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Official CS-356 and 336 Registry (post your pics here)

Danny W.

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It must be time for me to post this again:

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Danny W.
 

Dan Silverman

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Holy Shit! I thought I was bad, two 356's and one Johnny A!!!
Those are beautiful! Well, I guess I better do a group pic. Soon not now.
 

mmcquain

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Great pic Danny.

'Er skamokawa you better count again.. that is two 356's and two (not one) Johnny A's plus a ____ (what is that? At first I thought 355 but the headstock inlay isn't the normal split diamond).

And RayG that is a great story... and a great memory to have of your dad! CONGRATS!!!
 

Danny W.

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Great pic Danny.

(what is that? At first I thought 355 but the headstock inlay isn't the normal split diamond).

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It's an ES-355 body with an L-5S board and headstock inlay. In the late '50's Gibson product demonstrator Andy Nelson had what might have been a prototype of a similar guitar, although that one was cherry red, and I always wanted one. I submitted perhaps twenty requests to Gibson over the years to make me one and in 1994 they finally agreed to do that. It's a fabulous guitar, but unfortunately too heavy for me to enjoy playing in my old age.

Edit: Here's the Andy Nelson ad:

http://www.vintageguitarandbass.com/adDetails/230

Sorry for the thread hijack--now back to the the intended topic.

Danny W.
 
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mmcquain

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Thanks for the info on that sweet looking guitar. No worries about sidetracking this thread as I think we can pause for a few minutes for such a nice guitar. You said it is too heavy for you these days... what does it weigh? Those semihollow guitars generally are less than a Les Paul.
 

Danny W.

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Thanks for the info on that sweet looking guitar. No worries about sidetracking this thread as I think we can pause for a few minutes for such a nice guitar. You said it is too heavy for you these days... what does it weigh? Those semihollow guitars generally are less than a Les Paul.

It's a little shy of nine pounds, but my Johnny A's weigh about six and a half, so they're my choice these days for standup gigs. It's kind of too bad, because the 355/L-5 is just an amazing instrument and I'd love to play it more often.

Danny W.
 

mmcquain

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Sweet guitar and thanks for the pic with the pickup pulled. I've never done that to mine so nice to see the 'innards of a 356 :)
 

Cogswell

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captaincanada- that's a beautiful 336! Got any bigger/closer pics of the top?
 

tangerine

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Sweet guitar and thanks for the pic with the pickup pulled. I've never done that to mine so nice to see the 'innards of a 356 :)

they had to cut a large hole out of the block (but only on one side) to get the electronics in - due to the tiny f-holes of course. Unlike a lot of 335's that had the block cut in half (after about '63 more common it seems), at least this block is still connected in the best possible way - the block and the back are just one piece of wood :salude
 

DanD

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Heres mine, its a ES not CS 336..you really cant tell from the bad pic but it has the strait pull headstock.

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Nice. I like this model with the straight pull head and roomier cutaways. :dude:
 
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