Originally Posted by: SebastBergThe door seems to open towards the guitars ! I would be scared somebody opens the door not knowing there's guitars behind and....bang !
I hope that chair acts as a stopper and that it wont be moved or a big sign on the door WARNING ! ... and no kids, because they will forget :)[/QUOTE]
You can't quite see it but there is a good, solid immovable stopper. When we talked about hanging the gits, that was my first thing I was sure I needed...and no kids...so I got that goin' for me :D
[QUOTE=haghj500]It's been 35 or so years since I last seen an ES333, it was blond also. If you don't mind saying, how did you come across that old beauty?
The rest look nice also.
I do like the guitar. Though I'm wondering if you are thinking of a different ES model. This ES333 was in productions from only 2003 to 2005. It was made to be a cheaper alternative to the ES335 and was supposed to be sold for about $900. However, rumor has it that dealers jacked up the price to $1500 and it never sold much and was discontinued after 2 years. I think it was supposed to be like the Les Paul Studio deal. All the 'fancies' stripped down and only pure guitar left. Still a Memphis made guitar on the same line as the 335 so it's a pretty good guitar. Funny thing is, if you look them up on eBay now, they're going for about $1500.
At some point, I am going to do some updates on the volume/tone pots and knobs, add a 335 pick guard and a pair of Gibson 57/57+ pick ups...Haven't got around to it yet.
I actually was given this guitar to be it's caretaker by my uncle-in-law who lived in an old Chicago house that was always damp an never the right conditions for the ES. It wouldn't stay in tune so he never played it. Said to me 'Want to me it's caretaker? If I ever ask for it back, you'd be ok with me getting it back to play?'...Which is true.
Thing was, he had been in dialysis for a decade or more and knew his days were numbered. When he passed, the family 'willed' it to me because he and I were always cool and would talk guitar stuff. He'd apparently said he wanted to me to have it because he appreciated that it was going to someone who would play it and did it justice when I played...Nice thing to say.
