Sunburst or cherry 335

Barney · January 2017

Just looking at the 335 s that come up for sale and most are cherry ....very few sunbursts i can see ....did they make more cherry or do people like the sunbursts more and dont sell...

mart · January 2017

Red guitars go faster, it's well known.

DrJazzTap · January 2017

I would say red is more prevalent due to Mr Clapton

richardhomer · January 2017

Cherry is the iconic colour - Chuck Berry, EC, Marty McFly....

shaunm · January 2017

Some colours suits certain guitars. Red suits a 335 or varient so well. It's like sunburst les Paul's and white Tele's.

Lebarque · January 2017

Both gorgeous. I prefer sunburst by a smidge.

smogfalls · January 2017

Lebarque said:

Both gorgeous. I prefer sunburst by a smidge.

Definitely agree!!!

fretfinder · January 2017

smogfalls said:

Lebarque said:

Both gorgeous. I prefer sunburst by a smidge.

Definitely agree!!!

Me too!

WezV · January 2017

I prefer natural ones.

didnt they always do a much higher number of cherry right from the start?

lasermonkey · January 2017

Cherry. Always.

SRich · January 2017

Larry Carlton certainly influenced me

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olafgarten · January 2017

It's the same reason you don't get Cherry Sunburst J45s

ESchap · January 2017

WezV said:

I prefer natural ones.

didnt they always do a much higher number of cherry right from the start?

Cherry wasn't introduced until later 1960. The shipping figures below for 335's only (courtesy of http://www.vintageguitarandbass.com) show there were more cherries than sunburst in the early 60's then about half and half from the mid 60's until walnut came in in 1970.

stuagu · January 2017

Always cherry... that was until i saw the pelham blue one in the classifieds!

Lebarque · January 2017

ESchap said:

WezV said:

I prefer natural ones.

didnt they always do a much higher number of cherry right from the start?

Cherry wasn't introduced until later 1960. The shipping figures below for 335's only (courtesy of http://www.vintageguitarandbass.com) show there were more cherries than sunburst in the early 60's then about half and half from the mid 60's until walnut came in in 1970.

Love this chart! Thanks for posting. The stats don't lie....probably. What happened in 67?

57Deluxe · January 2017

Both and maybe a Black one too

the_jaffa · January 2017

Cherry for a 335, sunburst for a 330 imo

Voxman · January 2017

If I was buying a 335 it would HAVE to be in Cherry. It's like a Ferrari - it just looks wrong in any other colour - I mean, have you ever seen a sunburst Ferrari? nope

artiebear · January 2017

Gentlemen prefer Blondes so they say. I'm no gent but a blonde 335 is a thing of beauty. The most beautiful 335 I ever saw was an impossibly rare early 60's blond 335. They weren't offered in anything other than Cherry or Sunburst at the time but at least 2 or 3 exist as special orders. Drop dead gorgeous |

Brad · January 2017

I prefer Ebony myself, but out of the two choices I like Sunburst with a T.O.M but you can't beat a Cherry 335 sporting a Bigsby!

Danielsguitars · January 2017

59 dark bursts/ tobaccburst are bloody lovely imo

I haven't worked out if it's one or the other colour wise

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