pants Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 Howdy, y'all! I have an '04 ESDT335 with an ebony finish. I was searching around the web and the consensus seems to be that "D" stands for dot and "T" is for figured top. Did they really finish figured tops in black? I would think that all the nice tops would be used on bursts and other trans finishes. What say you? Thanks, Pants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 . Early on Gibson finish figured tops with solid colors. Now they sometimes use transparent colors on plain and figured tops. Email Gibson ( service@gibson.com ) with the serial# and ask for the model number, which will include the finish and hardware codes. Maybe like ESDTTBNH1 - ES; D dot; T figured top; TB transparent black finish; NH nickel hardware; 1 first quality (not a 2nd). . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StijnV Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Correction: DT=Dot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pants Posted June 12, 2012 Author Share Posted June 12, 2012 Thanks for clearing that up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunburst PB Posted June 12, 2012 Share Posted June 12, 2012 Correction: DT=Dot Hmm. For many years I have been under the impression that D=Double Pickup and T=Thinline and have seen that published in a number of places. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StijnV Posted June 13, 2012 Share Posted June 13, 2012 Yes, but in the other way around: ESTD, not ESDT ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sunburst PB Posted June 15, 2012 Share Posted June 15, 2012 Thanks for the clarification. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pants Posted June 16, 2012 Author Share Posted June 16, 2012 ^^^^^^ What he said! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlanC Posted June 22, 2012 Share Posted June 22, 2012 Yes, but in the other way around: ESTD, not ESDT ! Thanks. Its very helpful to understand this stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vincentw Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 DP, however, would be Dot Plaintop. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted June 25, 2012 Share Posted June 25, 2012 DP, however, would be Dot Plaintop. This "DP" circles around again to DT meaning Dot figuredTop, which according to StijnV is incorrect. BTW, I too have also seen these letters refer to Double-pickup and Thinline. These meanings can definitely be confusing with the multiple references and uses. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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