slasher1319 Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 WHich is better, a BB King Standard or a Es 335 block Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantric Posted February 26, 2009 Share Posted February 26, 2009 What year? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
qblue Posted February 28, 2009 Share Posted February 28, 2009 Different strokes for different folks The guitars are both excellent. The ES-335 has a mahogany neck and rosewood fingerboard, and the BB King has a maple 3 or 5 piece neck, with an ebony fingerboard. The pickups are 57 PAF's on the 335 and Alnico 5 490's on the BB King. The ES335 has f-holes and the King doesn't; I believe both have maple bodies. The Bridge is more LP- like (ABR-1?) on the ES335; the King has a TP-1 bridge that is functional for tuning. That is the technical side, which so easily impresses some people. For me, as I think tone comes from my fingers, it won't matter much in the end. I have a ES-347(now defunct, unless Musicians Friend decides to order some direct from Gibson for a special sale), which has the same build as the BB King, except with f-holes and Series 7 (Dirty Fingers) pickups w/ a coil-tap. So play both and choose the one you like. Oh yeah they're both Gibsons, you won't have a problem sounding good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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