60s Gibson es-355

[BeeGee]

My uncle has one and has no idea what its worth. I tried searching google but all I can find are the specs. I have the serial number, are there any experts that can point me in the right direction?

[John_L]

Re: 60s Gibson es-355

A ball park would be to look at http://www.vintageandrareguitars.com...e/Gibson/Semis although a more local vintage store would have a better reflection of your market.

[JOLLY]

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Call up Gruhns Guitars in Nashville.

615-256-2033

[lex666]

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Isn't that the guitar that caused all those mass suicides?

You should send it to me and I will dispose of it for you.

[Bludave]

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If it is all original & EARLY 60's its worth upwards of 10K. The 355 is a fancy version of a 335. Basically its the same guitar with more binding & an ebony fingerboard. It is truly a great guitar..... one of my favorite semi hollow guitars. The amount of sustain you can get with this is mind blowing. the early 60's (61,62 & 63) have original PAF pickups in her. The pickups alone are worth about 5K.

Here is a link to Gibson. Enter the serial number and it will tell you exactly what year it is.

http://www.gibson.com/en-us/Support/SerialNumberSearch/

Good Luck and whatever you do....... sell it to me!

[formula73]

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60s serials got a bit wonky at times, so you might just get a range of a couple years and then look into available colors/features for each model year to narrow it down. My 68 Epi olympic's serial puts it between 65 and 68 but the finish helped me find out the exact year.

[blueman335]

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If it is all original & EARLY 60's its worth upwards of 10K...Good Luck and whatever you do....... sell it to me!

Dave, you shot yourself in the foot. You should have told him it's worth a grand tops, then offered to take it off his hands for that.

[the guy who invented fire]

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Dave, you shot yourself in the foot. You should have told him it's worth a grand tops, then offered to take it off his hands for that.

Dave didn't shoot himself at all...only a total clown shoe would pull that move...

[tc]

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Don't even ask for a price. That's a guitar that should be kept in the family and passed on from generation to generation. Here's hoping you don't have cousins that play guitar

[astrozombie]

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Dave, you shot yourself in the foot. You should have told him it's worth a grand tops, then offered to take it off his hands for that.

Kinda like when i got too excited and told the owner of that 64 jazzbass that it was a 64 jazzbass. he went, is that good? I should have said:

No, it isn't. the 60s were the worst years for fender, and theyre worse than todays squiers. therefore, ill trade you my squier for this ****ty jazz bass.


but alas, im an idiot.

[Bludave]

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Dave, you shot yourself in the foot. You should have told him it's worth a grand tops, then offered to take it off his hands for that.

Haha No I wouldn't do that. Hell I don't really need any more guitars...... but I would make an exception in this case. Its gotta be a real PAF though!

[blueman335]

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Haha No I wouldn't do that. Hell I don't really need any more guitars...... but I would make an exception in this case. Its gotta be a real PAF though!

No, technically you don't 'need' any more guitars, and probably said those same words 10 guitars ago. But somehow they keep following you home...I know the feeling.

[BeeGee]

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Don't even ask for a price. That's a guitar that should be kept in the family and passed on from generation to generation. Here's hoping you don't have cousins that play guitar

He needs the money so i doubt it's gonna stay around very long My younger cousin got it from an older guitar player when she showed interest in learning how to play. I think she got 3 chords under her belt before she gave up, It's been sitting in its case under her bed since. Something like this needs to be played and enjoyed.

[jmh151]

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That sounds like the black 355 that Keith Richards has been using lately, it can be seen in Shine a Light. It's liek a Les Paul Custom version of a 335, and pretty rare

[Bludave]

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No, technically you don't 'need' any more guitars, and probably said those same words 10 guitars ago. But somehow they keep following you home...I know the feeling.

No.... No... really I don't NEED anything! I have 30 guitars now... 30. Just keeping them strung is a huge amount of work. Proper intonation, fresh strings, setups, etc., etc.