Gibson ES330 Shootout - Budget ES335 Killer?

The fully hollow Gibson ES330TD, just a budget ES335 or a real classic in its own right?

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With the lockdown easing Huw and Ed manage to find the keys to the ToneTwins lair and dust off some old hollow body guitars! Joking aside we kept as much social distancing as realistically possible throughout the shooting process and had a great day with these wonderful guitars.

Guitars in todays show;

1962 ES330TDC Cherry Red with Bigsby
1964 ES330TD totally stock
1968 ES330TDC ‘long neck’ with replaced chrome covers & shimmed bridge



Key Timings

0:00 Intro Jam
0:33 Intro
7:49 Unplugged Test
11:07 Budget ES335?
16:04 Clean tones through AC10
20:15 Adding Overdrive
25:45 Best Of The Bunch
29:29 Outro Jam



Signal chains

Acoustic recordings made with Elation KM201 small capsule condenser through Drawmer 1960
Clean tones recorded through 1963 Vox AC10 with Coles 4040 and Drawmer 1960
Overdriven tones recorded through 1950 Fender ‘V Front’ Super with Coles 4040 and Drawmer 1960

Outro jam recorded through GasFX Drive Thru overdrive and Rift PR18 (cathode biased with no negative feedback) with Beyerdynamic M160 and Drawmer 1960



Many thanks to ATB Guitars for the loan of the 1968 ES330 long neck - atbguitars.com
Stay tuned for much more vintage guitar/amp/fx action coming soon!!

As always, we’d love to hear your views and suggestions in the comments.


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