335 STYLE AND SIZE...WITH STRAT PICKUPS?
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Boogie Bill
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Re: 335 STYLE AND SIZE...WITH STRAT PICKUPS?
Years ago, many years ago, some of the studio guys in LA had Gibson put together a very few ES-335's that had three P-90s and full switching capabilities. For a while, they were a hot item and I've never understood why Gibson didn't bring that guitar out of the Custom Shop and make it a regular model. I've seen exactly ONE for sale, and it was priced way out of my league at the time. They have been offering a 335 lately with two P-90s.
You might take a gander at some of G&L's semi-hollow guitars--most of their guitars are available with a semi-hollow option, including several variations of the ASAT and their Legacy, S-500 and Comanche models. Pretty cool.
Bill
Years ago, many years ago, some of the studio guys in LA had Gibson put together a very few ES-335's that had three P-90s and full switching capabilities. For a while, they were a hot item and I've never understood why Gibson didn't bring that guitar out of the Custom Shop and make it a regular model. I've seen exactly ONE for sale, and it was priced way out of my league at the time. They have been offering a 335 lately with two P-90s.
You might take a gander at some of G&L's semi-hollow guitars--most of their guitars are available with a semi-hollow option, including several variations of the ASAT and their Legacy, S-500 and Comanche models. Pretty cool.
Bill
MetalManiac
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Re: 335 STYLE AND SIZE...WITH STRAT PICKUPS?
Now just wait. There is nothing at all the matter with P-90 Semi Hollows, but the OP was talking Strat pickups- that would be disastrous.
Now just wait. There is nothing at all the matter with P-90 Semi Hollows, but the OP was talking Strat pickups- that would be disastrous.
the guy who invented fire
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335 STYLE AND SIZE...WITH STRAT PICKUPS?
I put a Burns Tri-Sonic in the neck of am Epi dot a while back.
Wish I had a pic...
Interesting pickup and different for sure!
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I put a Burns Tri-Sonic in the neck of am Epi dot a while back.
Wish I had a pic...
Interesting pickup and different for sure!
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Re: 335 STYLE AND SIZE...WITH STRAT PICKUPS?
You're correct. And I am still thinking of the "strat setup" route as well. I'm thinking of maybe an archtop w/no pickups, then cut as needed to mount some REALLY good strat pups, with typical strat wiring (only w/bridge tone control). These are just thoughts.
-dave
You're correct. And I am still thinking of the "strat setup" route as well. I'm thinking of maybe an archtop w/no pickups, then cut as needed to mount some REALLY good strat pups, with typical strat wiring (only w/bridge tone control). These are just thoughts.
-dave
ParameterMan
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Re: 335 STYLE AND SIZE...WITH STRAT PICKUPS?
I think you should try it. We already have examples of hollow guitars with single coil pickups that work really well - Hilo'Tron and DeArmonds in Gretsches, thinline teles.
The thing to be prepared for is how different the pickups will sound. I noticed this moving a set of tapped tele pickups from a solid to a very light thinline. The lower output tap has a resonant peak somewhere around 3khz by my guess. In the solid they were very bright and gritty, in the hollow they have very little to no bite. My take is that the resonance of the body doesn't support those frequencies. The full output of the pickups(~7k) still sounds pretty much the same and considerably more bitey.
Like how a filtertron sounds smooth and airy in a hollow but tooth-shatteringly bright in a solid body.
I think you should try it. We already have examples of hollow guitars with single coil pickups that work really well - Hilo'Tron and DeArmonds in Gretsches, thinline teles.
The thing to be prepared for is how different the pickups will sound. I noticed this moving a set of tapped tele pickups from a solid to a very light thinline. The lower output tap has a resonant peak somewhere around 3khz by my guess. In the solid they were very bright and gritty, in the hollow they have very little to no bite. My take is that the resonance of the body doesn't support those frequencies. The full output of the pickups(~7k) still sounds pretty much the same and considerably more bitey.
Like how a filtertron sounds smooth and airy in a hollow but tooth-shatteringly bright in a solid body.
TenderCraftsman
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Re: 335 STYLE AND SIZE...WITH STRAT PICKUPS?
I am assuming you've never seen the Gibson ES-320 TD, which was made between 1971 and 1974. I'll provide some links for you.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3865/1712/1600/111gibsones320.0.jpg
http://vintage-guitars.blogspot.com/2006/03/gibson-es-320.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XupYi4oPsM4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqwJyXjPIa8
I am assuming you've never seen the Gibson ES-320 TD, which was made between 1971 and 1974. I'll provide some links for you.
http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/3865/1712/1600/111gibsones320.0.jpg
http://vintage-guitars.blogspot.com/2006/03/gibson-es-320.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XupYi4oPsM4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wqwJyXjPIa8
Condemnedsoul
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Re: 335 STYLE AND SIZE...WITH STRAT PICKUPS?
Strat pickups, don't seem to remember hollow bodies with them. When I was growing up, there were some Airline guitars in my neighborhood. Went to the Eastwood site to pull some samples of their current production guitars. The top four are their take on the Airline guitars. The blue hollow body looks like three foil pickups and full switching. Gotta watch the test videos some day. The bottom one is an updated version of the 1970's guitar made by the Kustom amp company.
Strat pickups, don't seem to remember hollow bodies with them. When I was growing up, there were some Airline guitars in my neighborhood. Went to the Eastwood site to pull some samples of their current production guitars. The top four are their take on the Airline guitars. The blue hollow body looks like three foil pickups and full switching. Gotta watch the test videos some day. The bottom one is an updated version of the 1970's guitar made by the Kustom amp company.
