#6098 – Gibson ES335 Dot Reissue – used/2004 – cherry

I’m always in the market to acquire a tasty used Gibson ES335 Dot Reissue, from 2004, with a classic translucent cherry gloss finish, that sits on a figured maple body – The internal orange label confirms that this is a Memphis model – For a guitar that is now over 20 years old, you might well expect to find that it possesses far more signs of wear ‘n’ tear – It is not in that ‘as new/mint’ condition, or anything like that, but it is fairly clean nonetheless, with little in the way of any negative issues to report and certainly nothing nasty whatsoever –  Any slight hint of the odd graze to the nitro gloss finish is barely skin deep, at worse – With little in the way of any compression marks, be it a buckle graze, or rash to the rear of the body – A touch of fade to the gloss finish, so add the usual ‘foggy’ aged vibe to all the nickel hardware and you’ll have a used guitar with a signs of that Gibson VOS character – Frets are fine – Following a short visit to my work bench I’ve fitted a new set of 10’s, checked the set-up, polished the frets and cleaned the board with lemon oil, so already to go with a nice sensible easy action

Let’s go back to the early 80’s, when Tokai introduced their excellent range of Jap built replicas, including a fine 335 Dot Reissue with a stop tail – Needing to responded very quickly, Gibson dropped the trapeze tailpiece format, that had been around for 20 years or so, and returned to their own golden era, to bring back appropriate vintage flavoured appointments, so from that moment onwards they have not looked back – As this is a model from in Memphis Tennessee, dating back to 2004, it is spec’d with a pair of PAF replica Classic 57 humbuckers to enhance the guitars tone – The vintage vibe is instantly apparent, so no shortage of that smooth, rich and  warm character, coupled with good articulation – These are the tonal characteristics that ensure the 335 is such a versatile instrument – Not many guitars cover so many playing styles from chilled out jazz and blues through to jazz/fusion, rock/blues, classic rock or indeed Brit Pop/Indie – The 335 has spent longer in the Gibson product range then any other electric and that is a testimony to its versatility, that has seen it cover every form of popular based music for well over 60 years

Additional notes :-

• Weight wise it sits on my scales at exactly 9lbs
• Note the ABR1 vintage bridge sits on the original vintage style posts
• Fitted with a set of nickel plated Grover Imperial machine heads with kidney tuning buttons
• More of a 60’s wide/slim-ish feel to the C neck profile – measures .816″ around the top nut end and gently fattens out to .863″ around the 12th fret – Just enough meat to stop it feeling thin, but certainly not chunky
• Classic 57 pick-ups measure 7.59K neck and 7.63K bridge – with Classic 57 stickers on the base of the pick-ups – Believe it is spec’d with 300K pots
• 4 ply pick guard
• Black knobs with silver reflector disc/inserts
• Maple centre block
• Dark-ish rosewood fingerboard
• 8 digit stamped serial number
• Red Memphis label inside the f-hole
• Black Gibson TKL case

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