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Lots of people love 'em though.
ES-335 --- ES-339 --- CS-336 --- Les Paul
The "too small" thing is subjective and presumably based on the prejudice that a semi-acoustic "ought" to be bigger than a solid body. We can all have our own views on that, and mine is that i'm not strapping on a 335, which I find uncomfortably big, in the fond delusion it'll make me look more coolly retro. Kurt Rosenwinkel and Jon Herington, two of my favourite players, don't have problems playing smaller semi-acoustics.
In any case I've had lots of positive feedback on the look of the guitar. I liked the size of mine enough to buy a 336, which is an upgrade mainly in terms of cosmetics, alhough it does also have a slightly more refined feel to it as well. The idea was that I'd sell the 339 after buying the 336 but a couple years on I've been reluctant to part with it: in fact it still gets a lot more playing time than the 336, mainly to do with my being less sensitive to the thought it might pick up a chip or two with everyday use.
The one thing I'd say is that the QC on these is probably not as great as on some high end guitars. Mine had a dryish fretboard and some of the nibs could have been a little flusher to the neck. As so often with Gibson, these little niggles do nothing to affect the playability or sound of the guitar but you do think they shouldn't be there on a £1700 guitar when other makers can do better at a lower price point,
http://www.thefretboard.co.uk/discussion/64223/my-wife-is-amazing-ngd/p1
The ES is a different construction than the 339 - I think it is more hollowed out. Even though the body is a bit smaller, a greater proportion of it is air. The other difference that is very significant is the pickups. The ES Les Paul has the new Memphis Historic Spec pickups - which I think are brilliant. The 339 I had (2007) had 57 classics. New ones come with Burstbuckers from what I can see. I'm not the only one who likes the MHS pickups. I was talking to the manager in the new Camden branch of Guitar Guitar when I was in there a couple of weeks ago. He worked for Gibson for several years, and reckons that the MHS pickups are probably the best they do.
The newer ones may be better but definitely look out for QC issues on older ones. Mine was one of the very first 339s (late 2007) and it had 2 or 3 cosmetic flaws. It also had a volume pot that hadn't been soldered. About 6 months after I got it, it was cutting in and out when I adjusted the volume. It turned out that the wires from the pickups had been wrapped around the tags on the volume pot but not actually soldered.
I do realise that I would never get that if I had to sell it but I'd have to have some outrageous GAS to ever consider it.
For reference I'm 5'11 and 14st-ish and never felt like it was small. *snigger*
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I had an ES-339, sold it, regretted it then replaced it with a CS-336. The 336 looks very similar but the construction's different, the 339 is made from pressed laminates like a 335 whereas the 336 is a one-piece mahogany body which has been hollowed out.
My 339 had the fatter "59" neck - and it was much fatter than a "59" LP neck - but I don't think that's an option any more, they all have the slimmer 30/60 neck (I'm not sure if they still actually call it a 30/60 profile). The ones with block markers look cool, though.
As regards the size, I'm only 5'6" and an ES-335 is way too big for me, but I do agree with @fretfinder that the cutaways on the 339/336 are a bit tight, they could've been designed a little better but I guess it might spoil the body proportions. I think if you see a 339 next to a 335 the 339 looks a bit weird, but it looks fine on its own.
I'm 6 2 and 18st so I look ridiculous but sound good so I'm not bothered.
As to size well, I'm quite short so it suited me as mentioned in previous replies that in general 335's are a tad on the big side.
I would try a few before buying and by the way I think there are one or two on Gumtree at the minute for reasonable money.
Hope this has been useful to you.
@Panama_jack666 is around 6ft 2
in all seriousness I've always liked the ones I've played. I'm not sure I'd have one over a 335 or LP though.