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Scale length? body shape? body size? maple neck/fretboard? pickups?
If just looking for something that sounds mostly-335-ish in a smaller body, I'd buy a Gibson CS336 (which is exactly what I did).
Or you could go MJT/SC Relics partscaster Tele thinline with maybe a halfway house scale length and PAF in at least the neck position.
Thinline Tele will not be fat enough in the bridge position unless you get dual hums w partial splits.
You could also put Filtertrons in a 335 ala Chris Cornell.
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i have one and I can confirm that it twangs like a Tele in the bridge, and can do woody, jazzy tones with the tone rolled down, and the bridge PU set as a humbucker.
The Valentine was designed so that James Valentine could play a whole set with it, replacing a Tele and a 335.
If you're into doing a part caster, I used to make a crossover between a T/C and 335, see photo below. That one happens to be Fender scale P90's set neck, with the same neck angle as a LPJ to take a TOM bridge. I also used to do it with no neck angle, use a standard Fender hard tail, but also make it with a neck angle and Gibson scale. It's fully chambered with a solid block down the centre as per a 335 but in mahogany. The one in the picture as of mahogany cap. I also made them with flame or quilted maple caps. Basically any of the above with any pickup configuration you fancy, set neck or bolt on neck. Sound wise ones made from mahogany very much into the Gibson sound even when fitted with fender type pickups. If made of Swamp Ash or American red Alder with T/C's pickup's would definitely go nearer the Fender sound. Making a guitar to cover Fender and Gibson sounds is not the easiest thing in the world to do, if you load with slightly hot T/C pickups connected to a four way switch you do get a H/B the sound as well.
I have one of these in stock. Not exactly the same as the one in the photo, has more of a standard MM head stock shape, it's fully chambered, carved top. The pickup routs have not been done on the one I still have or any holes drilled yet.
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No idea what they actually play or sound like, but they look cool and that's the most important thing, right?!
@Jackobean and @mistercharlie there was a Valentine for sale here that I looked at plenty, but ultimately I thought the neck was a bit narrow.
@Fishboy7 that Fano looks fantastic.
Hoping for Tele twang for country bends but also some jazzy tones.
I don't think I've seen it done yet? Has anyone put a Tele bridge on a proper hollowbody?
A bit simplistic maybe but would either a neck humbucker in the Tele or coil split in the 335 bridge get you most of the way there?
Also so what about an Es335s?
https://youtu.be/O2wl5KxAOYM
Edit:Found the answer; they are part of Premier Builders Guild along with Two Rock, Tone King
Ask Dave Edmunds. When his legendary blonde 50s 335 became too fragile and valuable to gig with, he replaced it with a '52RI Tele.
I would think that a 2HB Tele Thinline (with Gibson-type HBs, rather than Wide-Range) would get you even closer.
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