Are 335's the most VERSATILE guitars? five watt live, 6/29, 4pm

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I've been playing my new Collings I 30 and have been thinking a lot about the question above. 335's have long been a workhorse among studio players and so...I thought I'd have a studio/sideman on to talk about why he thinks that is. Come with your comments/opinions/questions and join in!

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@josephsacher1048 Год назад

Please bring him back to discuss his chosen guitars, pro life, and anything else. Amazing guest and excellent duo!

@phillipasby9202 Год назад

Well I can’t imagine a more thoughtful, gracious, talented and interesting guest. I’m an Adam Levy fan now for sure! Please have him on again!

@AdamLevyGuitarTips Год назад

Thank for tuning in!

@steveburchfield5576 Год назад

My Father bought me a 1963 ES-355 Gibson Stereo Sideways Vibrato Arm for 325$ when I was 12 years old in 1966, along with a blackface Super Reverb for 200$ used. Im nearly 70 now and I dont think Ive ever really topped that rig. B.B. King Live at the Regal speaks for itself. Good job Guys!!!!

@za4310 Год назад

I hear the same thing about teles so often. I think its more about the surprise that a very unique instrument can venture out a bit from its usually more narrow application. Im sure both would be great for a number of gigs but lets be real, they arent going to be as versatile as a superstrat. Even just to handle high gain a les paul is going to get better results. I think the clickbaity titles and premise ends up being misleading.

@fivewattworld Год назад

Oh, I think you could have this discussion about any of the guitars you name…and it would be valid.

@davidmacleod9313 Год назад

Let’s not forget .Alvin Lee! A true dedicated ES 335 player. He did have some tuning issues but, holy cow, who cares…he played hard! He was great! ❤

@MESABOOGIE01 Год назад

I don’t even have to watch your video to answer this question…. I have a couple 335’s, and they are badass guitars. They sound great, and they are pretty versatile. However, they won’t do what a Telecaster will do. The Telecaster is the most versatile guitar, look at how many Teles have recorded on albums over the years vs the 335 or anything else for that matter. But, the 335 is a great guitar, and don’t rule it out in your collection.

@Stratocus Год назад

Been playing guitar for over 50 years and always thought of myself as a Strat guy. After building guitars, all Strats, for 20 years I thought I'd try doing something different. The end result was a cross between an ES330 and ES335; semi-hollow, neck join at the 14th fret, trapeze tailpiece and a single P90. That was three years ago and I haven't touched a Strat since.

@lindyloulie80 Год назад

I think there is another ES-style Gibson that is greatly overlooked and under-appreciated. That beauty is the ES-339. That is one terrific tone monster in the most comfortable body one could ever experience. It is roughly the same overall size of an Les Paul weighing roughly 2 lbs less. The scale length is the same as the 335 and LP, has a tone block like the 335 reducing feedback to zero, and is SO comfortable to hold and play for hours. Its tones are many with the same humbucker pickups as the 335, and it does great with whatever pedals you throw at it. It is every bit as versatile as the 335. Players should do themselves a favor and check this beauty out. They just might find a new love!

@bogarbill6331 4 месяца назад

Nah..to small

@twinlens Год назад

My 1977 Yamaha SA2000 is my daily driver and maybe the only guitar I wouldn't sell.

@dalecoffing8655 Год назад

Really like what you guys talked about in the mix of accompanying singers. I play mostly in that situation. Almost no lead work. It is our job to make sure the singers sound good. In my thinking they typically occupy the "mids" so I typically try to listen and leave that space for them. I do use pedals with acoustics. I have looked for youtube where someone is talking about pedals with acoustics. There are some but not a bunch. Most acoustic players are none pedal users.

@KelsterVonShredster Год назад

Some say tele, some say 335, some say strat....it's all opinion in the end, let's be real.

@MusicTherapyLaz Год назад

Argh... work interfered with my ability to catch this live... but I'm listening to the rerun now... love 335s... they're so NICE! 😎🤘🎸

@GraniteSoundtrack Год назад

So are we now moving from Teles being the “in” guitar and now 335s are now “in” and the “most versatile”? It’s just trends. Most electric guitars are fairly versatile already. People make them more one sided sometimes by changing the pickups to more this or that but all the classics from F and G can do a whole lot. So I think the debate is unnecessary.

