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Austin, try to find an 1984/1985 Steinberger GL2 Standard. Mark Knopfler used it on the Brothers in Arms album. Eddie Van Halen used one too. Its freaky, so it's your style of guitar
I forget where I saw this trick, but I swapped out the original pots and pickups on my Oscar Schmidt 335 clone. I used aquarium airline tubing to fish the pots back in place. You just push the tubing over the pot knob and pull it back in place, then slide the washer and nut down into place from the other end of the tubing. Worked like a charm!
Dood, you really need to read your comments. I tried to explain previously that if you need to drop the pots in hollow or semi hollow body guitar, get some rubber tubing and slip it over the shaft of each pot. Make sure the strands are long enough that they don't wind up inside the body when you pull the pots. When you are done, pull everything back in to place and there you have it! No fishing!
This might be an unpopular comment but I really love how this guitar sounds. Must be due to the lack of center block, but the the shortened sustain on the middle and bridge positions give it that great classic rock strummy sound
Me too. I write it up to 3 things. Acoustic resonance (if a guitar is a bell ringer unplugged, it's a keeper), light weight (which is part of the resonance thing), & those Tim Shaws. Imo, it's a coin toss between those pickups and some top notch Seth Lover PAFs (and his later patent numbered humbuckers.) T-tops coming in close behind. Over the decades, Gibson has been really up on their pickup game (outside of the 490 series - never liked them.) But Lover, Shaw, & the T-tops (again, imo) are the best of the best. But not to start a big to-do over PAFs vs Tim Shaws, the point is when you marry a lightweight, resonate guitar with top of the line pickups *and quality pots,* it's next to impossible not to have a really sweet sounding instrument. And that bad boy was *SWEET.*
I bought a Siam Music 335 copy, made in Thailand. It's got that great B.B. King tone in the middle, biting rock tone in the bridge... Price? ฿5,700 (less than $200). Put 11-52's on it, with a wound G, adjusted truss & intonation. It plays like a dream!!
Tape the endoscope to a piece of coat hanger that you can bend and place the camera where you need it. You can also get skinnier ones that will fit into tight places better. Much easier than trying to remove and replace those electronics and risk cracking the wire or solder. MY guess is thats a parts guitar, like you had said, using electronics, neck, and wood they had laying around and threw it together just for NAMM to have something unique to display. Its gorgeous though.
My grandfather had a 68' Gibson Crest, as well as a 50's Harmony Broadway and an old Epiphone Emperor ( best archtop I've ever had the opportunity to play ) that he had inherited from his grandfather. Around 13 years ago after my grandmother had died, my papa moved in with us and around that time my mom was starting to get into her pain pill & heroin addiction caused by her boyfriend at the time. Well, around 2011ish that said boyfriend stole almost all of my papa's stuff including his Crest, Broadway, and his Emperor, went down to Kentucky and PAWNED yes pawned everything. I had moved out of the house shortly before this happened cause I couldn't deal with living with my heroin addicted mother and her boyfriend, but he blamed it on a break in. It absolutely gutted my papa. I mean he had those guitars basically his entire life. I was supposed to inherit them from him. Such a tragic thing to happen to him. He was such a great person too 😔
Dang, Trogly-that thing is gorgeous! The middle position is out of phase, which isn’t totally out of character for Gibson. I once had a 1961 Epiphone Broadway with the pickups out of phase-the guy I bought it from said that he bought it new and that nobody had been inside it. One of the pickups was installed backwards-I can’t remember which one now; I got rid of that guitar in 1974. Traded it for a ‘59 Telecaster.
@Lovro Knezevic I always wondered why Johnny’s playing that GORGEOUS Gibson in Hi Hello instead of his Jag? I WANT that Gibson he’s playing in that video!!! Lol
Everybody is hopping on the trogly train, the channel is blowing up, I love it it's about time, nobody knows guitars like trogly, thanks for spreading the knowledge!!!!
I watch a lot of guitar channels, I'm not sure I understand your comment didn't say this was the best guitar show did I? I was just saying this channels is really good and doing really good, no need to get all upset here, watch whoever you want buddy , i do
Congratulations Trogdog, always feels like a victory when you find one you've been hunting for the collection. Love the video, hope you're doing great!
