silver_mica Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 Hey, I'm very sure I have an authentic 1997 Gibson ES-335 Dot guitar - but with all the counterfeit copies out there - you just can never be too careful. Today, I decided to remove the pickups and truss rod cover to photograph the backside of the pickups, the inside cavities where the pickups fit, the end of the truss rod, the dot inlays, and the nut. Also, I'm curios to know what type of pickups these are since the underside only has printed, "patent applied for". This is a 1997 ES-335 so I'd like to know if that patent was approved or not. The center block of wood running down the inside middle of the body appears to have three pieces (that I can tell). There's a grooved top and bottom. You can see this best through the bridge pickup cavity hole (4th embedded picture below). This must be the kerfed spruce forming a sandwich with the maple center block in the middle. True? Here are the pictures and links to Photobucket (I reached my limit of posting pictures in this thread - so I placed links showing the assembled body). Front in case On Amp - Body On Amp - Body (zoomed out a bit) Back Side Pickups and Bridge Photobucket Album - Page 1 Photobucket Album - Page 2 Photobucket Album - Page 3 Photobucket Album - Page 4 David Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted October 22, 2015 Share Posted October 22, 2015 . Looks genuine to me. Great looking Dot. Pickups probably 57 Classic Humbuckers - came out around 1990 and were/are Gibson's recreation of their 1950s PAF (Patent Applied For) humbuckers. The original PAF patent was approve in 1962 or 63 and they were then replaced by the Pat. No. humbuckers. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silver_mica Posted October 27, 2015 Author Share Posted October 27, 2015 I have to say that I cannot stop looking at my guitar. Has this ever happened to you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenny V Posted October 28, 2015 Share Posted October 28, 2015 Sure does. It's the beauty of the guitar, the new acquisition of something you desired. I still look that way at all the guitars I own. When that magic wears off, I usually end up selling it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jon S. Posted October 29, 2015 Share Posted October 29, 2015 Looks good! This would have come with '57 Classic humbuckers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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