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New Used Semi-hollow Guitar day.  Over the past couple of years, seeing several NGDs for this style of guitar got me thinking I should give one a try so I’ve been playing a few various models at GC the past few visits.  This ES-135 was at my local Guitar store and I played it a while back when the price was well above my point.  Well this time I guess  they decided it had hung on the wall long enough and  floored me when I asked what the bottom line was.  It was so far below what I expected all I could do was stutter I’ll take it.  The guitar is in good shape but not mint. That said this picture didn’t do it justice.  It’s a very different animal and I’m enjoying figuring out what it does best.

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Nice, enjoy your new baby.

 

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Six String, Beautiful Guitar, looks like a blue burst, love it, stuttering when they gave you the price cracks me up.   xD  

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I wish I had more "seat" time with all my guitars esp the "new" Sheraton. 

Enjoy 135

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"NUSHGD"  = New Used Semi-Hollow Guitar Day!  That's an new one!    Welcome to the Guitar Gathering Semi-Hollow/Hollow Body Guitar Users Club  (GGSHHBGUC)!  @NeilES335 is President.

Congratulations, Six!  Really pretty guitar.  Enjoy it.

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Yeah, as I decode the SN# its a 2002.  My observations so far are:

A: Its very light with the balsa center block.

B: the Trapeze tail gives the strings a very, very slinky feel so bends and vibrato are easier.  

C: The guitar has a ton of sustain

D: Using the same POD HD500X patches that work for my Les Paul, Flying V, Telecaster and Stratocaster this guitar is louder and overly distorted.  Turning off the overdrive effects gives a tone just a tad cleaner than I would like.  So I'll need a set of patches just to suit this guitar to get the best out of it.

E: The old strap I had laying around that I've been using with the ES-135 is likely the 2nd or 3rd worst musical purchase I ever made.  It has a very thin (like 3/4"-1") wide strap with a sliding padded section.  Even through the pad it cuts into you even with this light guitar and worse 1/2 the time it will work its way out of place and the thin strap cuts right into you.

That's it for now.

Oh and while I was practicing today, I figured I'd have another look at the wiring on my Flying V, while I was doing a string change, and I found a bad solder joint on the wire to the tone capacitor.  I re-soldered it and now the tone control works on the V so its almost like I got 2 NUGD's.

I mention the V here because it is a something of a niche guitar.  I'm one that usually says the player determines the genre but for whatever reason this V really does rock tones better and does not clean up very well even with 57 classic pickups in it, so it will never be my most versatile guitar. I think the ES might find a similar role where its the best at what it does but what it does is a narrower field compared to an LP, Tele or Strat.  I guess I need to learn the rhythm part to some GnR stuff.  The ES-135 was supposedly what Izzy Stradlin played with that band.

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Nice Axe Six. was at guitar center today and they didn't have a one there . not every many Gibson's At all. A lot of epips and Ibanez's Gretchen's D arranges  how every you spell it.  But they fixed y Fret on the Oman and said my martin Don't need a set up no charge. I said thanks.  The man Loved the Martin Retro string on the Martin. He played it for 20 minutes. Said it was great guitar. But back to you Great looking Guitar Hope you Love It and play it for Many Years to come. keep us updated.

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Congrats Six! I'm glad for you...I think you*ll come to love this great guitar( if you dont already?) I ve always found the ES guitars more playable and resonant that solid guitars, with a richer tone. They're very versatile too as you" ll find outexperimenting .  Enjoy for years to  come ??.

Neil  ( President,  Hollow / Semi Hollow Body Fan Club?)

 

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Ha - I knew what NUSHGD meant even before opening up the thread!  Nice piece of axe you got there!  Congrats 

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Very nice. Congratulations.

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Wow, great guitar.

It was meant to be yours Six.

 Enjoy!

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Congratulations!!!  The ES-135s are GREAT guitars.  Enjoy it!

Ben

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37 minutes ago, bwillard said:

Congratulations!!!  The ES-135s are GREAT guitars.  Enjoy it!

Ben

Thanks.  I appreciate your input on these ES's from a while back.  It helped me start figuring out what the differences were.

