littlejohnny

Right next to my acoustic. 😜 I'd say a semi hollow isn't all that meteorosensitive as an acoustic. But also not as forgiving as an solidbody electric. When humidity/ temperature go extrem the Hummingbird goes to its case first. The Es follows a few days when it stays that way. I don't even have a real case for my Tele.

Your readings are pretty similar to the custom buckers in my 2020 Es 355. Wish my covers were shiny too! But you are right, on vos guitars the covers are normally lightly aged. I second the Sgt.'s advice. Did you bought it used or nos?

since the pickups is from 2018 and the t-type humbucker wasn't introduced back then, my guess is burtsbucker 1 & 2 but I found a 2019 satin dot model, where the shop stated mhs pups on their spec shed. Guess only Gibson can answer this one for sure.

eh, guys, this is a Gibson forum, so most people here are Gibson enthusiasts/fan boys/idiots/ disciples. And you wonder, that they talk about an artist playing a gibson?? Maybe some here should attend a forum for failed comedians or dedicated to guitar-nerd-bashing.

I gave you a "thanks" for that one - guess its because I liked U2 as a teenager. Back to the the OPs question. I looked at reverb and some other sides. I was kind of surprised, how cheap they seem to be in the US, over here in Europe (you are in europe, right? at least kind of) they seem to go between 2500 - 4500 €. A new Es 355, which is the closest to your lucille, is about 5800,- new, so bottom line: Be happy, you have a guitar you really like and its worth a lot to you, and you would have to pay at least twice as much, if you were on the hunt for a equivalent guitar.

Oh, this Zappa guy is one hot looking dude, but I do not want to hear words or lyrics coming out of his mouth.

this truss rod cover looks ugly, so does the paint job, but what really would scare me is the binding on the treble side - good for you that it does not sound like it looks

I think the knobs on your ES are totally normal, actually the one from 2018 with the 70ies style knobs looks kind of unusual to me. I went through a lot of ES 335s the last couple of years, no matter if it was the cheapest production line guitar or the most expensive custom shop guitar, they all had the knobs sticking out like yours. If it bothers you that much, you can put an additional washer under the knob, which is kind of tricky but possible.

run! run! run! it's a fake, for sure. Just to name a few odds: Wrong headstock wrong fretboard inlays logo and Inlay on headstock look wrong far east bridge fake bigsby wrong pickguard, wrong pickguard bracket fake case and its a fake of 355 not a 335, just google Gibson ES 355, you will notice the differences! Maybe 150,- $ is a fair price.

Gibson made some limited j-35, that were more like "TV" or nowadays "Vintage" guitars, with period correct headstock, bridge, case and whatnot. like this one. I'd guess it'll take a little more to fake this model, which isn't the OPs intention anyway. Whatever, wish I had a luthier to trust, I would let him do some unethical things to my guitars😜

I used virtuose cleaner and polish to make the satin finish on my es 335 look a little more shiny, treated the headstock just like the rest. The result came pretty close to the vos finish on high end gibsons, if you look closer you see, its just a little rougher. Go figure!

There was a message ? 🤡 You people really crack me up.

a natural topped bird, yummy👍😍