LoL @ the Hippo, crazed woman abalone, and hidden phoenix! I too enjoy finding hidden images in woodgrain, since back I was like 4 years old? Deeply zoning out into wood paneling, connecting imaginary dots. I have a huge wizard with a bushy eyebrows, a mean beard and a long flowing mustache, guarding the back of the body of my treasured natural hard tail stratocaster, along with a elongated skull bird like alien fellow on the top, and then a odd shaped kind of fish of pops up, on the upper horn. I had even tried to reveal these hidden gems, during small talk chatter, to a few general admirers of my guitars looks, like 20 years back, but these hanger on type B’s, just squinted and quickly gave up, humoring me, just to get me stop prattling on all about hidden wizards, alien birds and fish, even now it all comes off insane?...LoL. Later on, I took some close up digital pictures, and then added in a few key defining highlighted lines with the paint program on a PC, to the photos which I keep in my case, as to more fully assist, in conveying the essence my guitars imagined woodgrain creatures, to the unhip couch groupie jam spot acquaintances, whom don’t always possess such visual imaginations. I don’t even know that many people have ever seen the pictures in their full glory, but one of these days, if I ever happen, back down that road, and get tangled up, in communicating my guitars hidden wood grain images, I can just go to my case and get the damn pictures!...LoL :D
At 5:35 the web info you show mentions Alvino Rey. Alvino Rey is the great grandfather of Win Butler & Will Butler of Arcade Fire. Gibson also hired Alvino to develop a prototype pickup and based on the version he developed for the amplified banjo Alvino did already and used on the Gibson ES-150. Also Alvino invited the talk box to modify the sound of his electric steel guitar to sound like words - of course this led to the modern talk box. Of course more if you read on lol.
not trying to anger solid body gang but this is the coolest guitar I've seen you have. hands down. Sorry "the" les paul and spotlight specials, you're now in my second place.
For my taste, I prefer having the center block. Had to own four Epiphone f-hole models to work that out, including one ES-335 Pro, one Casino and - on the outside - two Sheraton II models.
That is basically a super fancy pre-1970 ES330 model with Brazilian rosewood plywood top back and sides with Shaw humbuckers in lieu of P90s (ES330) or NY Minis (Epi Riviera). Gibson just dug out the tooling for the 16th or 14th (I forget) fret to body pre 1963 ES330s. It looks like you have a Gibson ES350 tail piece with a super fancy insert. Those were used on quite a few expensive jazz boxes. No center block means a trapeze tail piece or nothing. And after 80-90 years the top starts to cave in anyway. I have redone a few old 1910s L1s. The ES175s used that TP too, with no insert. The diamonds came and went. The Epi Rivieras with the mini-buckers SCREAM. Those are 335s with NY mini buckers. For true NY minibuckers see a New York pre Gibson Epiphone, or a very early Kalamazoo Epi. Epiphone's employees were not left without a job when Gibson shut them down after buying them out. They formed Guild Guitars with help from old Epi management. Tom DeLonge.
The very reason I absolutely love your show. Getting to see some of the most beautiful guitars ever made up close and in detail. With the history too. Thanks so much!!!
The white specs on your guitar body is nothing to do with the finish. Being a retired furniture maker in the UK, those specks are mineral deposits that where sucked up when the tree was living. The most apparent marks appear in Honduran Mahogany, which sadly is no longer available.
If it was D Latifolia, I'd suspect mineral uptake. I think it's filler. I've worked with plenty of Brazilian Rose, but I've never seen any white mineral residue. As for Honduras mahogany, you still get it. I think you're referring to the Cuban stuff Mahogani mahogani) that is next to impossible to get.
Trogly, thanks for doing videos on semi hollow Gibson’s as of late. Appreciate the detailed overview of this Gibson Crest. Hoping 2021 will bring about more ES models particularly 330, 335, 345 & 355. But a Trini Lopez, 175, 325, 295, Johnny A, Byrdland, Super 400 etc are welcomed as well.
This is definitely one of your best purchases imo.... but you be mistaken cause that's a T-Rex in the wood and not a Hip-hop'opotamus... maybe a Bebop'opotamus haha. If it joins at the 19th fret instead of the 16th then it almost definitely has a center block. If it somehow has 335 length neck and doesn't have a center block, then not only is it rare, it's probably very fragile and not able to hold very much string tension. Most semi hollow and thin-line hollowbody Gibsons are poplar/maple laminate construction so I'd imagine that the Brazilian is a veneer. Brazilian Rosewood is extremely dense wood so that would be a heavy ass guitar if made entirely from solid brz/rw... even if it were entirely hollow. That just gave me a great idea for a custom 335 though... have one built with a Honduran rosewood center block (like marimba blocks) talk about sustain!
You didn't highlight the multi-bound f-holes; even single binding of the f-holes is very rare on Gibson made semi acoustic... and it sure looks nice on yours :D Nice score
Stunning! Easily my favorite guitar that you've ever done. I had a friend who owned one back in the late 70' and got to play it some. Beautiful guitar but, you're right that this one fixes all the things that I didn't like about that one. If I ever win the lottery, you'll be hearing from me. LOL! Enjoy!!!!!!
