Stanford Crossroad Thinline 35 Review 

Henning can you elaborate more on why Gibson is a bully? Maybe do an episode on it, a bit more back ground information. Thanks Henning I appreciate everything you do.

I have one of these that I bought last year. Somehow I picked mine up for 850€ from some grey market dealer. The build quality is amazing. The guitar just feels great. I got rid of a Gibson semi hollow for this and don't regret it one bit. I was however disappointed Sound-wise initially, and with the quality of the electronics. This is a bluesy guitar, but I'm not into blues. That's a matter of taste, but I also found the pickups to lack definition and to be a bit dark. As such, I first tried swapping the bridge for an aluminium one from Faber. This brightened it up, but I was still unhappy with the pickups, even after adjusting heights and pole screws to find something suitable. So I removed a pickup and saw that they had installed Artec Pickups, basically what goes in a standard epiphone model. I also popped a dentist's mirror in the F hole and found mini alpha pots. I ended up adding some customised Seymour Duncan SH 1s that I got used and a mojo tone wiring harness. Now it's more suited to rock. Well defined, better for mid gain sounds. In the end, what I saved on my great deal for the guitar I reinvested in making the guitar something that I truly like. Had I paid full price and then noticed the electronics, I would have been really disappointed. So yeah, buyer beware, the electronics are subpar for this price point, but the guitar itself is top class. Eastman beats Stanford though in my book and they have some semi hollows in this price range.

Stanford makes beautiful instruments! They should get a lot more attention.. I reviewed the Stanford Marquee on my channel and I've uploaded a couple of playing clips with the Stanford Vanguard (Review Coming Soon!) Cheers Henning!

I respect your balanced, down-to-earth and pragmatic views. It's all about the instrument.

We love this channel - what a legend 💙

Beautiful guitar…I just ordered CR Thinline 30.🙏

Sounds & looks beautiful !!

Perfling is the little black and white tessellated perfel thing that runs along with the binding which i think i cam make out in the video wide shot

Thomann has them @ $1700AU. The Epiphone Dot/335 sells for at least $1200, the Gibson around $4500!!! CN Tokai around $500 or JP Tokai around $2K! Still worth it to buy here! (Current delivery charges pending! It WAS a flat $88 to AU for up to 35kg!)

Beautyful looking guitar. This orangy "violin brown" might be one of my favorite colors on guitars. But i think you explained one thing slightly wrong (maybe with this one its different) but when i hear "thinline" i think that means that the body is not as "deep" as the type of model usually would be (with this should mean its not as deep as a regular 335). At least this is what the common use of the word "thinline" seems to be.

looks really beautiful - I've had a Stanford F-style mandolin for about 10 or 11 years and it's just a fantastic instrument. One question though - when you showed us the nice figured back, did I see it correctly as it looked like the bookmatch join was nowhere near centred? I rewound that section a few times and I'm still unsure if it's off centre or just my eyes tricking me.

Yay first here.. great review. Respect from the Uk

@EytschPi42 Hi Henning I love the look of this guitar, how would you compare it to Eastman? I dont want the 45mm nut on the Eastman so I think I might love this :) Love the basic no bling slightly aged look.

I own this beauty. It's a real bargain. The NL finish is great and the sound is just beautiful! Great review Henning!

@2:06 Even Poo Ninja laughed at that one.

Hi, diesmal auf deutsch: ich hab mir eine Stanford Gitarre im Typ 335 vor 2 Wochen gegönnt und bin bisher sehr begeistert. Sehr schöner Sound, tolle Bespielbarkeit und das für einen entspannten Preis für einen Bruchteil einer Gibson. Ich hab oft das Problem, dass viele preiswerte Hollowbody oder Semi-Hollowbody klingen wie ein Schuhkarton mit Saiten drauf, aber hier war ich sehr positiv überrascht. Alternative wäre eine Sire aus der Larry Carlton Reihe, die sollen auch eine gute Qualität und einen guten Sound haben.

The finish looks Eastman-ish

Actually my friend bought a 335 studio for about that price when it was new a few years ago. Too bad Gibson doesn't do the studio anymore, it's a great guitar, just a bit plainer looking than a regular 335. I ended up buying it from him and use it all the time.

Kick ass videos brother 🤘🤘🤘

Again, how can I give you money with affiliate links, if it is out of stock in Thomann at the moment. The impulse buy might fade in 3 weeks :D About the guitar, it is lovely, and that blues tone with the Dynamis made me put it in the wishlist. One thing that I notice, is that only (that I know) chinese builders, Stanford here, and Eastman, are the ones that put violin varnish finish on the guitars. No idea how spec correct it might be, but it is really cool, more on a (semi)hollow body guitar.

