Californiaman Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 What's the difference between the ES 335 and the ES 355? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 Maybe the 355 is hollow? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
elantric Posted March 31, 2009 Share Posted March 31, 2009 An Original early 1960s' ES-335 An Original early 1960's ES-355 The ES-355 adds: * Ebony Fingerboard * Larger Block Inlays * Advanced Binding on Body, Neck and Headstock - similar to Les Paul Custom * Bigsby (pre-'65) Maestro Vibrola ( post '65) * Gold Hardware * With a TRS stereo cable you have Stereo sound - Neck PU Left, Bridge PU Right * Dual Inductor stereo 6 position VariTone circuit - for BB King Tone * The ES355 was BB King's main guitar prior to the 1981 BB King Signature model. He recorded bulk of his hits with the ES-355. The ES-335, ES-345, ES-355 have full size humbuckers and are "semi hollow" - with a solid wood block in the center. The ES-330 has P90 single coils and is hollow, and considered a more affordable version- - which was marketed widely to non Gibson delears as the Epiphone Casino varient. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_ES-335 And Here's the ES-345 - which is basically the model in between the ES-335, and ES-355 - Mono or Stereo Varitone circuit, Rosewood fretboard, split diagonal inlays, Gold Hardware. - This model is has become best known in recent years as the icon for Apple's Garage Band Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dynadude Posted April 2, 2009 Share Posted April 2, 2009 That 345 is a honey, but I can't say the same for the 355. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestack59 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Perhaps you should try playing the 355, way richer than any 335 I've tried. There is a 2008 Reissue of the one in the pictureposted by elantric (is that off ebay?) but they've got rid of the stereo and varitone, which haven't always been that well liked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokestack59 Posted April 4, 2009 Share Posted April 4, 2009 Perhaps you should try playing the 355, way richer than any 335 I've tried. There is a 2008 Reissue of the one in the pictureposted by elantric (is that off ebay?) but they've got rid of the stereo and varitone, which haven't always been that well liked. I don't know if you can embed clips on here but this is a good one from Gregs Guitars. Obviously this has the Maestro vibrato not the Bigsby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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