PenelopeES335 Posted September 13, 2021 Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 Wondering if I can get the history behind this stunning guitar if I ask here at the source. I purchased this beautiful ES-335 125th Anniversary at a local guitar shop in Manchester, NH on Saturday 9/11/21. They are a Legitimate Authorized Gibson Dealer. When I brought her home (I named her Penelope), I tried to do some research online but couldn't find absolutely anything other than a couple of pics from NAMM 2019. I posted a a few pics on Reddit and someone from Gibson was able to give me a bit of information which is as follows: "Was supposed to start in Memphis since it was a 335. When we moved to Nashville the Supreme's were running but the 335’s were behind. We were focusing on getting the quality on the 335’s and didn’t want to start a fancy guitar. By the time we started running them it was almost past our 125th anniversary. So we never finished the run. Not sure how many we actually made, but I’m almost certain it wasn’t 125 of them. So in short, it’s a rare guitar for sure with an interesting story" I guess what I'm trying to find out is: How many of these were actually made / What number out of the batch is the one I own / Was it supposed to come with case candy and if so what? I bought it new but didn't get much in the case other than an original picture from the factory and the warranty card. Any information would be greatly appreciated. Thank you in advance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted September 13, 2021 Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 WOW! That's a new one on me - congratulations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenelopeES335 Posted September 13, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 Hey Steve, thanks! This one's staying with me forever 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted September 13, 2021 Report Share Posted September 13, 2021 TBH I think this is too rare for folks on this forum to know much about it. Beautiful guitar - I googled too, but can't find out anything. I don't know if emailing Gibson.com is still worth a try; I never got an answer but that was years ago. Best wishes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenelopeES335 Posted September 14, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2021 (edited) Thank you, I did email Gibson as well. I’m hoping they will get back to me at some point. For now, I’m just enjoying playing her. Edited September 14, 2021 by PenelopeES335 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted September 15, 2021 Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 Phone calls to Gibson work far better than emails which most of the time are unanswered. Beautiful 335! I’ve never seen that one before either… Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PenelopeES335 Posted September 15, 2021 Author Report Share Posted September 15, 2021 Oh?!? Thank you for that. In this era of emails and texts, I sometimes forget getting on the phone and placing a simple call. Hopefully there’s not a lot of automation on their lines 😂. I’ll attempt to do that today. Thanks again for the idea, truly appreciate it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.