Congrats! That guitar embodies much of what to me was the best of Gibson and would be on my shortlist of desirable Gibsons (along with your Junior and Zhivago's '56 Custom), all of which were what inspired me to want have a stab at building guitars.
I love this clip of Mark Linkous talking about his '60 model (at around the 6:09 mark)
1962 Gibson ES 330 w/ bigsby
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Re: 1962 Gibson ES 330 w/ bigsby
Watching the corners turn corners
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Re: 1962 Gibson ES 330 w/ bigsby
That is a beaut! Well done Kevin. 330s have moved up to the top of my gas list lately. Did you play the 67 that Someneck have in?
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Re: 1962 Gibson ES 330 w/ bigsby
The red one? I did play it a while back - it's nice, but I found it a little too narrow at the nut. I've no problem with the late'60s narrower nut in general ... but there seems to be an even narrower nut in late '67 and '68 that I find hard to get along with (same as Rickenbackers). Lovely guitar for someone who doesn't have meat paws like I do!