@karmadave Год назад

Adam is a great human being and guitar player. Thank you for having him on your channel. I LOVE 335's and own a couple of Historic Reissues ('59 and '64). If I only had Adam's talent 😃

@f.duranleau4416 Год назад

Thanks Keith for having Adam on your channel! The 335 is almost a forgotten gem...A few years ago, I was lucky to find a used 2003 Gibson ES-333 (not ES-335) for $1,000. These ES-333 were made at the Gibson Memphis shop. They feature a thin nitrocellulose finish. I changed the pickups for SD Seth Lover humbuckers and I replaced the bridge with an ABM bell brass bridge. It's a suberb sounding intrument! Endless sustain when plugged in my Fender Twin Reverb modified by Rick Onslow. I think that the Fender Strat is the most versatile electric guitar but having an ES-335 in your arsenal is a lot of fun!

@davidbaise5137 Год назад

No more Funny Girl ads, for the love of God.

@randygomez9595 Год назад

Asking whether or not a guitar is versatile is a misnomer. Any guitar can be used for any song or style. Versatility is in the player, not the instrument.

@glenkepic3208 Год назад

With out watching the vid, i'd say no. Gimme a HSS S type to cover most anything. My '95 Crafted In USA Peavey Predator DX Turbo went into the shop yesterday. Finally found a good one (i hope,,,,this is being helped from outside). 5 way. Still 'worked' but sloppy (#5 would fall). $249 new as a set (GB, etc). Its nearly a 30 year old guitar. Two guitars fixed in the last two weeks. Really versatile.. Heck, even the guy who took it in liked it.Hope to get it back tomorrow.

@nicholaspetergagg7769 Год назад

I use my yamaha sa2200 for evrything musical from metal to cool jazz funk to punk, it can do every style ,just brilliant.

@glennmattison3180 Год назад

Reign in Blood is Slayer, not Metallica! Lol Great interview Keith. Always nice to listen great artists who come across so humble.

@Peasmouldia Год назад

I think my favourite RU-vid video is the Andertons one where "Chappers" thought the Epi Dot was the 335 in a blind trial. A good Dot is a thing of beauty and a joy for life.... Ta KW.

@trickedouttech321 Год назад

Nora Jones, she is one of the best ever. She is a fantastic singer song writer.

@palm444 Год назад

Keith, unrelated, have you ever done anything on the Gibson "Hawk" guitars? Nighthawk, Blueshawk, The Hawk? I really like your History videos!

@fivewattworld Год назад

Not yet

@johnmossey Год назад

I just purchased my first Gibson-335 in satin vintage natural finish and am blown away but the variation of sounds I can conjure up with it. Such a fantastic instrument.

@josephmosesso466 Год назад

I’d love to see a pic

@Kevin-the-Just Год назад

I love that Collings i30. I've told Santa. In the mean time I got an ES-275 with P90s, which makes it like a cross between a i30 and an L5. It's a bit quirky, but I love it.

@EdHeinzelman Год назад

the last blues band I was in...1970...the lead player played only a 335 and it was amazing.

@larrasumner Год назад

Have you ever played a Gibson firebrand 335s? Solid mahogany body i love mine from 1980.

@AdamLevyGuitarTips Год назад

My pal Chris Bruce has one. It's fantastic.

@keithmatry8939 Год назад

Good video Mr. Williams..I wonder if the name Levy...was changed from the spelling...Levi.. Would be my guess.😉.

@williambarabanitz3858 2 месяца назад

These TYPES of guitars are (IMHO) the tops. 335s are to me unwieldy, so I ordered a custom Heritage Prospect. After a year, I sold it (should have tried on a stock model for size, first). The Ibanez am200h and the Benedetto Benny seem the best of the lot to me, when comfort and sound are both considerations. BTW, the Heritage team do great work: tolerance, finish,... all aspects of the build were comparable to having a single gifted luthier craft an instrument.

@ggman946 Год назад

I’ve been through so many guitars with a desire to have experiential knowledge of as wide a variety of guitars as I could afford. Looking back, I wish I had the experience that Adam Levey had in identifying with a singular guitar style and sticking with it through thick and thin.

@highspade0426 Год назад

I've got a 1999 Epiphone BB King Lucille I bought new. I also have a 2021 Epiphone Sheraton Pro II also bought new. I'd like to move up to a Gibson 335. I live in NW Missouri where should I shop for it at? I'd hate to buy one sight unseen?

