SteveFord 581 Report post Posted October 30, 2018 My Lucille is a very loud guitar with a real shimmer to the sound. For those of you with an ES-335 and an ES-355 with the ebony fret board, could you do an unplugged comparison? I'm trying to determine if it's the ebony or the lack of sound holes that makes my 335 sound muted next to the Lucille. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
powerwagonjohn 7 Report post Posted October 31, 2018 beware of the goblin girls. Thanks John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
G Mac 174 Report post Posted November 1, 2018 Flies all green and buzznin' in his dunging o' despair... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
powerwagonjohn 7 Report post Posted November 1, 2018 It's OK, I am on the outside now. John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
powerwagonjohn 7 Report post Posted November 1, 2018 As for the Lucille I think it's more the individual guitar. Several people who have played my 2009 ES-345 comment on the piano like tone unplugged. "there that one did the trick" If they only could have heard it...". Thanks John Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
badbluesplayer 646 Report post Posted November 2, 2018 The Lucille has a maple neck. That might make it louder or brighter. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
SteveFord 581 Report post Posted November 3, 2018 It didn't occur to me it would be the entire neck, I was thinking the fret board material. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Wmachine 92 Report post Posted November 6, 2018 It didn't occur to me it would be the entire neck, I was thinking the fret board material. Richlite and Ebony boards are supposedly brighter, but I don't think nearly as much so as the neck being maple (quarter sawn, I believe). I think the lack of F holes actually quiet it down, but only the slightest amount. I have a BB King and other 335s/345 for comparison. Even though there is the obvious blues connection to the BB King, I find it interesting that it is, I believe, the ES-3xx type best suited for the loudest high gain rock you can throw at it. No F holes, maple neck, 490 pups all made to fight that fire. What else could be done to make it better suited for that? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites