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Topic: Question About A Gibson Guitar |
Bobby Stalnaker
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CHARLOTTE , NC USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2011 6:35 am |
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| A GIBSON ES 355 TD . WHAT DOES THE TD MEAN. THANKS BOB |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 5 Jul 2011 7:58 am
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| Electric Spanish, model 335, Thinline, Double pickup. |
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Bobby Stalnaker
From:
CHARLOTTE , NC USA
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Posted 5 Jul 2011 8:46 am
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| thank you Dave.... bob |
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Jerry Meek
From:
Colorado, USA
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Posted 22 Jul 2011 5:02 pm Es335 Td
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| I had a 1966 ES335 TD it was a sunburst color. The TDC stands for cherry red transparent finish. The ES335 ia a semi hollow body most likely with 1957 humbucker pickups. Mine was the best sounding 335 I ever played and the only guitar I regret selling, sounds great thru a 1965 Fender super reverb. |
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Dave Mudgett
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Central Pennsylvania and Gallatin, Tennessee
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Posted 22 Jul 2011 6:40 pm
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Yup, on a post-1960 ES-335, C stood for "Cherry Red". On a standard archtop, C typically stood for "Cutaway", when there was a choice of with/without cutaway, such as the L4C or L5C. The other major designators were E, denoting an electric version of a guitar which came in an acoustic version (e.g., L-7E vs L-7 or L-5C vs. L-5CES), and N for natural finish (when that was an option but not necessarily the standard finish).
Andre Duchossoir's books are good sources for this kind of information, and also this website - http://home.provide.net/~cfh/gibson.html
Myself, I wish I had every good old Gibson I ever owned back.  |
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Charles Davidson
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Phenix City Alabama, USA
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Posted 23 Jul 2011 2:15 pm
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You got that right,what a fool I was in my teens and 20's. I was a trading fool,a standing joke was [wonder what Charlie will bring in tonight]Can't remember half of them. Several 335's,175's,Byrdlands,Super 400,LOTS of Pauls,Paul Jr's,SG's,Flying V's.These are JUST the Gibson's I remember.Was looking at a band promo photo from around 57 or 58, was playing a goldtop paul with the trapeze tailpiece.Oh well,no fool like a young fool. YOU BETCHA,DYK?BC
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