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I don't like any kind of whammy bar including Bigsby's.
Other than that, I agree with some others that the neck and headstock should be bound.
What I most want to know is the switching options. It is in that area that I might consider such a guitar.
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Why is it so many people here want the mods to shut down every discussion that isn't just "HNGD!"?
I know this is a pvt owned forum but I'm a fan of free speech. People arguing with passion or conviction isn't a reason to cry for a mod. If you don't like a thread.....why would you report it? Why wouldn't you just leave the thread? When people run to mods to report threads it creates a censored environment. Why would anyone want that?
I always thought of guitarists as creative free thinkers but judging by most guitar forums most seem to want to silence anyone they don't agree with.
Very well said Sir.
I do not own a PRS but all that I have seen (and heard) tells me that they are very fine guitars indeed.
However, so are Gibson.
Whatever you prefer...
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Interesting picture, Cap!
Pip.
Wow!
Now the question devolves to which is better: slot weight relief or round holes?
Perhaps Cap could give us a lecture about the acoustic properties of round holes versus slots!
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They aren't.
Washburn. Ever heard of them?
Parker. Ever heard of them?
Steinberger. Ever heard of them?
Hagstrom. Ever heard of them?
Oh, and C.F. Martin & Co. Ever heard of them?
All of the above use some form/brand of phenolic resin as a fingerboard material.
Pip.
And more's the pity. At least IMHO.
But choice is choice and I would never buy one. Why? Pure prejudice.
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I have a 1959 ES345 Reissue and contrary to your view I think the MHS are amongst the very best pickups I have ever heard anywhere.
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ES-345 means including Varitone switch to me, too.
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Quite.
An ES345 without a Varitone is a walk-on-by for me.
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A two year old thread resurrected?
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That's one cool thing about the very late 355s, they have a different stereo circuit similar to the type you find in keyboards where the first socket is mono unless anything is plugged into the second. Admittedly I've used it in stereo about twice in 20 years, but it's a cool feature.
I agree with you about that. The Epiphone ES345 was wired in the same way with two jack sockets. If you are going to have stereo that is a better way to do it than that ridiculous split lead the original stereo 345s and 355s had.
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That's interesting Larry. The top chart seems to imply that some 335's were made in stereo and with a varitone in 1959. I have never seen or heard of one.
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Where can I find a wiring diagram for a Varitone set up? I tried to down load the 345 diagram for the support page on the Gibson website but it kept giving me a file I couldn't open on my Mac. I'm interested in doing a stealth version on my 335, sacrificing one of the tone pots and making the remaining tone a master tone.
Thanks
Hi AT,
I have emailed you re your email address. I can send you a pdf of the wiring of the varitone and also another very interesting and detailed pdf article about the varitone. Obviously, I downloaded them from somewhere but can't remember where now.
As an alternative you could google Big D varitone re his options.
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Well i´ll try a new 355 on monday just to give it a go even though all the Gibsons i´ve tried an old 335 vs a new, an old SG standard vs a new, a 76 les paul standard vs r9 and CC 30 Gabby, the vintage sounded better each and every time, but i have to give the new 355 a chance since i can afford one now otherwise i´ll have to save up for the real deal.. I beileve most new gibson´s are copies of old Gibsons, why build a copy of an old if they can´t build/make a new a better guitar??? or??
What I can't understand about Gibson is that they reissued the original ES345 (I have one) in 1959 and 1964 formats (in mono but with varitone. The stereo was always a useless gimmick imo) but don't do the same with the ES355. I know they had the "ebony problem" for a while but substitute ebonies are available and could be used.
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From what little I know, vintage -355s have a varitone and an ebony fingerboard. Modern -355s do not have the varitone and have a Richlite fingerboard. Those choices are up to your personal preferences. I have a modern -355 and she's a keeper.
And for the self-same reasons I would not touch a modern 355.
No varitone and no ebony board means that it just looks a bit like a 355 but isn't one (really).
Just an opinion of course...
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It is a brass nut on my 1978 25 / 50. It was built that way. Absolutely no problems with it whatsoever.
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What makes you think it's not mahogany? Because the guitars feel lighter then they should? Would be interested to hear your opinion.
