Best Moment: 1964 Gibson ES 335 Guitar 

Love the dude’s energy, lucky him. I’m happy a player who actually plays, owns this beauty

Great guitar and this guy actually PLAYS it instead of locking it away or mounting it in a glass case on the wall! Gotta love it !

My dad bought the exact guitar new. He has passed but my mom still has it. He played it for many years.

That one's a real looker. The owner also seems a nice guy who appreciates it.

What a BEAUTIFUL GUITAR!!! She's a STUNNER.... It has the short pick guard, Block Inlays, Nickel plated Pickup's and tailpiece, beautiful Checking, and that killer Tobacco Burst......my Lord! Looks like you kept her in pretty good shape as well, you probably have the Original Case......MAMA MIA! 🎸💚

The AR just made this good ol’ boy a very happy man. Nice to see.

Wow factor..he probably didn't expect that high of an appraisal. Love the fact that he kept in such good shape with all due respect 🙏.

That's my pops

When I was younger, I worked for a company that was hired by banks to clean out foreclosed/abandoned houses. Long story short, while cleaning out a house I came across an old looking fender jazz bass. It was in pretty decent condition considering it was sitting in a basement for who knows how long. Took it to a guitar shop near by and the guy couldn't believe it, an intact 1968 fender jazz with original hardware. I had it for years before trading it, but I'll always remember how well it played despite being 40 years old. Point of the story is: you know that old guitar or instrument you found in your grandparents attic? Don't throw it away!!!!! lol

That is what I’d say is a delayed stunned reaction. It took a few seconds to sink in. Well done sir!

A beautiful guitar, a real treasure. It needs to be played not put in storage.

Mitch McConnell shouldn’t be a guitar appraiser....or a senator.

He was adding up the ZERO's in his head in that small window of hesitation ....Good For Him!

“Banding?”

Almost fell out of my chair with this ! "This is the guitar everyone wants" yep,,,SB Ibz AS 73 here.

Why am I just now finding this channel?!?!?!

Back in the mid 60's a friend of mine dad bought him a '59 ES 335 at a pawn shop for $50. I can't even imagine how much that guitar is worth today.

Add Alvin Lee to that list. Ten Years After

hang on to it quick internet search gives avg price of 20 to 40 grand depending on cond.

I had a cherry red 64 ES335 my dad bought me for $500 in 1972. I played it for a couple years. Graduated from high school & set it down & didn't play it for a few years. I got tired of hauling it around wherever I moved & sold it for $500 around 1976. Thought I was doing good selling this old guitar for what it cost. Fast forward 30 years. Working out of town I decided to get a guitar just to keep busy. Didn't like hanging out at the bar every night. Searching the internet I looked it up. I could get on for $13,000 in 2002.

Buddy of mine has a red 1965 (I think). I'm not a hollowbody fan, but his is gorgeous.

I played the EXACT same model a week back in mint condition.UNREAL - I've never played anything like it. Unfortunatley...or well...maybe not - I didn't have 30k on me. If I did tho - I woulda bought it, no double thinking.

‘Discontinued the pickups in ‘62 and went with these’. He means they changed the little sticker on the back of the pickup......

Wherever you are, Happy New Year

They didn’t start putting different pickups in. PAF stands for patent applied for. They stopped putting the little PAF stickers on when they were awarded the patent. Same pickups though.

Beautiful guitar.

They didn't discontinue PAF pickups. PAF means patent applied for. The approved patent number came in the early 60s. Same pickup, different label.

An interesting thing about this guitar is it has what are called "Mickey Mouse" ears (the cutaways at the neck). They were the second version of the cutaways on the 335 after a short run in 1958 where they looked more like 1966, then came these. The problem is they were discontinued in 1963 so this guitar is probably older than a 1964. Look of photos of Clapton's '64 then look at this one. But hey, stranger things have happened.

A lovely 335

He lost me when he said "banding" instead of binding. I think he just Googled that guitar before he went on camera.

A beauty.

Tune o matic bridge is on backwards.

Levon Helm's long lost brother.

My son has that very guitar. Plays guitar for a living.

I hope he sees Norm or George for a good price. Not a dot-neck, but no doubt a beauty worth a pretty penny!

Great!!

I think it's worth a SHITLOAD more than that!!

Proof that cars are not wise investments while vintage Gibsons are

My quick estimate was 22 thousand. Many times an original case is a big plus. Sounds like it was long gone -

Sweet.

I had a 61 and it was mint

They didn’t discontinue PAF pickups. They only changed the sticker from “paten applied for” to a patent number sticker

I've got a 1963 335 in cherry red

PAFs ARE Humbuckings, just early "scatter-wouond" units! Just a change in mfg to insure consistency. Look at a '65 or a '69... same pickup. The lower grade model was called a ES330 and was fitted with single coil P90s, developed before the double coil Humbucking.

Larry Carlton is probably the most significant guitar man who became known as 'Mr 335' associated with this model, looks a bit beat up but very nice.

It's a "Dot-neck" customized at Gibson with the rectangular markers, the cutaways are rounder?

One is up on reverb now for 38 000. Even for tht price, I don''t know if i would sell it.

My brother would kill for that guitar. He's always been looking for a 335 but all he could find is 335's with the dot inlays and he wanted the trapezoid inlays.

$12,000?? I'll take it now!

Binding not banding Mr Appraiser!

Today a clean '64 ES-335 like that would be WAY above $12,000. Cool story :)

The ES stands for "Electric Spanish".

ARS needs a new guitar expert.

