I was looking closely at a 7lb 9oz 2018 ES-335 Traditional from zZounds the past month. It was one of the lighest non-historic 335's I saw and it also seemed to have really good string spacing alignment
(ever since I had owned/sold a 335 where the high E would slip off with the slightest pull off, I've made a point of looking closely at the stock photos that show where the high E is in relation to the polepiece of the neck pickup, usually if its to the left that means I probably won't have a problem)
Unfortunately someone snagged it about 2 weeks ago but then I saw it was returned!
So I decided to take the plunge, and I'll have it my hands Saturday.
But now I think I might have figured out why it was returned after i asked zZounds to send me the stock photos:
If this is just cosmetic though, I can definitely live with it. There's a good chance I'm swapping them to TonePros klusons anyway, so I guess once my tech screws in the top hole for the Kluson it'll be straightened anyway?