1962 Gibson ES 330 w/ bigsby

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Re: 1962 Gibson ES 330 w/ bigsby

Post by antisymmetric » Tue Nov 28, 2017 1:36 am

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)
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Watching the corners turn corners

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Re: 1962 Gibson ES 330 w/ bigsby

Post by holty » Sun Dec 03, 2017 2:10 am

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

Post by Despot » Mon Dec 04, 2017 12:25 am

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!

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