The thing that annoys me about Antiques Road Show is they often tell the person the retail value of an item. The person will never get anywhere near that much if they wanted to sell it because "retail value" takes into consideration the seller's markup which is usually 50%+. They should just give them the resale value or insurance value.

a 1959 Gibson Les Paul, originally owned by Guitar legend, Peter Green, a founding member of Fleetwood Mac, then sold, practically given to guitar great Gary Moore, when Green got disillusioned with the music business around 1970 and his mental health started to decline. That same guitar upon Gary's passing, was purchased by Kirk Hammett of Metallica for approx. $2 million, where it remains today. If you interested, search out the story of Peter Green and the legend of the Les Paul

Clapton is one of my hee-rose too!

This appraiser is not a guitar guy.

Ted plays a Gibson Byrdland.

had no idea mitch mcconnel was a guitar guy

Mr 335 is Larry Carlton

Excellence

Makes me think more of Herb Ellis, Barney Kessel, Wes Montgomery, and the like instead of all the rockers mentioned - though the jazz players they probably used 135s, right? I think "ES" stood for Electric Spanish.

They discontinued the PAF's! I think they actually finally got the patent, is what happened.

I'm sorry but that guitar in that shape is worth MUCH more. Upwards of 20-30k.

Man that guitar's in almost mint condition

The appraiser left out Dave Edmunds. Oh, and Larry Carlton. But they’re not as well known, by casual fans/listeners, as B.B. King, Clapton, Berry, etc.

Clean 335...

It’s a tough call…keep, or sell her ?

12 Grand....I have a credit card in hand....she is worth double that ....lol!

This appraiser doesn't know what he's talking about.

The appraiser isn't a true guitar appraiser, so he doesn't truly understand all of the specific selling points of a guitar like this. SPECIFICALLY: 1. Original case, complete with what is known as "case candy" like the manual, receipt, and truss rod adjustment tool. 2. All original parts on the guitar. Quite often, guitars will get new pickups, truss rod cover, tuning knobs, pick guard, pickup surrounds, the poker chip at the selection switch, tuning keys, ABR bridge, and saddle nut. 3. After years of playing the finish might have been redone. If it is original, this is a selling point. 4. If the wiring inside the guitar is original, this is a selling point to collectors. 5. An appraiser of guitars must allways show the serial number and point out when and where the guitar was manufactured. 6. Last, but not least, dings, dents, scratches, or repairs. 7. Depending upon having everything I have just mentioned, the case, the condition, or who owned the guitar, this guitar would be worth $20,000-$40,000.

Undervalued. This is almost a $20k guitar

I'm guessing a '39 Chevrolet in good running condition would be worth more than 12k now.

1964 Gibson ES 335 Guitar: is this what Larry Carlton plays. ?..Kid Charlemagne.

That's my father and his guitar 🎸

These go for $15,000 - $20,000 now

Well, I just snagged a 65 Cherry Red 335 with the original case….love it…..sustains like mad, even with that Trapez Bridge….

Seeing as they took the trouble to pull him to the side to film this, it would have been nice if they got him to play it as well.

I have es330 looks just the same but it is a 62 model I think.

Alvin Lee, Steve Howe, Larry Carlton... Eric Clapton has used almost everything but in that day was mostly associated with the SG. My point is that everyone who wants to label anything as "iconic" finds a picture of Eric Clapton as did the person who claimed that Jimi Hendrix and E.C. revived the Strat in the early 70s.

That is a beauty, lets hope the dude does'nt part with it, the Sunburst is spot-on. I thought the 335 had a laminated maple top and back with mohagany sides and not the "Body made of Maple" ? Anyway too cheap a quote, a similar new version put through C Shop and Murphy is almost 9K anyway.

wheres the fret nibs? refret?

That is just about the right price, if he still has the original case and there's no damage or mods, he could get 15k for it

I got the same guitar...but sadly it's not a 61...mine is 92

The “appraiser” is out of his freakin’ mind. That’s a 25K guitar, if it’s a dime...Unless the headstock has been broken, it’s near mint. Also, the reason myself and many others play the 335 is because of Alvin Lee...

They used the same exact pickups in 64 as the PAF of the 57’s first put in Les Pauls. The manufacturing was identical. PAF was imprinted on a sticker on the pickup that meant Patent Applied For. When the patent was granted they stopped putting that sticker on.

Semi hollow body is the best. Stoptail piece. Oh yeah.

Alvin Lee ✌

Shouldn't it have nylon saddles?

That is not a sunburst color variation, it is the tobacco burst. Not a real expert, obviously.

Wtf 12k for 100% original 1964 Es335??

This is why so many appraisals go terribly wrong please people learn about guitars...

Best way to kill an appraisal: name something else no one on ARS will ever have, worth 800k. Then no matter what you say this item is worth, it’s woh woh. This came across like a guy auditioning to do ARS, and they would reply “Thank you. Maybe try again next year.”

Steve Howe, Ted Nugent, & Alvin Lee played those type of guitars as well.

its 20.000 now....

That estimate was way UNDERVALUED!!!! Easy 20K and up! Depending on condition, case and ownership. Paperwork is a must for valuation if possible.

My dad has a 66 like that with the bigsby, all original including the case. His parents bought it for him new for graduation. He had it appraised at 22k a few years ago. So this guy is way off.

i understood only when he said " i farted" at the beginning

Twelve thousand dollars, not if it was hanging on Norms wall. Would be a load more, probably double that..

Today this guitar as is: 25-33k