@georgeshepherd3381 Год назад

Can you describe differences between construction types? Like, hollowed out (336) vs laminated (335) vs vs sandwich (PRS McCarty). Do notice a difference?

@maxpeck4154 Год назад

A fantastic instrument? Absolutely. The most VERSATILE guitar? No. The Telecaster is the most versatile guitar. Take a Strat and put in a hot bridge pickup and an upgraded switch that gives you the neck/bridge pickup combo and that could surpass the Tele as more versatile.

@thomastucker5686 10 месяцев назад

I need a P90 guitar. Just two more guitars for this drummer. My wife thinks 6 guitars in the living room is too many. She doesn't complain about the two in the office. I only have 3 in the studio currently. I am trying to find the swiss army guitar. I like playing very pretty and also with high gain. Glen Campbell to Metallica. The older I get the more Glen Campbell like I become. With drums, I play with high intensity, until I can't do it any longer. That's where the guitars bail me out.

@Simon-jj2pu 9 месяцев назад

The worst decision of my life was not to buy a blonde 335 in Denmark Street (London Tin PanAlley) 1997 absolutely beautiful. Six months later I bought a tobacco one, but still.. that blonde…

@jerrygerza7565 Год назад

The first gig I ever went to was Alvin Lee and Ten Years Later (1977ish Hammersmith Odeon). His cherry red ES335 was the loudest thing I'd ever heard. My ears were numb for two days! 🙉

@Youtubemademeaddahandle Год назад

I traded my 335 or a 339 for better overall weight and balance and upper fret access - and push-pull pots on much better pickups. It's easier to carry, hold, and play, delivering better clarity.

@musiccreation1198 6 месяцев назад

Adam Levy, Julian Lage .... setting the bar extremely high for skill, musicality and great human beings

@chadwickhurlburt6529 Год назад

A short history of Ibanez guitars? From a company having little to do with music to major international manufacturer of some of the finest instruments with an endorsement history which is a who's-who of guitar greats going back to the best jazz players to the modern shredders and everything in between.

@nathanbouton6700 Год назад

Interesting having a 330 on the thumbnail pick for the video about 335's. Apples and fudge really. Lol

@rolandjgutierrez7737 Год назад

I thinkk the guitar player in the start of the vdio is the most versatile not the 335 but like all musians a tool is needed to be versatile then you use a 335..RocknRollFlat5

@snapfinger1 Год назад

No disrespect to Mr. 335 Larry Carlton but Justin Hayward makes a 335 sing like no one else.

@gradydrago Год назад

Excellent discussion! Not to split hairs, but I think the ES-345TD is worth of a mention in this context. I also agree that a great compliment is a Tele! Looking forward to future discussions with Mr. Levy.

@78tag 11 месяцев назад

Absolutely - I picked up my ('75 -'78 as far as I can figure out) 345 back in 2000. I've heard so many different opinions. I would like to have heard them speak of it. I know I love it. I've seen it listed as ES-345TD(S). My understanding is that designation is T-thinline, D-double p/u, S-sunburst detail.

@lawlorphotos Год назад

Thank you both, I loved this conversation.

@augustjohnnycrashed 3 месяца назад

I have a 66,68, and freddie king 345, use them all for super heavy stuff.

@johnnyx9892 11 месяцев назад

I have been jonesing for an ES 335 quite a while now. Maybe my time has just about come.

@anthonystrickland9870 Год назад

Your channel is a gem sir! Please change nothing.

@MarkEaster Год назад

He had me at Nora Jones. I just see them as a bunch of mellow serious but fun folks making cool music.

@johnbrown4568 Год назад

Yes the Gibson ES-335 is the #1 electric guitar. Next question?

@YossieT Год назад

Thanks, Adam, for opening with Ray Charles.

@davidmacleod9313 Год назад

44:51 Holy cow! I just went to Long & McQuade online store and if I want a Gibson ES 335, I’m looking at $5000 + !!!!!!! I guess THAT’s out. 😢 (Gibson has lost their minds! Greed?)

@michaellistov8493 Год назад

I don’t think I stare opinions here. I think modern music benefits from modern gear and if you decide intentionally miss out on joyful reverbs and delays for clean tones or bump overdrive for saturation on a bridge, that on you. You don’t have to have all the gear in a world, but have some taste.

