Seu João Posted September 22, 2011 Share Posted September 22, 2011 Hello my friends, Today a guy show me a photo of his Gibson es-335 block inlay, the guitar was wonderful. But, in one of those photos i could see one small thing that caught my attention, the guitar binding was white, not that "pinkish" white neither cream! Is this normal? I've never seen one of those... i have a printscreen of the photo and i'm adding it to this topic. Hope to hear what you guys have to say! João Mota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seu João Posted September 24, 2011 Author Share Posted September 24, 2011 Can someone please help me on this one if you please? i'm trying to get a good second hand Gibson es-335 but i'm a little bit afraid of scams... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 . The current version has single-ply cream binding on the top, back and neck, and a five-ply b/w/b/w/b ’63 style long pickguard. Can't say about any previous versions. Can you post a pic of the whole guitar? Current from Gibson website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stein Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 Trying to authenticate a guitar from just the pic of the frets is not a good idea. It is easy to say that Gibson DID do something a certain way, but no one I think can garrentee that not a single Gibson model did not have a white binding on a 335. The way the frets and binding look finished here would make me suspicious enough to want to see the rest, but not enough to quite say it is a fake. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted September 24, 2011 Share Posted September 24, 2011 From what I have seen, 335's tend to be off-white in the binding area A genuine vendor will supply ID no. for the guitar which can be checked for veracity.... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seu João Posted September 25, 2011 Author Share Posted September 25, 2011 Hey, for now this is the only photo i have 'cause it's not my guitar, but i can ask for other photos! I'll see if the guy sends me some photos of the all body! Thank you, João Mota Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted September 25, 2011 Share Posted September 25, 2011 . Preferably an overhead shot of the whole guitar - no angles. Shots of the front and back of the headstock; and a shot of the body. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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