mistersnappy
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Great, under-appreciated guitars. If you're patient, clean PAF-loaded ones can be picked up for the cost of a Murphy.
I got mine out of an estate sale for a nice price because, being a '59, 5 of the 6 tuner tips were dust. 5 Uncle Lous later, it plays great and sounds great, at least if you get along with 23.5" scale (and I do). In addition to doing what it's designed for, it also is a surprisingly good guitar for riffing. Neck pickup into an overdriven Fender is to my ears eerily good "Can't You Hear Me Knockin'" tone.
Mine literally walked into my house and I could not let it go anywhere else.
I've never understood when people have said they feel to cramped on one.
Thank you blauserk. It's a 59.
I started playing mandolin in February '11 and my current #1 is a whopping 1" wide at the nut. Now when I play on the ES-350, it feels like a baritone guitar!
Let me know when you want to sell your tubby monstrosities! (I think your collection would be at home here)
Right back at ya. Some day when I get tired of searching fruitlessly, I will just give up and pay asking price for your blonde Byrdland. (There's one at Heritage Auctions now . . . but with a refinish. Feh.)