david123 Posted March 10, 2015 Author Share Posted March 10, 2015 ye hehe its weird, I will try to check later today with stereo cable to see what happens, if nothing, then I will take it to check inside... thx David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 Hey David , have you contacted Gruhn or Carter yet with pics of this guitar? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david123 Posted March 11, 2015 Author Share Posted March 11, 2015 Hi Rod, yes I did and I am waiting for reply Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimi55lp Posted April 2, 2015 Share Posted April 2, 2015 Looks like the dowels under the harmonica bridge are wider than an ABR/Tone o Matic which makes me thing it may have been a wraptail piece like early Juniors and Specials. Could it be a Stereo model since it has the 2 inputs? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david123 Posted April 4, 2015 Author Share Posted April 4, 2015 Hi Jimi, hmm its an option but still I don't think it was a wraptail as you can see the lower side is normal with no wider dowels...as I know wraptail is bigger then ABR that it should have 2 bowels then harmonica bridge but still I can be wrong. My opinion is that it is ABR bridge with wood underneath as like on Gibson Encore picture and I have great news guys:) First I found out that in that time Gibson put very rare Grover imperial tuners on flagship custom orders so it is very big possibility that my guitar had the same and as I can see from pics it had the same two screws per each tuner in the same area and the same dimensions between screws and i found them from the same era:)) + I got bigsby B7 from same era and of course ABR1 with wood! I will receive all next week and will take it to master repairer here in Ljubljana to install back all that and made all setup Wow this will be a guitar to look can wait:)))) and yes he must check the electronics also so the other input should work - I think that's stereo version but I cant tell till it will be checked and made final setup... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
retrorod Posted April 4, 2015 Share Posted April 4, 2015 Hey David, did Gruhn or Carter respond yet? Did I miss something? Who are you taking it to for restoration?? I am confused! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david123 Posted April 8, 2015 Author Share Posted April 8, 2015 Hi Rod, Not yet, I think they are away or sth... I have a guy here who do restoration for more then 20 years, that's the only guy I can trust to do like it needs to be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR56 Posted April 9, 2015 Share Posted April 9, 2015 Well, my advice has not changed, but it appears that you're not particularly interested in communicating with Gruhn and/or Carter before trying to restore the guitar and get it sold. At least that's the impression I've gotten here and from your messages. As for going ahead with the restoration anyway, I still think that was not the best choice. You mention installing an ABR with a wood base, because of the guitar in the "Encore" article. Well, that guitar was not an ES355, it was a custom Byrdland. Byrdlands are fully hollow archtops with spruce tops, and thus fitted with wooden bridge bases. So, I'm not sure what your thinking was there (or your repairman's thinking). That's just one example of the fact that you guys may not really know what you're doing. The Grover "Imperial" tuners on "flagship" custom Gibsons comment doesn't completely make sense to me either. Oh well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david123 Posted April 10, 2015 Author Share Posted April 10, 2015 Hi Jim, I just got one answer from George Gruhn and he told me whats not original... I got an option to get Abr with wood base, but if it will not worked, I will instill it without wood, that was an idea About tuners, as you can see on the pictures I gave you, there are two holes for each tuner and this grover tuners I got have the same holes so I wont drill any new holes! if it will not suit then I will leave like it was, don't worry I will not do any stupid things! thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimR56 Posted April 20, 2015 Share Posted April 20, 2015 Hi Jim, I just got one answer from George Gruhn and he told me whats not original... I got an option to get Abr with wood base, but if it will not worked, I will instill it without wood, that was an idea About tuners, as you can see on the pictures I gave you, there are two holes for each tuner and this grover tuners I got have the same holes so I wont drill any new holes! if it will not suit then I will leave like it was, don't worry I will not do any stupid things! thx David, did you send Mr. Gruhn all of your photos? I'm surprised that nobody is showing any interest in the unusual nature of your guitar. Either Gruhn or Walter Carter (or someone else with real expertise here in the U.S.) should be able to tell you something about it, even if it is only guesses or theories. I would try contacting Carter again (and keep trying until you get at least some opinions). email: walter@cartervintage.com My advice remains, don't do any modifications until you communicate with an expert. Good luck, and keep us updated. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david123 Posted May 6, 2015 Author Share Posted May 6, 2015 Hi Jim, Sorry was away, I have sent email with pics, I will write as soon as I get some info from him thx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david123 Posted May 29, 2015 Author Share Posted May 29, 2015 Hi folks, I have put this beauty on ebay check it out...if some of you are interested please bid:) thx http://www.ebay.de/itm/1963-Gibson-ES355TD-Encore-Cherry-ultra-rare-custom-beauty-only-one-made-/321768010750?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_77&hash=item4aeade33fe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jgudy13 Posted August 19, 2015 Share Posted August 19, 2015 Hi guys, I have really weird 1962 Gibson ES355TD which I have never seen, its like Barney Kessel but with two inputs and selector like 355 and it says inside the label ES355TD I have made tons of pics with detailsand will put some of them here and can somebody tells me more about it... I heard that Gibson experimented and made some uniques that time thx David Nice. Never seen one like it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zentar Posted August 20, 2015 Share Posted August 20, 2015 The tailpiece has not been moved. That is just a ding. Are both output jacks operational or is one unwired? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david123 Posted September 1, 2015 Author Share Posted September 1, 2015 Hi Zentar, I don't think the tailpiece is original as there are three screw hols at the strap holder which I think it was for bigsby, ok maybe its opposite version so maybe the tailpiece is original and later someone put bigsby on it Hmm really weird Only one input is working maybe other is unwired... thx David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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