@davidmacleod9313 Год назад

39:17 I went down that road where I wanted to try different pickups and it was NOT cheap! However, if you are looking for different pickups you can’t be happy with the guitar? I know that EMG’s are dead silent! Lol

@sheercerebralpower 10 месяцев назад

Very insightful. Great Player

@adrian_V99 Год назад

No one can make it sound like Chuck Berry or BB King. It can be somewhat annoying in other hands. Give me an LP. 10 lb. and all.

@davidmacleod9313 Год назад

8:24 Jesus! You guys could be related! Just sayin’. 😊😊😊

@jimparker7778 Год назад

I can be argued that the 335 is versatile, but so is the Strat.

@sheercerebralpower 10 месяцев назад

I think they were ES 325….the one middle p90 ones…..if my memory serves me well

@sheercerebralpower 10 месяцев назад

Just found it….it is called ES 330T….

@bryanpaden7495 11 месяцев назад

New Sub! Absolutely love,love, love this channel and especially your originality Keith. Super informative and inspiring.

@fivewattworld 11 месяцев назад

Thanks!

@seltzerjunebug8760 Год назад

Boss BD-2 is a great fender amp on 2.5 waker upper.

@davidbaise5137 4 месяца назад

Despite the action oriented thumbnail picture.

@georgeshepherd3381 Год назад

Remembering aeeing Jeff Beck -he had Basman amps

@peterhughes8699 Год назад

No many Gretsch with filtertrons are more versatile than ES-335. Most versatile is a Gretsch Jet

@zankyalbo2208 Год назад

Saw Tom Waits open for Frank Zappa in Seattle's Paramount NW. The audience was not impressed, they threw money. Heard a few 50 cent pieces bounce of the face of his Martin and into the grand piano on stage.

@pierheadjump Год назад

⚓️ Thanks Adam Keith 😎 Yep , I’m across town from Real, Those guys are way above my pay grade ⚓️ … I’m taking beginner lessons at Blue Bear 🌈

@stevepelham9010 Год назад

Having a 335 ish and a Lp ish I came to the conlusion that Lp represents a different way in getting to the same. They are standing close with the 355 to be a bit more versitale and of course louder. The 335 is in my mind comfyer, the LP is bit of an Hog but the being a massive guitar it will take a lot of beating and I wonder if that was an part of the demand ? They wanted "that sound" but one guitar that would stand the test so to speak why else create a heavy beast of burdon?

@skipclone1 Год назад

In high school I was still getting my feet under me with guitar. I walked into Knut-Koupee music store in Minneapolis, while my cousin waited for me outside. There was a Gibson ES-335 on the shelf. I guess they saw me fixated on it. They said, knock yourself out. That's exactly what happened. I try to be careful about terms like 'religious experience'- anyway I couldn't put it down. Eventually I remembered my cousin was waiting. Still playing half a century later but, ironically I've never owned a hollow or semihollow guitar. Just one of those things.

@paternuin 9 месяцев назад

If by most you mean the least, yes, they are

@cliveburgess4128 Год назад

I remember Jimmy from GIT back in the late 70s

@snavyac Год назад

Glad to hear you've got a Collings I30 Keith! I bought a Gibson ES 347 back in 1980 (big Larry Carlton fan) - played it for years till I realized the neck wasn't nearly as comfortable as other guitars I was playing. I sold it in about 2007 because I just wasn't playing it. In 2017 I found a fantastic SoCo LC at Artisan Guitars here in Nashville - it is incredibly versatile (with ThroBak pickups). The tone, neck feel, weight, etc. - it's the one I'll grow old with.

@steveburchfield5576 Год назад

Oh Yea ! Rick Derringer with Edgars Winters White Trash Gibson Stereo!!!! into Marshall stack Exceptional Tonality if I do say so myself. ES 355 upscale brother of 335.🤩

@LPCustom3 Год назад

I have a new, Murphy Lab ES-335. It has a Wrapover tailpiece/No Tune-o-matic. It is amazingly resonant and clear as a bell! I also own a 1960 brown Deluxe! I got it about 2001

@aminahmed2220 Год назад

What a fantastic video I have subscribe to his channel have a good weekend also Saturday is Canada day

@ronbynum7304 Год назад

Very cool! Of all the guitars I own, none of them compare to my do-it-all 335…feedback and all. Thanks for this one.

