JOLLY
Super Simonologist
Holy Freakin Crap man!! I am blown away. This guitar is smokin. It plays like butter, has a great neck somewhere between a 60's and 50's neck, sounds unbelievable, is flamed like hell, looks absolutely fantastic, and resonates like you wouldn't believe. Just playing the guitar unplugged is amazing. When you sit down and play it unplugged you can just totally feel it resonating against your body. I've wanted a Gibson ES-335 since I was 18, and now I finally have one.
I got an unbelievable deal on this guitar. The price on it was $1850 because the guy said it had a few scratches and stuff just in the clearcoat on the back of it. It has that and a tad bit of worming to it, but you can't even see any of it unless you hold it at an angle and have your face about 3 inches from it. The guy also said it was a 2002 model, but I guess that was a typo. It's a 2003 model.
This would easily be a $3200 guitar if it was brand new. I can't say as I've really seen many others like this because of it's color and gold hardware.
Here's the kicker though as far as me getting a great deal on it. I traded the guy my Gretsch Tennessee Rose for it and $850. The guy gave me $1000 for my Tennessee Rose. However, now dig this. I only paid $800 for that Tennessee Rose brand new. I bought it 4 years ago when Musicians Friend was blowing them out for $999. At the time they had some type of 20% off thing if you spent more than a grand. I remember talking to the guy on the phone and he couldn't find what I was talking about, so he just went ahead and gave me the 20% off. The kicker was a day later I was on Musicians Friend looking at the 20% off deal and it said Gretsch's were one of the brands not included in the deal...LMAO!!
So basically I got this guitar for $1650.
Here's some pics from where I got it and then some pics I took today. Of course the pics I took are crappy as usual with my cell phone. The guitar is a much much more vibrant red than the pics he took. It's really almost a blood red, but not quite.
Of course Simon had to get in on the action...lol
I got an unbelievable deal on this guitar. The price on it was $1850 because the guy said it had a few scratches and stuff just in the clearcoat on the back of it. It has that and a tad bit of worming to it, but you can't even see any of it unless you hold it at an angle and have your face about 3 inches from it. The guy also said it was a 2002 model, but I guess that was a typo. It's a 2003 model.
This would easily be a $3200 guitar if it was brand new. I can't say as I've really seen many others like this because of it's color and gold hardware.
Here's the kicker though as far as me getting a great deal on it. I traded the guy my Gretsch Tennessee Rose for it and $850. The guy gave me $1000 for my Tennessee Rose. However, now dig this. I only paid $800 for that Tennessee Rose brand new. I bought it 4 years ago when Musicians Friend was blowing them out for $999. At the time they had some type of 20% off thing if you spent more than a grand. I remember talking to the guy on the phone and he couldn't find what I was talking about, so he just went ahead and gave me the 20% off. The kicker was a day later I was on Musicians Friend looking at the 20% off deal and it said Gretsch's were one of the brands not included in the deal...LMAO!!
So basically I got this guitar for $1650.
Here's some pics from where I got it and then some pics I took today. Of course the pics I took are crappy as usual with my cell phone. The guitar is a much much more vibrant red than the pics he took. It's really almost a blood red, but not quite.
Of course Simon had to get in on the action...lol
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