FT/FS - 1965 Gibson ES-355 - SOLD

Wazmeister

Tom,

Fancy a p/x against a Starbucks coffee and a slice of cake at Oxford Services ?

TDubs

Wazmeister said:

Tom,

Fancy a p/x against a Starbucks coffee and a slice of cake at Oxford Services ?

@Wazmeister if you’d said Heston, you’d have had me, but you didn’t. You’ve blown your chance 

TDubs

Forgot about this site

http://guitarhq.com/shippin1.html

130 of these shipped in 1965!

musicman100

Has the rear of the neck been checked/lighted by a luthier?

TDubs

musicman100 said:

Has the rear of the neck been checked/lighted by a luthier?

Not by a luthier in my time. I’ve had it under black light alongside some knowledgeable peeps. Happy for any inspection to be undertaken under black light and with a luthier if needed.

SootTiger

Love that it's for trade and not for sale. Good to see that GAS never sleeps, whatever the level of attainment.

rexter

Just a beautiful dream guitar, wow. Wish I was rich already lol. Sounds like perfection.

TDubs

SootTiger said:

Love that it's for trade and not for sale. Good to see that GAS never sleeps, whatever the level of attainment.

Haha! It may be an optimistic chance of a trade given the request and the portential reach on this site but you never know. 

Might just have to suck it up and offer it for sale in the new year or out for consignment and then start a search afresh!

We shall see….

TDubs

I have stuck this on Reverb with the aim of trying to entice a trade from those that may not frequent this site. Being on there it’s technically ‘for sale’ so I suppose, technically, it should be for sale here also. 

TDubs

This came up on my Reverb feed. Seems my 355 may have been around £680 back in ‘65 (struggling to read the fine print)

https://reverb.com/item/77303796-gibson-price-list-1965?utm_source=rev-ios-app&utm_medium=ios-share&utm_campaign=listing&utm_content=77303796

There’s probably an internet tool around to tell us what £680 is worth in 2023 but sounds like a bargain at the moment!

lovestrat74

Roughly about 16k

TDubs

Ok, I’m sorted for a players grade 60s ES now so don’t need this trade. Given the princely asking price I may consider other trades to help the burden but need a chunk of cash my way. I’m a sucker for old stuff…..

TeleMaster

Hey mate, missed this somehow but yea that's lovely!

andrewaward

$680 not ££s
an SG Standard at the time was $305, so the 355 was pretty expensive 

TDubs

TeleMaster said:

Hey mate, missed this somehow but yea that's lovely!

Thanks Phil @TeleMaster Tis great! Hope all is well with you and merry Christmas!

TDubs

andrewaward said:

$680 not ££s
an SG Standard at the time was $305, so the 355 was pretty expensive 

Ah yeah! This would make more sense. No idea what the £/$ exchange rate was back then but if it was $1 to 50p as it was a little while back, this would make it £8k which is Murphy lab territory 

andrewaward

£1 got you $2.80 in 1965 !

ziggynugget

Mother of God..........  those waffle back tuners.......... I'm after some of those for a project.  
When I win the lottery, I'm coming for this.
GLWTS

TDubs

ziggynugget said:

Mother of God..........  those waffle back tuners.......... I'm after some of those for a project.  
When I win the lottery, I'm coming for this.
GLWTS

FYI if you do buy it, the waffle back tuners come free with the guitar!

TDubs

Ok. Late next week I’ll be taking this for a stint in the west end for consignment. It will be a hell of a lot more expensive at this point so if you have any interest in this, message me now!