What I’ve Learned Owning THIS Guitar – Gibson ES-335
Owning a Gibson ES-335 has completely changed how I play guitar. In this video, I’m sharing what I’ve learned from spending years with these guitars — from tone tips and setup tricks to how this instrument shaped my approach to blues and jazz. You don’t need a vintage 335 to get great tone, but understanding how to dial one in can totally transform your playing.
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Love the ES335, but somehow i prefer the ES339, SMALLER body same sounds. Great playing by the way.
I do the rabbit hole thing too – constantly. I find it is really enjoyable but also an incredible stress reliever. For me, it's very much a feature of my neurodivergent brain wiring (AUDHD) – I've come to accept it as a feature not a bug. I was glad to hear you talk about that. Enjoy your channel, good sir. Thanks for doing what you do.
Thanks Chris, I learned some good stuff from you tonight. I've owned my 1969 cherry 335 since '74. Had it stolen in '75 and the guy tried to sell it to a band living a few blocks away. The band's bass player was my brother Brian, who upon seeing it, told the guy 'hey man, that's my brother's guitar". The guy honestly said "I didn't know he was your brother". Sold it to a pal in '76 to buy a white Les Paul so I could sound like my old bandmate Keith who had gone from his '66 tobacco burst 335 to a…white Les Paul. I learned from my mistake. My pal sold it back to me in 2000. I''m 75 now. Its 10pm and I think I'll strap it on for an hour. I am grateful for a lot of things in this life. The 335 is one of them. Gotta work in the morning.
Me too
I was so happy when I sold mine. Terrible guitar
Jazz.. Niiiice.. UK joke..
I got a Epiphone dot for almost nothing – play it more than all of my other guitars
Deffo the most versatile electric guitar. There is not a bad tone to be had in my 335, controls are unbelievably interactive and that’s on a 90s model with no fancy wiring.
something else to try on a 335 is to play with the bridge pickup only and play lead notes while picking up around the 12th to 15th fret instead of picking over the pickups check it out, listen to early Chuck Berry, thats the sound
Probably nickel plated brass on the saddles.
Another tip: .022 cap for bridge tone and .015 cap for the neck pickup.
Lastly, Ron Ellis Bette set.
Enjoy.
I played low tuned metal, on tour, for years with this guitar lol. It can really do anything
I have a poor man’s 335. An Ibanez AS120 with a narrow head stock. Different from Artcore or the list of other Ibanez semi hollow body. Love it. Thanks for the great tips!
I've got an Eastman T59/v with Seymour Duncan Antiquity pickups as my entry into the 335-style. It's a fantastic guitar.
The best Les Paul I’ve ever played is my 335 61 RI ????
When we hear the phrase, "make it sing," that doesn't mean soaring, melodic notes. It means to phrase your improvisation as a vocalist and lyricist do.
Definetly change the tuners to Grover’s. Should have done it a long time ago….
WONDERFULLY NO-NONSENSE, STRAIGHT TO THE POINT DELIVERY OF USEFUL TIPS. THANKS!
love es35s, but think imo the semi hollow tone is all in the mind. these are basically a paul with hollow wings.. that mahogany down the middle gives it the same or damn near same nuances as a paul
Bro
You should open your show with some jamming like you did but straight from the start. Then end it with a different jam. Every video. 335????
I have owned and played dozens of guitars, and I never found one that could not play every kind of music. The semi-acoustic nature of the 335 makes it feel different to play than a typical solid-body guitar but, the hollow wings of the 335, etc. contribute very little if anything to its amplified sound. The pickups are mounted to a solid centre block, and that is where virtually all of the amplified sound comes from.
BTW, in "Back to the Future, guitarist Tim May played a Strat copy for the "Johnny B. Goode" scene. Fox "played" a cherry ES-345 which would not be released for three years after the 1955 time of the scene. An ES- 350T which was released in 1955 and was a type actually played by Chuck Berry would have been more correct. Fox plays guitar and had been in a band in high school. He fingered the correct basic riff and chords in the scene which is why some think that he played what is heard in the film.
Top wrap your strings on the tailpiece…and crank it down flush to the body….the way all Gibsons came from the factory in the 50’s. Makes a 335 really sing!
I'd like to hear your blues on a guitar that makes you sad. That blues at the beginning of this video is too happy.
Great advice for all solid body Gibsons as well. Thank you
Hi Chris, enjoyed your video. I have a question, did your 335 formally have a trapeze tail piece? The reason I ask, is there seems to be a wider gap between the stop-tail piece and bridge than what is normally found on other 335’s. Thanks