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FS: 2001 Gibson ES335 w/block inlays Yamano / Fender American Vintage '65 Jazzmaster Firemist Silver
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I thought I was finished with the clearout but possibly not quite yet....anyways.
Gibson 335 with block inlays made in 2001 (I think). Yamano serial number.
All original spec
60's profile neck
Dark board presume rosewood but looks very dark so could be ebony?
No fret wear. A couple of light marks on the back.
Comes with Gibson hard case.
£2200 £2100 £2050 £2000 £1950 **SOLD** collection from Birmingham. Can post at cost (hopefully got or can get a good cardboard box).
Any questions give me a shout.
Not after any trades.
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Next, not sure about this but here goes.
Fender Jazzmaster American Vintage '65 (RI not original!) in Firemist Silver.
Large C 65' bound lam rosewood board 7.25"
No fret wear. One light mark on the front.
Fitted with a straytrem bridge and collet / arm. Originals included too.
Comes with fender hard case and all case candy.
£1650 £1600 £1550 £1500 £1450 ON HOLD collection from Birmingham. Can post at cost (hopefully got or can get a good cardboard box).
Any questions give me a shout.
Not after any trades.
More pics
here.
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Who's Yamano, and is that good. Also what does ESDY-RD mean.
No idea what ESDY-RD is. Quick google doesnt point to much.
Absolute nonsense but I'd go with it.
Although his had a weird label, doubled up with a weird model code. You can just about make up the writing on the underneath label (may need to tilt your screen)and it matches yours - If I remember correctly it stood for ESD (Electro Spanish Doublecutaway) Y (Yamano) RD (red). the one i had was here was suffixed with NH1 on the top label, but matched yours underneath - i think that stands for nickel hardware
Serial number was YO1992-012 on the top label, but 12/200 on the one underneath. quite close to yours
It was odd enough for me to take pics.
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They could select the best tops from Gibson USA and mark them for export to Japan.
This ended in 2007, although Gibson still had guitars that were marked as Yamano that were simply sold in the normal markets and never went anywhere near Japan post 2007.
Because its was believed that Japan had higher standards Yamano guitars command a higher resell value, especially pre 2007 Historic LPs.
Aside from being stamp Yamano there is no difference.
Also not all Yamano's have a Y in the serial but normally have paperwork with some Japanese on the hang tag.
i suspect a limited run of 200 given the weird label info I posted above. Not a custom shop guitar, but as close as you can get
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The only difference is that the dealer selects which guitars they want from all that are being produce as they have buying power.
This is the same as any dealer that buys over a certain amount.
The difference in resell is the perceived idea that the Japanese wouldnt take any crap.
You pays your money and takes your choice
I can't understand the logic that British dealers would take crap but the Japanese ones wouldn't.
There are a couple of mentions that Yamani selected the best tops. But the two Yamani guitars shown above are plain cherry red tops. So that doesn't hold true.
Nice guitar through and I am very very interested, but my concern is, will the Yamano tag, make it more difficult for me to sell on further down the road.
Updated with some hopefully better pics.
The guitar was made at the Bozeman Plant, MT, USA on July 12th, 2002 Production Number: 31
Gibson's Bozeman plant was opened in Montana 1989. All acoustic models currently made at this factory.
Normally these 335's are made at either the Memphis or Nashville plants.
Is Bozeman the Custom shop
I think the main differences to the standard 335 offered at the time was the small block inlays and PAF pickups
edit - just found the response I got from gibson back in 2008 after a bit of pushing
It seems serial number links to guitar which was part an special run for the Japanese Market. The “Y’” letter in the beginning was for Yamano our Distributor in Japan, but remember that was only an internal code
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What i do know for sure (and i do have experience of this) is that the Yamano name adds value, but only because of the perceived Japanese quality control, there's nothing different about them other than the that.
But they are definitely easier to resell
the speculation was it was the precursor to the small block historic reissues they did a few years later.
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Personally ,if i was going down the 335 route again and had the cash id be trying this .:)
Here is a thread i started back in 2008 on the Gibson forum
http://forum.gibson.com/index.php?/topic/9086-struggling-to-id-this-335/
Obviously all the info I have provided is just on the unusual features of this model, not specifically the one for sale.
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EDIT: also added jazzmaster