fretplay Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I have come across a ES 335 for sale. I checked the serial number on the net and it says made in Nashville but below it says hollow and semi hollow bodies are made in Memphis. Do I smell a rat here? Can members help please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LysanderSky Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 Mine was made in Memphis too but it also says Nashville on the guitar dater project...so no I don't think it's fake because of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rogerb Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 I have come across a ES 335 for sale. I checked the serial number on the net and it says made in Nashville but below it says hollow and semi hollow bodies are made in Memphis. Do I smell a rat here? Can members help please. Email customer service with the serial number, we can look it up in the Gibson data base. service@gibson.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigKahune Posted October 30, 2012 Share Posted October 30, 2012 . The Guitar Dater Project has nothing to do with verifying legitimate Gibson serials, it merely takes a number that fits the formula and decodes it. If you send Gibson your serial# ( service@gibson.com ), for most guitars built from the 80s to the present they can verify the serial was used and give you the model and many times the finish and hardware the serial was used on. You can also send pics if you like (2mb limit). <edit> Opps posted same time as Roger . B) . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fretplay Posted October 31, 2012 Author Share Posted October 31, 2012 Hi guys, here are some pictures, what do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L5Larry Posted October 31, 2012 Share Posted October 31, 2012 The pictures do not enlarge very well for me, but what I think I see is that the serial number would indicate a mfg year of 1989. There was no Memphis plant in 1989, so all electrics were made in Nashville. I also can't verify from the photos provided, but I suspect this would be one of the early dot-neck reissues. Some of these were VERY fine instruments. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rogerb Posted November 1, 2012 Share Posted November 1, 2012 Hi guys, here are some pictures, what do you think? The photos would not enlarge but I think the serial number is 80939607. This rolls in our data base as a 1989 ES-335 Dot natural finish. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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