LucSulla Posted March 22, 2018 Share Posted March 22, 2018 What a rowdy deal from the guys at Chicago Music Exchange! Picked this up on their St. Paddy's day sale. Floor unit in basically mint condition. Came out of the box ready to go, set up with fresh strings. I could have taken it pretty mush straight from the case and started playing. Couple of quick pics I took. This wine red is really something else... it's deep and has almost a burst quality on the back of the neck. The ONLY things this doesn't have that is on a standard ES-335 that I wish it did is a rosewood board. Otherwise, I'm not sure I'd change a thing. I know we're all supposed to hate Gibson, but this is the 6th one I've bought that was made within the last 10 years that is really a solid guitar. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted March 22, 2018 Author Share Posted March 22, 2018 Since I'd pretty much sell it here for what I paid for it if I ever did sell it, It's a lot of guitar for $930. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hbom Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Nice score! I bought 1 in ginger burst in December. Very happy with it. And CME prices have been very friendly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobB Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Thassa sweet guitar, dude. I love ES-series Gibsons. They’re way to big for me, and I won’t pay the money for the 336/339 shorties. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thundersteel Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 Nice! I'm glad it worked out for you. I'm enjoying my recent ES purchase as well! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 15 minutes ago, Thundersteel said: Nice! I'm glad it worked out for you. I'm enjoying my recent ES purchase as well! They should give you a cut on this one. Your post is what sold it. I hadn't even considered it until I saw yours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted March 23, 2018 Share Posted March 23, 2018 When you close your eyes can you feel any difference between the Studio and a regular ES-335? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted March 23, 2018 Author Share Posted March 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Steve Haynie said: When you close your eyes can you feel any difference between the Studio and a regular ES-335? I haven't played enough ES-335s to know really. My only experience with them otherwise is the Heritage 535 I used to own. To the spirit of your question though, no, I don't, and I don't think I would if I had more experience. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 First issue with guitar popped up... It doesn't have a nut. It has six very tiny vice grips. That nut sauce business work any better than hitting the slots with a graphite pencil? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Haynie Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Widen the slots a little without making them deeper. If you do not have a nut file you can try folding a piece of sandpaper. Again, be careful to avoid making the slots deeper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaveH Posted March 26, 2018 Share Posted March 26, 2018 Congrats, nice score! For the record, I do not hate Gibsons, I actually love the ones I have. I have used the wound strings as a ‘file’ to make the nut fit looser when they were too tight. Worked good, just be careful... it’s harder to screw things up like that than with a real file tho. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted March 26, 2018 Author Share Posted March 26, 2018 1 hour ago, DaveH said: I have used the wound strings as a ‘file’ to make the nut fit looser when they were too tight. Worked good, just be careful... it’s harder to screw things up like that than with a real file tho. I'm actually done that before too, now that you mention it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 I'm going to update this a bit. The nut on the guitar was terrible. The only good thing I can say about it is that it wasn't cut too much, so it could be tweaked without having to replace it. But the D, G, and B string slots were cut little better than just good enough to know where the slots were supposed to be. I have some jewelers files and was able to widen the slots and cut the back angles properly, but a lot of people would have been scared to do that and probably would end up paying $50-$100 to a luthier to make a new guitar playable. I don't think a guitar that lists for $1800 should have a nut that rendered the guitar unplayable when it is new. I can forgive things like neck bow and intonation. With shipping and all that, I'm not shocked when that takes a little work. But a static part like the nut... really should have been better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LucSulla Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 I mean, it's not a deal breaker. But the fact it isn't that big a deal makes it all the more perplexing as to why it was a deal at all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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