Epiphone es-339

Congrats! Love my Epi 339, great for blues!

 

Congrats. A good way to extend your tonal palette. Enjoy.

 

I have the Gibson 339,I really love the guitar size and powerful tone. I found that lowering the pups got me more vintage 335 tones

 

love my little 339...

 

Nice!

I keep looking at 339's with P-90's. Haven't pulled the trigger yet.

Happy NGD!

 

The 339 body size is my favorite over the 335. You lose just a little low end with the smaller size but gain better balance and comfort in the trade. A wise choice.

 

Lads, does it stay in tune properly?

 

No problem with tuning on my Epi ES339.

 

The Epi 339 guitar got me close to an impulse buy. Smart size and a really good sound, in the 335 territory. I was not fan of the neck shape, a little too wide and "square" to my hands but not a deal breaker.
I managed to stay lucid as I've already have 5 electrics + 1 at build stage at moment... but sure if money and room was not an issue, I would have one at home.

 

I have the epi 339 and it a fantastic bit of kit for the price.
Great build quality and a great sound.

 

I have that same guitar, I took off the pickguard (it actually fits in the storage compartment inside the guitar case) so I could manhandle the upper frets without it getting in the way. Think I like the look better without the pickguard.

Love the tone and playability. Its a keeper...

 

Great choice. I was in a guitar store yesterday and played 5 or 6 $1000 or more guitars. Then grabbed one of these bad boys for the first time out of curiosity and was blown away. It was by far the most musical of the guitars that I played that day...lots of great useable tones, and a nice responsive, "singing" quality to the pickups.

The fit and finish was serviceable, maybe not to the standard of the more expensive guitars, but good enough.

If I had to take home one guitar that day to make music, it would have been the 339, no doubt. Even at double the price. What a great deal they are.

 

My Epi 339 (with HBs) came in from Sweetwater around the 2nd of Sept.. I got the natural model and removed the pickguard almost immediately. She is quite a looker! It arrived nicely packed and dang close to "in tune". Very nice sounding with a wide array of tones with the push-pull pots for single coil operation. I paid extra for setup with low action and intonation along with their "free" 55 point checkout.
This was my first online order and I'm very happy. I was sweating buckshot!
The fit and finish is great. I could rant about someone at the factory getting a hair out of line in 2 tiny places with the "f" holes but I won't. It is a very pretty axe and I waxed the back of neck and it is nice and smooth. Total cost was $495 and change.
And they changed strings and threw in another set.
No complaints. And........it's the first China made guitar I've ever bought. I'm eatin' previous words on this one!

p.s. need to order the case. No case (of course).

 

Love my 339. Cheap chrome, but who cares? Just the right size, fair weight balance, rather unique tones. Play happy.

 

I’ve had the chance to set up and review one of these 339s from a friend whose guitar has the tobacco burst finish.

Felt nice in hand, and after a bit of tweaking of the pickup heights and pole pieces, I was convinced if I ever felt the urge to get one of these guitars, it would be a done deal in a minute.

Only thing holding me back? Gotta get rid of some guitars first!

 

"Lads, does it stay in tune properly?"

Mine is NOT staying in tune lately and I don't know why. I have already changed to a tusque self lubricating nut. The only thing that has changed lately is that I recently adjusted the neck pickup height and tweaked the pole pieces a bit (which should have no bearing on tuning) and now all of a sudden it won't hold tune. Otherwise, it's a nice guitar and will be a GREAT guitar if I can get the tuning stable.

 

It's possible the magnet in your neck pickup might be pulling on your strings , I had an issue not to long that I was getting tremolo effect when I raised my neck pickup , I lowered the pickup and the issue was gone.

 

welcome to the club

 

Thanks for that suggestion. I had actually lowered my neck pickup trying to make my tone a little less dark but I DID raise the pole pieces, staggering them as suggested in a YouTube video on height adjustments. The tuning seems to go out on the B and G strings, so maybe I'll adjust at least those two poles back to where they were and see if it helps.