See & Hear Gibson’s New ES-339 In Action Cary Sep 3rd
When the news broke on Friday that Gibson had launched a new ES model guitar––the ES 339––specs were readily available, but there was no official product page on Gibson’s website.
Anyway, not only is there now a full product page, but Gibson has also published a high-quality video demo of the ES-339, including some nice layover effects to give you a very solid idea of how the guitar compares in size to the classic ES-335 and the Les Paul.
The ES-339, of course, is being promoted as a Les Paul-sized alternative to the much larger-bodied ES 335, and as such is armed for the most part with the same hardware, dual-cutaway body design, and body & neck material as the 335.
Pictured here is the Gibson ES-339 in Antique Vintage Sunburst. The guitar is also available in Caramel Burst, and the popular Antique Red.
If you’re at all intrigued by the ES 339, the video is certainly worth checking out.
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Howdy! Care to Comment?
September 3rd, 2007 at 2:57 pm
There was absolutely nothing high-quality about that video.
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Hmm…
I found the sound quality to be better than 99% of the video product demos I see online, and the image quality was certainly better than what most guitar makers are currently publishing (when they publish them at all.)
I guess we’ll just have to agree to disagree on this one.
Thanks for chiming in, though
September 3rd, 2007 at 3:25 pm
Other than being extremely small, I found the video to be of pretty high quality. At any rate, it does a good job of showing the guitar in pretty good detail. I couldn’t visualize the size of the guitar, and the video does a great job of showing its size relative to a person.
September 3rd, 2007 at 10:20 pm
Very cool!!
Here’s a photo of the guitar compared to a Les Paul and a normal sized ES:
http://www.gibson.com/Files/aaFeaturesImages/gibson_comparison.jpg
September 4th, 2007 at 9:30 am
This guitar is cool and all, but Ibanez already did this in the 80’s with their stagemaster series of smaller but full size looking semi hollow body guitars with side mounted input jacks, which have since become the AM series of artcore guitars. While I’m sure the quality that coems with gibson must be nice, the artcore series is awfully well made for their wallet friendliness, and they kind of got to this idea 20 years earlier. Gibson is a little slow on the draw (and overpriced in my opinion).
September 4th, 2007 at 10:06 am
I couldn’t agree with you more, Kung… the ES-339 isn’t what I would call “groundbreaking” by any means, but for die-hard Gibson fans it’s definitely big news
I’ve actually been a big proponent of Ibanez’s Artcore Series––they are mighty nice for the price.
September 5th, 2007 at 3:04 pm
It took 50 years for Gibson to whittle down a 335 and fix the feedback. Geez, what innovators. Still not a vibrato in sight!
Sadly, I think I kinda want one, though. But that’s just Guitar-Acquisition-Disease. Much rather have an Epi Ultra.
September 5th, 2007 at 4:31 pm
The CS-336/46/56 was a lot bigger news to me.
I’m about ready to conclude that Henry’s a wanker.
September 8th, 2007 at 10:25 am
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October 2nd, 2007 at 11:42 pm
Gibson ES-339…
What else can I say? this is slightly old news but OH MY GOD!!!!! This is a 335 sized down to a Les Paul size guitar. It sounds fantastic. It looks fantastic. When I first heard of the shrunken 335 I was concerned on how it would actually look. Gibson …
October 13th, 2007 at 8:34 pm
who’s heard both 336 and 339?