TomGuitar
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In another thread, a question arose about the shallower neck angles on early 335s. On many 58 and 59 335s, the neck angle is shallow enough to require a slimmer or shaved ABR-1 in order to get the action where modern players like it. Below is a pic of the bridge heoght on a 58, 2-59's, a 60, and a 61. The second 59 is the only one with a shaved ABR-1, which you should be able to see easily, paerticularly on the treble side. On all the others the ABR-1 is normal, but you can see that the 60 and 61 don't need to be down as close to the body as the earlier ones. All of these guitars sound great and I don't think their tonal differences are in any way due to the different neck angles. Just thought I'd post it as an FYI.