I was sad because I could not afford a 'real' 335, now I am not so sad; thank you! :D

Love it!!! head stock binding ebony F board split inlay nitro cellulite and position of cable jack for seated playing.Thanks kick ass Henning.🔱🤘💪🎸

I appreciate you acknowledging both 1. There are reasons not to want to purchase Chinese goods 2. It is nearly impossible to avoid Chinese products

Looks cool. In this segment of the market, though, I cannot imagine a better deal than the actual Guild (Korea) hollows and semi-hollows. They are amazing, at any price. And they compete favorably with this one, with a likely better brand recognition. Gibson? They are an absurd deal, dead for me.

nice guitar - sounds good

What a relief: when you go online, you can actually buy this guitar, even in several shops. Your colleagues these days mainly show guitars that at the moment of launching the video are 'currently unavailable'. Who is paying them to do so, and why?

nice, thanks! jetzt noch die cr thinline 30 und die cr vanguard av bitte, danke! 😉

I am looking into buying this guitar. It is lightweight and looks classic. However I find the sound quite muffled and dull in the demos.

Pudelschlabber is a thing. 😁

Is this on par with the Eastman semi-hollows? In the US, would I be better off $$$ going with the Eastman? Thanks HP

Just bought one 2e hand for 735 euro ( i got lucky ) and yes these are great guitars ( i had the ES 330 version from Stanford before so i already knew these are great guitars ) , i like the artec lpa 210 pu's on it , they are really well voiced for blues / classic rock , wich is my thing , and i also find the headstock the best looking one off all the brands that make copies of the original .

Noodle claimed that!!! He also claimed everything in the fridge just incase also , his foot, the glass in the back door and the cat bowls and litter box. A full list of Noodles possessions can be found on his “that’s my stuff “ profile on Posh poodle or other K9 social media sites. Oh nice holla body my bauldy buddy.

It's getting hard to understand what's going on with hollow bodies these days... I've seen that the eart 335 seems good to, not as good as the stanford but priced at 400€. It would be great to have your two sents on this one.

It's a good looker until you get to the fret markers that to my eye just look "wrong".

I like it is it much better than an eppiphone in your opinion?

Cooles Teil !

They really look like re-branded Eastman Guitars, am I wrong?

How does it compare to a HB 35 plus, Henning?

4:32 don't drink too much coffee before recording!!! 🤣

I love ❤️ ‘my’ Gibson guitars. I’m triggered 😤 but open minded and will watch later with much joy

Made in ? (Sorry i don't speak English)

if it was smaller like a 339 I would prob buy it, it's just too big

All those melted rocks in Lost Civilization videos ? Melted by poodle slabber.

The name of the song at 11:17 please!

I really want to have a filter for products made in China. It’s ridiculous how instead of making products companies are making marketing. I already have a few affordable guitars. They are not bad, gets a lot of mods and love for last few years. But still just don’t feel right. Maybe that is only me. Really want to get rid of it and get something made in Japan or US.

It looks more like shelac finish than nitrocelulose not that it matters whatsoever. I wonder what pickups are these they do not sound half bad for what I'm assuming are generic chinese pickups. And btw, Henning, stop making me buy guitars!!!! :D

I love many chinese products. what I don't like, is when WE don't get the fair Chinese pricing. China makes it, THEY(certain company whose name rhymes with Chibson), import it and mark it up 1000%.

As others say look very Eastman. I like the inlays very 345 like, my very ES and Es175 like too.

The typicaI Gibson Iike when having hit the string with the pick and the tone gets out of the amp, these guitars are Iacking. Sounding more or or Iess dumb... not bad, by the way, quaIity and workmanship is ok, but i am missing this , and variety of overtones that the great G is famous for...

china? i believe this is a good guitar. china is a hi-tech country meanwhile. but.........let me take a real 335. just because.

it's not poodle slobber its a scarf joint, what a letdown

What kind of point are you trying to make when you say that "half of your house would be empty w/o products from China"? How is stating what some people (justifiably) consider a disaster for their local economies, the environment and human rights making anything better? Is that resignation or just common ignorance when people buy products made in China even *when they have a choice for a change*? In a different matter, I get what you're trying to say by "1/3 the price of a Gibson but just as good" but for most people who bought a Gibby in the past decades that would make bunch of red lights come on.

I wish they made it for lefties but it seems that they don't...