smittyinnola Posted December 14, 2022 Share Posted December 14, 2022 Need some help identifying this guitar. Site says serial number is a 1963 or 1967. Has what looks to be a factory bigsby. Can anyone give me more info? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slimt Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 Im leaning towards 1967. reason. Nut width, crown on headstock in wrong location, should have a vibrola , the heel is not 1963 , volume/tone knobs are 1967 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidblast Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 plus it's got that custom chewed area at the top of the head stock. clearly a huge bonus to the collectors! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grog Posted December 15, 2022 Share Posted December 15, 2022 It should be easy to check one of the pot codes by removing the back plate. Example 1376742. 137=CTS (manufacturer), 67 Year manufactured,42=Week of year manufactured. I think you will find it to be between 1967 & 1969. I have a similar case for my 1969 LP Deluxe. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JO'C Posted February 1, 2023 Share Posted February 1, 2023 Hi Smitty, I'm leaning toward '67 also. I have a '69 335 that cold have been either '66 or '69 based on the serial#. I tried reading the pot code by sticking a dental mirror through the f hole but the one I could get to was too oxidized to see the numbers. So I pulled a pot (not easy to do on a 335) and it was dated late '68 which made it a '69. I used to have a '66 es-335-12 and the headstock Gibson is exactly the same as yours with a dotted "i". My '69 has a nearly identical font but no dot on the "i". If you do as Grog suggests you'll solve the mystery. Good luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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