How do you feel about Gibson 335s? NGC

[Jim Rich]

Freddie King

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZOj76VKJRi4

[Chuck in Indiana]

What's not to like? <shrug>

[oldbike54]

  Probably JJ Cale's favorite electric guitars . Worked in a music store that sold Gibsons in 68-71 , the jam sessions after close were epic at times .

 Dusty

[pebra]

Larry Carlton!
"Mr 335"

[RinkRat II]

Larry Carlton!
"Mr 335"

:1: :1:
 
 Eric Johnson 


    Paul B

[boatdetective]

OK, so i followed the link- and saw this in the sidebar:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uv6iM4ce0NA

What was the subject of this thread again?

[Jim Rich]

JJ Cale, Larry Carlton and Raquel were all amazing.  Wish I had been in that music store.

[radguzzi]

Classic indeed.  A close friend lost his ES 335 to theft many years ago, never, to this day got over it...   

[oldbike54]

JJ Cale, Larry Carlton and Raquel were all amazing.  Wish I had been in that music store.

 I closed the store on Thursday night , this was in Tulsa during that era . David Teegarden , Ronnie Hawkins , Gary Lewis (don't laugh , he had some chops) Leon , Carl Radle , etc . They would start out just noodling , trying out stuff , after about 30 minutes things got serious .

 Dusty

[Sheepdog]

Cool guitars, but I prefer longer scale necks. I'm more of a Fender Telecaster guy...on electrics, anyway.

[Jim Rich]

Freddie King used a thumb pick to come across with the same powerful intensity that his voice produced.  Saw him in a small theater around 1974 called Liberty Hall here in Houston close to when that album was released.  Remarkable performer.   

[Guzzistajohn]

I'm with Sheepdog, I like the twang of a Tele. and the depth of a Martin acoustic.

[Penderic]

Old Fender 63 Tele ........ with a story.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-B4yavD9AEY

[RANDM]

For some reason 335's never quite did it for me ..............
And I still don't quite know why, the tones I'm was mostly
Chasing seemed to reside within the Les Paul/SG/Strat/Tele
Circle in solids - with right amp.

Maurie.

[ogsurf]

Don't BB King and Alvin Lee get some respect?

[Sheepdog]

Don't get me wrong; I think that there are some superb guitarists who play Gibsons. My long-scale envy is a player's preference.

[oldbike54]

 The way a guitar sounds is also dependent on the pickups , string size , and the guy wielding it . Stevie Ray always sounded like Stevie Ray , whether he was playing his #1 , or some old cheap axe. Heck , JJ Cale played a 50 dollar acoustic Harmony .

 Dusty

[RANDM]

Well - it's all very subjective and "what works for you", don't
know how kids learn these days with it all being so analysed,
Disected and push this button.  I started playing before there
Was much in the way of written music for Guitar and so learned
by ear. We were searching for our "voice" and that particular
tone that was the most expressive.

Before effects started coming in that meant finding the
Guitar/Amp combo that floated your boat most and that
Your could wring the most emotion out of.

Maurie.

[bangalowbob]

Gibson for guitars. Fender for bass.

[kingoffleece]

We covered every Freddie King song.  He was a MONSTER.  Shared the bill with Larry Carlton way back-what a masterful player.
Funny how a 335 in "every man's" hands sounded like a guitar and in other guys hands sounded like heaven.

Dusty is right.  The sound is all in the players hands.

[RANDM]

We covered every Freddie King song.  He was a MONSTER.  Shared the bill with Larry Carlton way back-what a masterful player.
Funny how a 335 in "every man's" hands sounded like a guitar and in other guys hands sounded like heaven.

Dusty is right.  The sound is all in the players hands.

That's also true of every other type of Guitar too. Of coarse Dusty man is right but stepping back for a wider view the axe has got to
have the right feel, voice and attitude, different axes make you play a different way .............. like for me I've sort of got to attack a
Fender where as a Gibson flows more. Strats For me need a C neck and the pickups wired individually with seperate on/off switches.

One guy I worked with used a Goldtop until he came across this shit Frampton Tele Deluxe copy he got for $100 with a slightly loose
neck which didn't cause it to go out of tune for some reason but you could bend it all over the place, up, down, forward making it wale
and then you pulled it back and it was in tune again. Effing thing sang like an Angel Crying. The Goldtop became his spare. 

Maurie.

[fotoguzzi]

I don't play.. but I saw Zappa once.. did he use one?




of course he can play anything including a bike.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1MewcnFl_6Y&t=17s

I guess he favored Fender..
5:00+
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJxoV5O8HUU

[kidsmoke]

My bread and butter. Neck hand rolled in Kalamazoo. Versatile. Comfortable. Best sitting electric there is. I do love me a tele as well though...

[Shorty]

  Alvin did ok using just 3 fingers. The closest I ever got to a 335 was my old 70s Epiphone Japanese 335 copy.  I try to keep myself content with my cheap guitars, but "I can' be satisfied" 

 Here's my current favorite.

[oldbike54]

  Alvin did ok using just 3 fingers. The closest I ever got to a 335 was my old 70s Epiphone Japanese 335 copy.  I try to keep myself content with my cheap guitars, but "I can' be satisfied" 

 Here's my current favorite.

 Terry Kath only used 3 fingers also and could rip up his Gibson SG AND his Tele and Strat .

 Dusty

[jdgretz]

I like the 335, but one that is on my list to own is an ES-345 Stereo.

jdg

[RANDM]

My bread and butter. Neck hand rolled in Kalamazoo. Versatile. Comfortable. Best sitting electric there is. I do love me a tele as well though...

Luverly, good wood is endlessly beautiful, isn't it?

But if your gonna start with the photo's I'm out - haven't played Guitar in years - went to the Darkside and started playing Bass.
My son has taken over ownership of my old LP Standard - he thinks :)

Maurie.

[Tobit]

Like them, never owned the type.  Borrowed an Epi Dot but couldn't connect with it.  All other bases covered with my Strat, Tele, LP and D-28.  Although I still lust after a non-reverse TV white Firebird w/ P90s.

Tobit

[rocker59]

I owned a cherry red ES-355 with Vibrola for ten or twelve years.

Sweet old guitar that I never really learned to play.

Was purty to look at, though... 

[Fuzzy]

 Alvin did ok using just 3 fingers. The closest I ever got to a 335 was my old 70s Epiphone Japanese 335 copy.  I try to keep myself content with my cheap guitars, but "I can' be satisfied" 

I don't know what kind of guitar he played, but Django Reinhardt was a three fingered master.