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I’ve had an ES335 or similar on my wish list for a while now.    I’ve been keeping my eye out for a decent used one, but wasn’t willing to pay a “vintage” price.      While in Memphis the other day, I dropped into Guitar Center to just see if they perhaps had an Epiphone I could try.    They did have a couple, but also had this one Gibson hanging on the wall.    After giving it a try, I decided this was it.    So after a bit of indecision, I decided (with my wife’s approval and encouragement) to go ahead and bite the bullet.     I’m telling myself that this one now completes my collection - but we all know better!   I don’t think it has made me a better player, but my mistakes sure sound nice!

 

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Gary, congratulations on the new 335!  Everybody should have a 335 in the guitar collection.  Beautiful guitar and enjoy it a long time! 

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I can’t agree more.  A 335 compliments everything you have in the room!!

Congratulations 

Bryan 

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That's a beauty. Congrats, and play it in good health!

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That is a great choice, Gary, and a lovely story too, letting the guitar speak to you as you tried it out. I trust your wife will not regret encouraging you to buy this one.

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Fretless,  we may both have second thoughts when the credit card bill arrives!   

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Very nice - congratulations!

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She's a beauty, Gary! Enjoy!

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WOW Gary, So glad to hear you have added to your collection. I have been ooglin the ES-335s myself since I saw GE Smith on Saturday Night Live doing his thing on his red one week to week. Keep up the good work on your Guitar choices, I know you did your research. Congratulations and Enjoy !

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Gary- Congrats on ES-335.....I sure love mine and I don't think you can go wrong with this model. They are sweet!

Mike

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Thanks for all the well wishes.    One thing I will say - regardless of the name on the headstock, this thing would benefit from a setup!    Definitely not intonated properly.   As this is my first Gibson with the ABR bridge, I have some questions before I jump in.   Unfortunately I can't get to Nashville to let Greg and his team at Gruhn's work their magic, so I thought I would try Gibson's Virtual Guitar Tech to get some questions answered.    I'll let you all know how that goes.

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Hey Mr Nelson, Sorry to hear about the Halloween intonation you got going on, LOL. Steve Krenz has had his 335 half-of-forever and may be able to offer some tips on the issue.  I don't have any experience with the Gibson and it's bridge mechanism. However, if you would like to BORROW  my copy of the 3 DVD set by Learn and Master "Setup and Maintenance" starring Greg Voros text me and let me know. 

Take Care, Gene

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@Gary Nelson

Congrats on your new acquisition and welcome to the Gibson ES-335 family. I would recommend a set of tools from Music Nomad and Peterson Stroboclip HD Clip-On Tuner. These tools are not cheap, but worth having if you do your own guitar setups. As far as the know-how on working the magic, well… this comes free with two YouTube channels:

1. Gibson’s Guide To Guitar Setup And Maintenance

2. How To Setup Your Electric Or Acoustic Guitar

Good luck

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ABR1 is as easy as it gets,.

Replace strings, stretch strings, re-tune to pitch, 

Press 12th fret (lightly,  Gibson's are known for needing a light touch and not mash string to fret board or you'll pull it out of tune)

Check tuning at 12th fret, use small screwdriver to adjust the saddle forward to sharpen,  backward to flatten string.

Make sure all your other adjustments are done first,  neck relief,  bridge height, before intonation. 

If you have a saddle that can't go back far enough,  you remove the screw turn the saddle around and reinstall and intonate again

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Hi Guys - One final update.     Short story is everything is good to go.  New strings, a proper setup (ala the Greg Voros method) and it seems to be intonated perfectly now - at least according to my Peterson iStrobosoft app on the ipad.    We have a new setup, new strings and perfectly intonated.

@Gene C thanks for the offer, but I have a copy of Greg's video lessons he did for Learn and Master.   With that, plus the tips he gives out at the Gathering each year, I got it done without a great deal of hassle.   Besides - what better way to spend a rainy day.

As far as Gibson's free Virtual Guitar Tech is concerned, it is ok for getting some specific questions answered, such as the factory settings they use.   And they were helpful with a few very specific questions I had about the Gibson bridge setup.    But they are definitely no substitute for learning from Greg Voros!

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@Gary Nelson Glad to to hear you got it where you want it, Greg Voros has posted info on this site too if you want to look it up. He discussed humidity and truss rods in a thread 3-4 years ago. I need to have Greg look at a couple of my guitars during the 2022 Gathering. I am hopeful we ALL can get together without too much Covid concerns next year. I would like to try out the fall retreat, that seems to be a motivator me at this time. For my guitar learning I have been watching and working on the Fretboard Workout for JAZZ Chords. Now that I am retired it seems to soak in better and make sense, especially  after seeing the Arpeggio live lessons of late. Steve is really providing a lot of good useful material and I enjoy learning from him. Enjoy your new guitar, she's a beauty.

Definitely the rainy season here in KY too, it's knocking all the leaves off now so it's more yard work.(after I practice)

Later, Gene

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7 hours ago, Gene C said:

I have been watching and working on the Fretboard Workout for JAZZ Chords.

Thank you for telling us that, Gene, as it reminded me to buy the workout, something I wanted to do but had forgotten about.

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@Fretless I hope you and yours are doing well as we approach the winter months and Christmas Season. Good time to practice if you can manage to keep your Acoustic from getting too dry from the lack of indoor humidity. There is so much to learn and the results are very rewarding when it all comes together. I was happy to hear that @Gary Nelson bought a ES-335 and he now got it cranked up. He had mentioned he was working on the Pentonic lessons from the Learn and Master Series just before the 2021 Gathering. My guess is he will reap the benefits of that study very soon when what he learned goes over to the ES-335. There are many videos on the guitargathering site you can learn from but Jazz keeps coming up in nearly everything lately so I thought I would concentrate on it for a while. The instructional video from the Fretboard Workout lesson covers about 35 chords up and down the neck that are frequently used in Jazz. Very informative stuff and a lot of it builds on what you probably already know.  Good Luck on all your studies, tune in on the Live Lessons Tuesday evening- they're great.

I really just wanted to say Hello from Kentucky and not end up doing an info-mercial, LOL

Best Regards, Gene C

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