Kstine98 Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 (edited) My wife bought me this brand new in 1983 from a local music shop. I love the guitar. I have never seen one of these with the cream colored pick guard. Can anyone provide any information? Every other one I’ve seen has the black pick guard. Is it possible the music shop swapped it out before they sold it? Edited May 19, 2022 by Kstine98 Typo in year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 Not sure about the pickguard but the neck was stamped on the 316th day of 1982. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kstine98 Posted May 19, 2022 Author Share Posted May 19, 2022 3 hours ago, ksdaddy said: Not sure about the pickguard but the neck was stamped on the 316th day of 1982. You are correct. I had the year wrong. Don’t tell my wife (married in 1984)! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted May 19, 2022 Share Posted May 19, 2022 I'm wondering if it's 'custom' because of the cream pickguard and also the tuners. I can't honestly say I've seen tuners with that specific Gibson logo on them. Maybe they were common but they're not ringing a bell with me at all. Also, it has a TP-6 fine tuning tailpiece, which was a popular 'add-on' in the day. If this came on the guitar from the factory, that would make it custom as well, as it was not standard for the 335 dot. Beautiful guitar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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