There is a 3 way switch for pickup selection. They have a C shaped neck and two calibrated T Humbuckers with each pickup having a dedicated volume and tone pot. Iced Tea is just a darker sunburst, more brown than red. They come in Sixties Cherry, Antique Natural and Iced Tea. Gibson branded 335s are still made but one with a decent looking top is about four grand US, presuming that you can find one if you want one. Legions of players attached themselves to this model, including Eric Clapton and of course, Larry Carlton, Mr. The quality of pickups you get in whichever example you try is IMO going to make for the biggest differences.One of the most popular, perhaps the most popular, semi hollowbody guitars is the Gibson 335. Both have beautiful clean sounds and drive sounds. So that sustain difference pretty much disappears if you can turn up a bit, throw in some clean boost.īoth guitars will feedback. Though there's less sustain from the hollow body, the pickups themselves add in drive and edge even at medium volumes. Interesting, the stock P-90s in this MIK casino are excellent, much better than expected. It's a more defined kind of sound, and a different type of driven sound than you get with P-90s. but definitely the clearest, prettiest sounding. The patent sticker HBs in my 335 are the best humbuckers I've played. It's a lighter instrument, has less sustain than the 335, with a certain full body ringing in the sound that i've come to associate with thinline hollowbodies.

The Casino feeds back much less than I expected. A lot airier than solid bodies, but sustains and resonates differently than a hollowbody. The 335 is a little heavier, still rather lightly build. You can definitely hear and feel the difference in body construction. I just spent a happy hour comparing my '66 ES-335 and a '94 Peerless built Epiphone Casino.

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