Said goodbye to some old friends…

Dew Knot Humps

Dew Knot Humps

BREAUX
Decided to launch four guitars in the interest of something new. At some point many guitar players go through the “cool pawn shop phase. Mine lasted 30 years, traded these in and got an ES 333. Wanted a 335 but they are too much $$&. This spoke to me at my fave shop, went back today and got it. I got $450 more in trade than we talked about yesterday when the instruments weren’t there and he also knocked $195 off the price on the tag so the guitar cost me $750 in cash today. It plays like butter, sounds good and looks good. Plus it’s got some fancy laughably relic’d aftermarket pickups that I might pop up to see what they are when I change strings. So far I’m quite pleased.
Kicked to the curb:
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A little sad about these:
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The new guitar, its name is “Es-333”
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Very cool. Over the last few years I’ve consolidated a lot of the stuff I acquired here and there for a handful of solid high-quality guitars. I’ve not really missed any of the stuff I let go and the stuff I do have is all good stuff that sounds great and plays nice
 
Peen Simmons said:
Very cool. Over the last few years I’ve consolidated a lot of the stuff I acquired here and there for a handful of solid high-quality guitars. I’ve not really missed any of the stuff I let go and the stuff I do have is all good stuff that sounds great and plays nice
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I'm an idiot. Over the past ten years I've donated literally thousands of dollars of gear to local school music program and taking a deduction instead of going through the hassle of selling...
 
Been playing it for a while, it’s a keeper. It absolutely loves a clean Princeton Reverb with a Boss GE7 and the occasional Phase 100, dd3 delay, or Nobels odr1. The pickups sound really good. Neck is extra bright for a neck in a really good way and the bridge is good, not high output. I wonder what they are?
 
I'd have had a hard time giving up that Tele, but that's a lovely Gibson.
 
Congratulations! I've always liked the ES-333. It has an actual back plate for access the electronics, so there's none of the mirror and camera fishing that goes with working on a regular 335.

New 333s had exposed pickups with black coils and I never thought that was a flattering look. The aged chrome covers get you closer to the look of a proper 335.

I'm curious what you thought of the '59 Dano. I keep thinking I'm going to pull the trigger one day.
 
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