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We're always looking for clean vintage Gibson ES-330 and ES-335 guitars. This makes them an excellent buy for the savvy collector and player looking for that vintage vibe and tone without breaking the bank. A comparable year and condition ES-330 will command less than half the retail price of an ES-335 for the earlier production years (1959-1964). While the ES-330td enjoyed commercial success in the 1960s, the demand for the ES-335 has far exceeded the demand for the ES-330 on the vintage market today.
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A neck joint at the 19th fret was offered beginning in 1968. 1965 oversaw the most maligned change for guitar collectors: the nut width decreased from 1 11/16" to 1 5/8" briefly, then to a skinny 1 9/16" by the end of the year. The body shape remained largely the same except that the wings on either side of the neck changed from a rounded top, "Mickey Mouse" ear shape to a slightly more pointed shape gradually in 1963. The dot inlays gave way to block pearloid inlays in 1962. Of note, a Natural finish was offered only for 19 and was replaced by a Cherry option in 1961. Few changes were made to the model for its initial decade long run. The double pickup (denoted by the "d" in ES-330td) was offered at $250 in the 1960 catalog compared to the ES-335td's $279.50 (about $2054.27 and $2,296.68 adjusted for inflation in 2017 dollars). The 330 model employed a fully hollow body, P-90 pickups, and a neck joint at the 16th fret instead of the 19th. The 330 utilized the attractive body style of the year prior's ES-335 model but that's where the similarities end. The initial E-125t and ES-225t enjoyed varying success until Gibson introduced the ES-330 in 1959. Gibson built on this success by introducing thinline archtop guitars - described as "wonder-thin" in the catalogs - whose body depth was only about 1 3/4" on the outside edge and were more comfortable to play standing up and were less likely to feed back at high stage volumes.
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But Gibson was the king of arch top guitars after winning the battle and eventually buying their then rival, the Epiphone company, in October of 1957. Gibson took notice of Fender's growing success with the 1950 Broadcaster then Telecaster guitar debuted their own solid body in 1952. Please contact me here to sell a vintage Gibson guitar. I'm always a Gibson guitar buyer but I especially love the Gibson ES-330. The big bands of the 1940s gave way to smaller three or four piece outfits whose amplifier technology allowed them to fill dance halls that new sound - rock and roll. Duchossoir, Gibson Shipment Totals 1937–1979 by Larry Meiners, and The Gibson 335: Its History and Its Players by Adrian Ingram.The 1950s ushered in an entirely new music scene in the United States - the war was over, production was growing, and prosperity followed suit. Sources for this article include Gibson Electrics: The Classic Years by A.R. The current value for one in excellent all-original condition is $4,500. Gibson made 270 sunburst ES-330TDs in 1959. The horns of the body’s double cutaways have the classic rounded “Mickey Mouse ear” shape (less perfectly rounded after 1962). These include a mahogany neck with dot inlays (block inlays were used after mid-1962), 22-fret rosewood fretboard joining the body at the 16th fret, individual Kluson Deluxe tuners with white plastic buttons, an unbound headstock with a pearl Gibson logo, a nickel Tune-o-matic bridge attached to the body, two single-coil P-90 pickups with black plastic covers (metal covers were standard by 1963), individual volume and tone controls for each pickup, a dark tobacco sunburst finish on a laminated maple top, a dark-stained laminated maple back and sides, and a nickel-plated trapeze tailpiece.Īmong fans of P-90 pickups, the vintage dog-ears on this guitar and on Epiphone models from the same era are highly coveted for their rich, balanced sound. This month’s featured 1959 ES-330TD has the usual features seen that year. A beautiful guitar in the finest curly maple and rosewood and nickel-plated metal parts.”Ī close-up of the ES-330TD’s classic ’50s angled Gibson headstock displays its pearl logo and individual Kluson Deluxe tuners with white plastic buttons. The ES-125 was updated again in 1950 with an adjustable P-90 pickup and dot inlays. Upon its reintroduction in 1946, the ES-125 changed in a number of ways including a wider body, a new P-90 pickup, and trapezoid inlays. The new slim neck provides fast, low action and perfect response. The ES-125 evolved out of the ES-100 in 1941 and was produced until 1943. The double cutaway body and thin silhouette make it wonderfully easy to hold and play. The original catalog text describing the guitar highlights the similarities to the ES-335: “A wonderful instrument with truly magical tone available in single- or double-pickup models.