ES-335

bushburst · 05-16-12, 10:17 PM

Hey guys,
Does anyone know anything about this ES-335, and what do you think would be a good price?

http://www.gbase.com/gear/byid?item=2679565

Axel · 05-17-12, 02:59 AM

Block-neck in '62?

Frutiger · 05-17-12, 03:22 AM

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Originally Posted by Axel

Block-neck in '62?

Yep, that's when they started.

Axel · 05-17-12, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by Frutiger

Yep, that's when they started.

Ah! My guess was '63 or '64. Nice to learn something today!

Frutiger · 05-17-12, 11:54 AM

I think the change started around mid '62. I've got a '62 335 in the 5xxxx serial range and it has blocks, which is around the range they start showing up as far as I know (there's a '62 on Tom's site in the 4xxxx range and that's a dot neck).

Axel · 05-17-12, 01:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Frutiger

I think the change started around mid '62. I've got a '62 335 in the 5xxxx serial range and it has blocks, which is around the range they start showing up as far as I know (there's a '62 on Tom's site in the 4xxxx range and that's a dot neck).

Nice. Pics please.

Btw, I've always wondered: Are you THE Frutiger (Adrian)?

Wally · 05-17-12, 03:39 PM

+1 on the mid '62 for the blocks.

brandtkronholm · 05-17-12, 03:53 PM

The back of the neck near the headstock looks unusually dark. Is it the photo or is there non-original paint there hiding something?

I would want to inspect the instrument personally in hand.

Little Jake · 05-17-12, 08:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Frutiger

I think the change started around mid '62. I've got a '62 335 in the 5xxxx serial range and it has blocks, which is around the range they start showing up as far as I know (there's a '62 on Tom's site in the 4xxxx range and that's a dot neck).

the dot to block transition seems to have happened in the 504xx to 517xx range, relatively early in the '62 serial number sequence.

Frutiger · 05-18-12, 12:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Axel

Nice. Pics please.

Btw, I've always wondered: Are you THE Frutiger (Adrian)?

Here's mine, 51971, 1962 ES-335, refinished black (the original cherry is underneath) and has a few other issues like the PAF's are gone and its had a neck break. But it sounds great and was very affordable

As to the other question. No I'm not, but I'm a fan of his work (especially Frutiger and Univers) and I specialised in typography during my design degree (I'm an Art Director in an advertising agency). I'm guessing you've got more than an interest in that type of thing to know who Adrian Frutiger is?

Sorry for the derail everyone!

585960 · 05-19-12, 04:32 PM

I saw the GC pics and looked at the serial and my jaw dropped, thinking that serial is....way too close......is it mine??....so I jumped into my car over to where I keep some gear, and ripped thru everything to see my case sitting there....but I had to see it in the case.....ahhhhh...it was sweet to realize....man these serials are really really close.....but not mine thankfully....would have made someones day extremely shitty......

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05-16-12, 10:17 PM	#1
bushburst Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 32	ES-335 Hey guys, Does anyone know anything about this ES-335, and what do you think would be a good price? http://www.gbase.com/gear/byid?item=2679565

05-17-12, 11:54 AM	#5
Frutiger Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: London, UK Posts: 454	Re: ES-335 I think the change started around mid '62. I've got a '62 335 in the 5xxxx serial range and it has blocks, which is around the range they start showing up as far as I know (there's a '62 on Tom's site in the 4xxxx range and that's a dot neck).

05-17-12, 03:39 PM	#7
Wally Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Lubbock, TX Posts: 1,579	Re: ES-335 +1 on the mid '62 for the blocks. __________________ "As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins." Albert Schweitzer

05-17-12, 03:53 PM	#8
brandtkronholm Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 412	Re: ES-335 The back of the neck near the headstock looks unusually dark. Is it the photo or is there non-original paint there hiding something? I would want to inspect the instrument personally in hand.

05-19-12, 04:32 PM	#11
585960 Les Paul Forum Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: up a short skirt! Posts: 1,922	Re: ES-335 I saw the GC pics and looked at the serial and my jaw dropped, thinking that serial is....way too close......is it mine??....so I jumped into my car over to where I keep some gear, and ripped thru everything to see my case sitting there....but I had to see it in the case.....ahhhhh...it was sweet to realize....man these serials are really really close.....but not mine thankfully....would have made someones day extremely shitty...... __________________ Here I am! Man alone! In the mirror!