"...buying me a Gibson ES335 electric guitar. I don't have it now -- I sold it in college...I got it in December 1967, I think."
Zo I did a zearch for ES335 on the net & went poking around at various linkz I found. I learned that you can buy a reizzue made by the Gibzon Cuztom Zhop for about $4500. Found zome guy zelling one from 1971 on craigslist for about $4000. If I had the money I'd probably go fetch that one after having a guitar tech review it.
In my clicking about the net of inter I ztumbled upon an interezting video clip about Gibzon & Guitar Center partnering to create a clone of Clapton'z ES-335. It'z an interezting journey through watching the 'cloning' & building procezz. Interezting to note iz that I noticed that part of the manufacturing procezz includez dipping the pickupz in hot wax to help avoid unwanted feedback. Thiz waz a pratice that Eddie Van Halen did with surf wax melted in a can az he azzembled hiz guitarz himzelf. Yet another example of how Eddie haz influenced the world of guitarz & how they are made. The video clip link iz:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4764707652331081865
In an article from 1979 Eddie stated:
"See, I love 335's. I can haul ass on those things. When I pick up a 335, you probably wouldn't even recognize my playing. There's no vibrato, and I just play totally different. It's more jazzy, more fluid-fast. Kind of like Holdsworth."
- http://www.vhlinks.com/pages/interviews/evh/gp122979.php
At the end of the video the Gibzon dude told a tale about showing a prototype of the clone to Clapton & Clapton thought it waz hiz original.
Alzo in the clicking about I learned that the Clapton izzue from Gibzon goez for about $12,000. Found that zome perzon wrote thiz about buying an ES-335 reissue:
"Gibson 1963 ES-335 reissue - $3,899 - hey wait a minute - this is the same as the Crossroads 335, except for the Hare Krishna decal, Eric's autograph on the orange label and the distressed case"
Until later comez, rock on clazzic jammerz
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