16, 2010 Share Posted April 16, 2010 yeeech... they had to electroshock me to even consider a 24.6 scale (es-165). Then I read horror stories about the Byrdland... Then I restore my 59 Fender Musicmaster (3/4)... Guys.. I think we are going the wrong way here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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