335jazz Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I play Gibson guitars for 40 years and I have owned quite a few Gibson guitars during that time. I currently own six. In February 2003, I purchased a brand new blond ES-335 DOT. I was told that it had been manufactured at the Custom Shop because it had a natural finish. When I received it, I saw immediately that it had no orange label in the f-hole. :- The store owner was later told by Gibson that Custom Shop guitars left the plant with no labels. I never believed that explanation. I had a 68 335 and a 65 175 with orange labels from Kalamazoo. I insisted on having a label so a few weeks later, Gibson sent to the store owner a "generic" yellow Gibson label onto which he wrote the serial number (with a error) and placed in f-hole. I was never happy with that label. A few weeks ago, I took a picture of my six Gibsons including a 339, 359, a 335 Block and the natural 335 plus two LesPaul that became my desktop background. Right away, I saw the orange labels on the three ES guitars but not on the 335 DOT. I could not stand it. Then, I said: enough!! I needed to finally have the correct orange label in my 335. I contacted Gibson Customer Service in Nashville and after proper identification of the guitar, the team in Memphis sent me by FEDEX a pre-filled orange label that was installed the following day. Finally, after a 7-year wait, my 335 was complete. I am grateful to the people in Customer Service in Nashville and the people in Memphis who sent me the label. Every one that I spoke to (by phone and Emails) was very professional and did their best to help me out. Thanks again Gibson!! What model should be my seventh Gibson? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 What model should be my seventh Gibson? cs-336 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
335jazz Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Nice. A 336 or a 356? They are not listed for a while now. Are those still being made? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 wildwood guitars has several 356s in korina; they recently sold a red 336. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
335jazz Posted January 10, 2010 Author Share Posted January 10, 2010 Hi eljay, thanks for the information. They have a great website and lots of choice for Gibson semi-hollow bodies. My favorites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eljay Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 you are welcome! sweetwater shows two sunburst 336s; now i gotta check dave's and some other websites. regards, eljay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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