Chicago Music Exchange December 2017 Gibson sell off. Still love your purchase?

I bought an ES-339. There was nothing wrong with it. It was well made and beautifully finished. I sold as I just didn’t ever play it after a few months. I’m just more comfortable with my Fenders.

 

Beautiful ES-275 you have there.

I got an ES-335 in cherry red for the same price. It was terrific, and my gig guitar for 2018. Couldn't believe that I actually owned this. Yes, the string spacing at nut and bridge was a lot narrower than I was used to, but that was easy to change.

Ultimately I sold it because it aggravated an old neck/shoulder injury and I switched over to feather weight guitars again. But I feel fortunate that I had that year to enjoy it. Being able to sell it quickly (on consignment!) for a profit was an added bonus.

I should've bought the 330s they were selling at the same time!

 

I still have an ES 339 Studio that I got during this. Still sounding great. The only thing I have changed is strings.

 

I'd heard the rumblings about Gibson quality control online but figured I had very little risk given CME's return policy and the resale potential of a red 335. And it really was as perfect quality an instrument as I could tell.

BTW, mine was actually a 2016 model. Kind of interesting to think of such strong demand for a guitar that the manufacturer couldn't get into the hands of a dealer for a year.

 

Yeah, I got a red 335 out of that deal, nothing wrong with it that I could see but it felt kind of dead to me. Sold it for more than I paid for it so no complaints but this Tribute Les Paul I've been playing lately is twice the guitar for half the price.

 

Wow, that is a KILLER deal for those. I should have jumped in

 

The best purchase I've ever made, my ES335 cherry red. I will not part with it, in fact right now it's my only decent guitar it's perfect in (almost*) every way.

Just look at it:


* I say almost just because of a couple of things I dont' like. The nickel plating started to tarnish after just a couple of months after I bought it and there is some kind of problem with the switch, I doesn't stay in position 1 or 3 only in the middle, I kinda fixed that by loosing the tip a bit, I think the switch shaft its a bit short or the tip is too long.