FS - 1988 Gibson ES335 Heritage Cherry Red

kerryboy

I am selling my beautiful 1988 Gibson ES335. It's in the highly desirable heritage cherry red finish. It is all original, very clean and highly treasured! It has to be up there with the best of them and is a real rock machine through and through. It plays great with a lovely feel to the neck with a nice low action. This guitar will grace any stage.

There is no visible wear to the frets and the neck is straight. It has never been refretted and the fret ends still have their binding. Believe me it is breaking my heart to see this one go, but I just don’t play anymore, so someone should get good use of it.

The guitar is in great condition for a 33 year old guitar. There are no playing issues with this guitar. There are a few light swirls on the back and a some light scratches to the front. I have tried to show these in the photos but you have to turn your head or the guitar into a certain light to notice them, but I just mention this for accuracy. There is a chip at the top of the neck near the nut where it came into contact with a cymbal and there are some dings down the neck. I have tried to show this in the photos so zoom in or ask questions. However this is only the sort of wear and knocks that you would expect to find on a vintage guitar of this age that has been well used.

There is some nice subtle vintage ageing all over the plastics with the white binding turning yellow and the metal hardware nicely tarnished and the factory fitted grovers have taken on a dull grey patina and work fine, and it stays in tune for days. Its well along the road to being a real vintage looker.

The fantastic top and colour on this guitar is not the only selling point. This is a professional players guitar that plays as smoothly as butter and sounds full and rich as only the best 335’s can.  This guitar cuts it with every type of music. The original pickups are a joy to hear, producing blues and jazz tones with ease.  But 335's are not only popular for blues and jazz but also for indie, rock, soul, funk etc. This is the most versatile guitar I have ever owned. 

The neck is a 60's neck profile which appears to be the preferred choice of many players. You would have to trawl round a lot of guitar stores to find one as nice as this. The guitar is supplied with its original Gibson case.

Contact me if you have any more questions and I will answer them the best I can.

Also have a good look at the photos as they form part of the description and show you the general condition of the guitar.

I would prefer collection from Warwickshire or somewhere in the vicinity but may ship at buyers expense.

£3225.00

NO TRADES or PART EXCHANGE

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DrCornelius

Wow, are you the bloke behind Blackies Gear Page then KerryBoy ? I’ve seen your site before when I was looking for a 70s LP Custom  - awesome collection you had/have there.

GLWTS either way - lovely guitar

kerryboy

Yep that's me and thanks for your comments. I've had some great gear in the past and I put the site together to create a record (for myself) of the gear I've owned. Time to thin out what I've got left though, hence the reason I'm selling this guitar which just isn't getting used.

DrCornelius

I’m well impressed and very jealous  - as Paulie said to Rocky in Rocky 4, ‘if I had to be anyone else , I’d want to be you’  :-)

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