Pavezer Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 Hi! I'm new in this forum and willing to take advantage of you fellow Gibson owners :) I'm hobbyist luthier and going to build a CS 356/339/336 type smaller body semi hollow guitar. I have ordered the plans already but they havent arrived yet and I'm going to pick up the woods for the project tomorrow. Sooo.. I don't have plans yet and I'm unable to find the measurements from the internet. Therefore I'm asking if someone of the owners of this type guitar could kindly measure the body width and length for me, thank you. No need for thickness or neck measurements, just the width and length of the body is enough. This would verify my selections for the wood blanks. Inches or millimeter are both ok, and hopefully you could be as precise as possible. And a fast reply would be more than welcome :) Thanks a lot in advance! - Juha, Finland Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarJunkie Posted January 14, 2009 Share Posted January 14, 2009 I created this for someone a few months ago. I can take some more accurate measurements in the next day or so, but it'll give you a rough idea for now. ES-339 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavezer Posted January 15, 2009 Author Share Posted January 15, 2009 Hi! And thanks for the reply and the picture! Are those measurements taken by scaling up the image? I got some help from another forum too and this guy had found cs 336 specifications from the net. Specifications tells that body dimensions are 13-3/4 x 16. http://santi.centerblog.net/1938775-Gibson-CS-336-by-Gibson-Custom-Art-et-Historic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarJunkie Posted January 15, 2009 Share Posted January 15, 2009 Are those measurements taken by scaling up the image? No, I actually measured the guitar. I found it easier to add the measurements in Photoshop than to try and relay all the info verbally (actually, typed). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavezer Posted January 16, 2009 Author Share Posted January 16, 2009 No' date=' I actually measured the guitar.[/quote'] Ok. So we (I) come up with the conclusion that 339 and 336 are different sized. I thought that they were same sized. I found it easier to add the measurements in Photoshop than to try and relay all the info verbally (actually' date=' typed).[/quote']That is a very reasonable. Anyway, the original problem is solved, I got suitable wood and there's plenty of it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuitarJunkie Posted January 16, 2009 Share Posted January 16, 2009 Best of luck. I'd love to see photos of your project along the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavezer Posted January 17, 2009 Author Share Posted January 17, 2009 Best of luck. I'd love to see photos of your project along the way. Thanks a lot! :P I try to remember to update picture gallery along the way and link it here too. edit: Oh, by the way, the body differency is obviously owed to different construction; 339 being a laminated and 336/356 carved.Mine is going to be 336/356 type. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andre S Posted May 19, 2010 Share Posted May 19, 2010 Anyone have the width of the 335 at the waist? I'm trying to estimate the size, so I'll know if its too big for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DBKnoll Posted May 31, 2010 Share Posted May 31, 2010 My 1962 ES-335 measure 9.25" at the waiste. It's 15" at the widest point. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
endpin Posted June 1, 2010 Share Posted June 1, 2010 Here is a side-by-side comparison of a 1965 ES-330TD and a new CS-356 I own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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