I think this guitar suits me and my musical interests pretty well, and I have always been drawn to the Venetian cutaway, so the look of the 135/137 really caught my eye.  

I hemmed and hawed a bit thinking I might like the 137 better, due to the comments it was sort of a mix of Les Paul and 335, but the deal my local shop offered on this 135 sealed it and since I was going for something different than what I already have, its better than ok if this guitar is a tad further away from the Les Paul sound.

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Hi Six , What kinda hummers doses that guitar have 57's.

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Can't go wrong with an ES 135!

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Nice looking guitar - congrats!

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9 hours ago, Blue Dog said:

Hi Six , What kinda hummers doses that guitar have 57's.

Yes, 57 Classic/Classic +.  

I've owned (or own) guitars with 57 Classic/Classic +, Classic/Burstbucker 3, 490R/498T, and 496R/500T pickups.  For me, the first 3 are all great pickups, and if I had a guitar with any of them, I would be in no rush to swap.  That said, having played them alongside each other, I'd rank them (by very narrow margins)  in the order above, for what I enjoy playing.  

The ES-135 and my Flying V both have 57 Classic/Classic +, one LP has the Classic/Burstbucker 3 pair with coil split and the other has Sheptones (the 57 Classic/C+ were swapped from that guitar to the V). The 496R/500T's I have came out of an LP Classic and were a craigslist find.  They are really hotter than I like but still sounded better to my ear than the stock pickups in my Epi SG (Gave the stock Epi's to a friend).  The Super Hot Epi pickups from the V ended up in my parts box for now but they sounded very much like the 496R/500T so a very good heavy rock pick up(but not quite my thing). That's it for my humbucker guitars. 

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Man Six you have them all. My epip LP has 57 classic's and it sounds great for old school rock . The Gibson LPJ has the 490 r and the 498 t  with slit coils and it on the heavy metal  side . but cleans up real nice . But the 57 classic is the best. its so easy to dial in on a tone you want. Thanks for the info.

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Very nice she is a beauty.. enjoy,  loved hearing about your new one. 

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Thanks for all the nice comments.

I feel incredibly fortunate to be able to own and play some really great instruments.  Even though I can't really do them justice, it is a blast experiencing how different guitars demand different approaches to the same instrument.  I've heard professional musicians say they could never have written a particular song if it weren't for playing an instrument that changed they way they had to play.  Subtle differences can inspire us  in new ways.

Anyway, some of the gear I mentioned in this thread has come and gone already, and despite the NUSHGD thread, I'm actually trying to downsize some of the gear I've accumulated over the past 6 years or so.  

Too bad selling is no where near as much fun as buying.

 

 

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Looks like a beaut! Congrats

Greg

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Nice! - Steve

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Nice catch Six, I'm sure it will give you a lot of pleasure. I love the stutter effect.

Henk

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Cool acquisition Six! This ES-135 should be a somewhat different, but pleasant experience for you. Congrats! ?

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So I dropped the guitar at the Luthiers to install a Bigsby in the ES-135 for me.  One of things I really wanted when I was shopping for a semi-hollow was a vibrato, as much for the look as for the potential use.

I got such a good deal on this guitar, it makes the concept of drilling holes in the top of it a bit less daunting but still not a job I was comfortable with taking on myself.  After asking a few players around town, I got several recommendation for a local guy that mainly builds custom acoustics, but also does a lot of restoration work on vintage acoustic guitars and warranty work on newer Martins.  

His shop is something to see.  Fortunately, I drove my truck as the drive up to his shop is an experience more like you might expect driving up to a moonshine still in Appalachia.  He is literally up "in the holler" which is consistent with the flat picking style many of his customers play.  Anyway, I figure a guy that can build a guitar from scratch should be able to mount a Bigsby in the right place.  lol  The owner is a super nice guy so I'm really happy to have found his shop.  If I ever need any work on an acoustic I know where to go.

Here is a link to the shop if any of you are in the market for a custom built acoustic piece of art.  You should at least take a look some of his work.  It really is acoustic guitar porn.

http://www.fairbuilt.com/repairservices.html

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