@@allthingsclassicrock could be, but it looked like it could stand next to a deer head while I smoke a cigar or something, not my taste, but fancy none the less
I would probably never buy a semi-hollow, since I have never played the styles of music they are usually associated with, but holy hell - this thing is absolutely gorgeous.
Well, at least he ain't the one who put the Bigsby on her. I mean, I like Bigsbys, but...well, Time & Place, tabbies. There's like a zillion other ES's you could stick one on w/o jacking w/a unique collectible.
Beautiful piece. I tend to appreciate natural wood finishes with book matching. Love this one. It was worth whatever you paid for it. Thanks for documenting it.
Back when you 1st started you and I were buying the same guitars..... You are actually becoming a Premier Gibson collector... It was fun watching your transformation into a Mini Joe bonamassa..... Thank you trogly I enjoy learning with you
Glad you posted i had gotten use to you posting early so when you did thought maybe something happened. The last time you didn't post on a more normal time your wife had gotten hurt. Glad it all good love your show man
Being as I'm a huge fan of the ES 335. it's no question that I really like this guitar. but this guitar would have to be a case queen. it's just too nice to a player's grade guitar. it's definitely a beautiful one of a kind guitar no doubt.
Reading these comments, it’s no wonder Austin doesn’t reply often. A large percentage of people watch this channel not understanding what it’s about. I saw a comment about the strap he’s using not matching the guitar...🤦🏼♂️ Another about the bridge being in the wrong place...how the heck do you know where it goes? Good god. Everybody’s an expert. I promise ya, he’s not making these videos to please anyone. He’s documenting guitars in a historical sense and also to sell potentially. It’s amazing to see this stuff demonstrated and it’s internals.
Now I'm going to have to pull out my 335. The two artist that made me want a semi to hollow body electric are Ted Nugent and Martin Mull. Yes they exist musically on different plains when it comes to their styles and music but both are good at what they do. Thanks for displaying that beautiful guitar and letting hear its awesomely sweet tones.
The Nuge talked about meeting Hendrix when Amboy Dukes opened for the Experience in Detroit in 1968. "He couldn't figure out why the hell I played a hollowbody. Then after our set, he came up to me and said, 'Oh, OK.'"
My 335 hasn't been out of the case for a while i've been using my Maybach little wing, there's not a new Gibson that can touch it, that said the ES always ends up in my hands at some point there the best all round Guitar ever made in my opinion.
The second inlay looks like a skull! A tip, buy some flexible tubing that fits tightly on the pots that you can feed through the holes to pull the pots in place. A big time saver and makes it easier as well.😁
Hey troggly, not sure if you will see this but with an endoscope, what you want is a mirror set, this will have give you a 90 degree bend in it without the bulk, it may not be perfectly in focus but should be better then looking at it at an extreme angle.
"The Hippo" is definitely a rare gem. Never seen or heard of one of these either. Great video as usual. Congrats on a very rare find to add to your collection. God bless and rock on 😎👍🎸
Looks like they might’ve drilled the truss rod cover holes before installing the nut! Either that or they did a custom cove that no longer exists. No press pics from the NAMM show?
5* video on a 5* instrument. Beautiful. Love your show, best out there, and always will be. Bummer the audio quality/bitrate drops at 3:33, it happens from the video editing software overprocessing of the video as a final, then add voiceovers, and process to final again, the high frequency of "S's" are the tell tale. . I'm sure you know, but just with that slight chance you might not know, it's an FYI. It's not easy planning layers. You do 5* awesome
I believe that David Crosby's Alembic 12 string electric started out as a Crest. It was also the first guitar with LED fret markers and probably one of the first guitars with active electronics. AFAIK he still plays it.
BOING! I am in absolute love! With Rachelle Welsh circa 1960's, but that guitar is freaking awesome!! You just don't have the same level of skilled craftsmanship anymore, that is hands down the most beautiful guitar I've ever lusted after! Jack ~'()'~ Canada Manly!
For your fret binding gap issue - you appear to have more distance between the low E string and the edge of the finger board, and less on the high side. Plus your strings should be centered over the pickups pole pieces. You could probably slide the bridge a little bit over toward the bass side. Might help.
The secret to installing those pots quick and easy is to use surgical rubber tubing that fits snuggly over the pot-shaft. You feed the tube down thru the pot hole, pull that end of it thru the F-hole and put the pot on it... do that to all the holes and all the pots. Then pull the tubing out of the pot holes dragging the pots right to the proper positions.
It would be best to check out the 3 way switch or the wiring. What you referred to in the demo as the middle position still sounds like the bridge position. Loved seeing this guitar though.
Please, get a good LCR meter and give inductance and capacitance measurements along with DC resistance (which doesn't say much). Showing all three parameters will give a better clue of how the pickups might behave (besides the playing part of course). Great vids, Thanks!
