Edit/Update:
So yeah sorry, the post is a lie. It's an ES-330 not 335. Thanks for all of the advice guys. I am most definitely going to keep it and play it. When I finally got it tuned and dialed in on my amp. I could not get enough of it. Even just playing that simple ac/dc lick. My wolfgang doesn't sound that cool! I will bring it in for a setup and maybe they can replace that saddle or something. I get so excited I pick that low e string hard and it flys off sometimes lol. The only thing that makes me a little bit nervous is when you go to schedule a setup at my local music store (They are good people, it's not a shady shop), you basically have to schedule it out several weeks because they're so busy and you leave your guitar there. I don't really want to leave such a high value piece there for a long time. Pics and the short vid below:
I have a feeling my lesson this week will consist of Stray Cat Strut
Original Post:
my dad was cleaning out his attic over the weekend and ended up giving me his old gibson (which his dad originally bought). He said since I got back into guitar maybe I could get some use out of it.
So, visually, the guitar is in mint condition. No dents, no nothing. I went to a shop and got some new strings put on it and cleaned it up a bit.
I guess my question on it is, is this more of a guitar I should just put away and not play? Do I risk breaking it by using a guitar that old? It seems to work fine. I plugged it in and tried it. Only thing that I noticed was it goes out of tune quickly. Kept going sharp while trying to play. I considered bringing it to a shop to get a setup done on it but I didn't want them to be like oh yeah it's so old the neck snapped while we were trying to do ____ lol.
Also, it's a semi-hollow body right, so, would that even be good for practicing Van Halen/ACDC which is what I currently play now on an evh head.
I'm tempted to just kinda put it away and not hurt it for now.
Also another weird thing, the low E string keeps coming off the plastic teeth board towards the bridge (sorry I don't know what it's called but each string goes between teeth there).
So yeah sorry, the post is a lie. It's an ES-330 not 335. Thanks for all of the advice guys. I am most definitely going to keep it and play it. When I finally got it tuned and dialed in on my amp. I could not get enough of it. Even just playing that simple ac/dc lick. My wolfgang doesn't sound that cool! I will bring it in for a setup and maybe they can replace that saddle or something. I get so excited I pick that low e string hard and it flys off sometimes lol. The only thing that makes me a little bit nervous is when you go to schedule a setup at my local music store (They are good people, it's not a shady shop), you basically have to schedule it out several weeks because they're so busy and you leave your guitar there. I don't really want to leave such a high value piece there for a long time. Pics and the short vid below:
I have a feeling my lesson this week will consist of Stray Cat Strut
Original Post:
my dad was cleaning out his attic over the weekend and ended up giving me his old gibson (which his dad originally bought). He said since I got back into guitar maybe I could get some use out of it.
So, visually, the guitar is in mint condition. No dents, no nothing. I went to a shop and got some new strings put on it and cleaned it up a bit.
I guess my question on it is, is this more of a guitar I should just put away and not play? Do I risk breaking it by using a guitar that old? It seems to work fine. I plugged it in and tried it. Only thing that I noticed was it goes out of tune quickly. Kept going sharp while trying to play. I considered bringing it to a shop to get a setup done on it but I didn't want them to be like oh yeah it's so old the neck snapped while we were trying to do ____ lol.
Also, it's a semi-hollow body right, so, would that even be good for practicing Van Halen/ACDC which is what I currently play now on an evh head.
I'm tempted to just kinda put it away and not hurt it for now.
Also another weird thing, the low E string keeps coming off the plastic teeth board towards the bridge (sorry I don't know what it's called but each string goes between teeth there).
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