@amancalledlimey Год назад

I have the exact same 79 in tobacco .....love it and have owned since new....

@thomastucker5686 10 месяцев назад

How does a 335 neck profile compare to 60s slim taper on a Les Paul?

@fivewattworld 10 месяцев назад

Depends on the era, just like Les Paul necks.

@warj3996 Год назад

Thank you. This was a great video. I acquired a 1960's Japanese copy of a 65/66 ES-330 in the early to mid 1990's and loved it. I found it was a lot easier to play than a copy of a Les Paul with a 59 neck.

@myshow667 Год назад

as a drummer, i chuckled... "hate this guy"

@myshow667 Год назад

i hope you bring him back to talk about "the 4" soon

@julianmetcalfe1070 Год назад

Great wise knowledge right here,

@Youtubemademeaddahandle Год назад

The main rhythm guitarist and arranger in a band I practiced with but went to school instead of touring played a 335. on Saturday after practice a van most of the gear was in got robbed outside the house but his dad loaned him enough to get another one - used at a San Antonio guitar shop the next day. I played lead on a borrowed LP. I didn't really like either guitar and got an Ibanez LP copy a few years later. I still have that and got a 335 decades later which never felt or sounded "right".

@tomm5780 Год назад

Thank you, I enjoyed this video very much. Never hear of Adam before........now I am looking to take my son to see him at the Fretboard Journal in Chicago.

@johnmccaleb2122 Год назад

While I'm nowhere near your level I recently got a two notes guitar tube pedal and it's versatility is incredible, quiet and not too expensive if you don't like it. I'm actually playing direct now and digging it. Thanks y'all for a great discussion.

@TAM-gz5tc Год назад

Just saw your programe with the 335 . coil tap guitar, I have a 72 TD345 GIBSON and it is the same.

@calsurflance5598 Год назад

My wine red Les Paul Deluxe (I bought new) weights 10.5 lbs. lol Should have bought a 335. Lol🎸

@martygraw1406 Год назад

My first Gibson was a tobacco Sunburst ES330. Purchased brand new in 1967. Wish I still had it.

@gtmuse329A Год назад

I love many guitars, but if I need to cover lots of ground (like playing in a pit for a musical with constantly changing styles) the 335 is the only guitar that can do the job. Plus…I love the “vocal” leads of the 335.

@hermannmaier0 Год назад

The ES-333, is actually more versatile with the access panel on back side for easier pickup switching.

@barkeater9606 Год назад

I have two electric guitars; a Gibson ES 355 and an ESP USA Tele. I don’t need any other guitars.

@skeres01 11 месяцев назад

I have the JV Tele you are talking about. I changed out the nut for a graphtec and it made the guitar so much more resonant. Definitely a keeper. Thanks for another great show.

@josephmosesso466 Год назад

I bet Adam has big hands like me. Gotta have that neck width. How frustrating to have your fingers muting the neighbors

@markchristopher2373 Год назад

How about the Gibson 333?!

@ae3898 Год назад

Thanks to Vulfpeck for introducing me to Adam Levy-“El Chepe” 👍

@deandaniel4911 Год назад

First, and most played guitar was a 1981 ES-347 for me.Still have it 😊

@ckturvey Год назад

Great conversation. Adam mentioned using the 2nd input (the low gain input) on an amp. That has been a great tool for me to get my amp into that "Singing" spot while not being too loud. It also can help keep things balanced when changing between single coil and humbucker guitars.

@davidmacleod9313 Год назад

I have always wanted one of these hollow body guitars but never did get one. 😢 The price of some guitars today is just…sad. I mean, I have paid a small fortune on guitars and amps and …it never ends! Lol There’s always “one more”. Is there a 12 step program for this affliction? ❤😊 Rick Derringer on the Roadwork album is beautiful…especially on songs “Still Alive And Well” and “Back In The USA”. Especially the latter one. A true hollow body rocking out to the max!

@darwinsaye Год назад

If you can get over the name on the headstock and forget about brands, you can find a number of good made in China 335 style guitars for around $300. They are constructed the same way as the brand names, and that’s all that matters for the sound. I have one that is brand-named Musoo that, quality-wise, seems to be about on par with the entry level Epiphone 335s that cost twice as much and which, by the way, are *also* made in China.