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  • Birthday 06/19/1950

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  1. Hey - I just noticed that Bill is offering the ES335 kit at $10 off the regular price. He does that from time to time. Direct orders from his website are less expensive than off eBay - again, Bill is a good guy, very responsive to e-mail questions and any options you might want. Check it out. Ed
  2. Hi - I replaced the harness in my '86 ES335 with one made by Brown Custom Shop (no affiliation, just a satisfied customer). http://bcsguitars.com/?page_id=19 Used the YouTube videos from RS Guitarworks to get a feel for the project. Took everything out of the access cut in the center block (through the bridge pick up cavity) put everything back in the same way. The cut in the center block was large enough to make that part of the job relatively easy. Also, I had Bill Brown add some long leads to the volume pots so I soldered those leads to the pick up wires (charged an extra $2.00 for that option). I didn't have to solder the pick up leads to the pots, had more than enough wire to work with and can now change pick ups (if I ever want to do that) without pulling the harness. Oh, by the way, I couldn't remove the pots through the F-holes even if I wanted to because Gibson used Les Paul-length volume pots when assembling the original harness - the shafts were too long to get the pots through the holes! The person who did the assembly also put an extra nut on the volume pot shafts to regulate how much of the shaft came out of the guitar top (see below). Anyway, the harness replacement is a bit time consuming but not impossible or extremely difficult if you are handy and have basic soldering skills - and the results are impressive. Good luck. Ed
  3. Trying different string gauges and brands is something you really might want to consider. My '82 Les Paul 30th anniversary is set up with 10's and I've had good luck with Gibson Vintage Reissue and DR Pure Blues. I have thought about trying a "hybrid" gauge set but haven't gotten around to it yet. My '86 ES335 (I've owned it for one year) came set up with 10's (10-46) - probably D'Addario. I experimented with DR Pure Blues in 10's and 11's - they were okay but the tone wasn't what I was looking for. For the heck of it I tried a set of RotoSound Blues in 10-52 and that is where I'm going to stay. All the while I was changing from one gauge to another the "set-up" changes involved minor adjustment of the bridge saddles to keep in tune up the neck and a quarter-to-half turn of bridge elevation to erase any buzzing - not changes I would consider beyond the capabilities of the average person. There are a lot of on-line sites to show you how to make the adjustments and no special tools are needed. Cheers - Ed
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