Answer as per Campbell's post.
This doesn't mean that Epiphone's are "no good" or anything like that. I've got a couple of Epiphone's and they are great guitars. However, the wood is certainly not proper mahogany.
Even Gibson no longer uses the best mahogany which is widely regarded as Honduras mahogany. I am not sure when Gibson stopped using it but it has been some years. Whether Honduras is still used for the very high end Collectors Choice or Reissue models I don't know.
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Epiphone quote all the Les Paul range as having Mahogany bodies?
What they quote and what's real are two different things.
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Epiphone Les Paul's are not weight relieved. The wood used isn't mahogany and seems lighter than most real mahogany so the Epi's don't need weight relief. That said, an Epi Les Paul still won't be a lightweight guitar - probably equivalent to some weight relieved Gibson Les Paul's.
If you want lightweight why not consider a (chambered) hollowbody ES style Les Paul?
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So the only difference is the 347 has a more expensive fret board and it is for some reason less desirable and cheaper than a 335??? Why?
It is a question I ask about the 345.
I can guarantee that any side-by-side "Review" in one of the laughable guitar magazines (I no longer buy any of them) lauds the 335 and either pans or diminishes the 345. IMO it is by far the better guitar.
I have never seen a 347 in the flesh but from all accounts they sound like mighty fine guitars to me (at least the ones with an ebony fretboard)
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That's an awful guitar and you should immediately get rid of it by selling it to me.
Awwww who am I kidding, that thing's gorgeous. I too could never part with it.
Well, you got in first Scott but I'll dibs second on it if I may.
Beautiful guitar. I'd never part with a guitar like that.
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I'd love to see a pic of it bluesbum.
Here's an old sweetwater ad for it:
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I absolutely loved the tone and usefulness of the coil splits especially with the boost circuit since it allows you to re-gain the signal/volume loss when you switch between humbucker/split coil modes on the fly.
As an aside (sorry to deviate from the thread topic) - is there any kind of detail info (schematic etc) as to the nature of the "boost circuit"?
The reason why I ask is that my Yamaha SG2000 is wired up Jimmy Page no2 style (four push / push) with Bare Knuckle Mule pickups neck and bridge but I notice a considerable drop in volume when I coil spilt. The "boost" is what I need!
And yes, I was confusing Traditional with Traditional Pro.
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Are you positive?
I am sure there are threads on here about Traditionals which make the point that they are not weight relieved but solid all the way through. I am sure I have read several Pippy posts where he makes the point.
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@ Pin & @ Aymara:
I think it can be guitar or case as well. As I posted in #32, there are cases like Fender made by G&G which smell rather intensely. This odour will transfer to polyester and polyurethane finishes, too, so the guitars smell like the cases.
The smell of Gibson guitars seems much stronger to me than that of their cases, and the case does adopt the scent of the nitro finish in my opinion.
I don't doubt you are right capmaster - it can be case or guitar (or both) depending on the brand. I know which it is for my ES345. I wouldn't describe the smell as unpleasant but it is strong and rather surprised me at first. The only other new Gibson I have owned was a black Les Paul Custom (around 1987) and that didn't smell at all as I recall (I am sure I would have remembered).
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And why then does my Gretsch Panther smell exactly the same as my Gibson Les Paul, though the LP is Nitro and the Panther is Urethane finished?
Put it in the case for a whole day and the smell is back as before. So I still guess, it's the case.
Mate, you are hung up on "it must be the case". I'm telling you it is absolutely not the case! My guitar has been out of its case for at least seven weeks and it still stinks. When I go to the case and lift the lid there is only the faintest residue of smell - very faint. It is the guitar!
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I posted a little while ago on the powerful pong of my new ES345 Reissue.
And no, it is definitely NOT the case!
The smell is from the guitar (and only the guitar) and I think it is the nitro. I have kept it out of its case ever since I got it several weeks ago and the smell is still very much there although less strong than at first.
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Headstock Change
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A "lot of people"?
Evidence?
The poll thus far suggests otherwise.
I think the Epiphone headstock, like Gibson, PRS, D'Angelico and others announces the guitar. There is no way it should ever be changed.