Originally Posted by: haghj500Jeff,

What model is the blond Gibson? looks like an ES-335.

Thanks....

It's actually a Gibson ES333. It was made for a short time in Memphis. It was meant to be the 'Studio' version of the ES335. It originally sold for about $900ish but I did a search not long ago and it has a value of up to $1500 now. They only made it for a couple of years about a decade ago.

It is a 335 really. The only different is the Gibson logo is a screenprint and it actually has a cover (a la a Les Paul) for electronics/tone-volume pot acces on the back.

Pick-ups are the 496R's and they are not great PU's on that guitar. I've been planning on doing a 59/59T configuration and a few other things to 335 it up.

Great to play though and even with the 496's, still sounds really good.