Tony ES335 Build

[vh2580]

Dummy build of 335 that I now have time to start work on.
Flame looks really nice and neck joint is beatifully tight.
Bone for tone from DB and going to fit some GFS Hot "Liverpool"pickups. once colour is on will decide whether to use gold or black surrounds (leaning to gold at the moment)
Some of the gold is chipped off on the tailpiece and was looking at replacing with a GFS Jazz tailpiece, has anyone used one of these previously as is a lot chunkier and wondering if the weight will be an issue.
I have read a couple of the posts around grain filling with timbermate and still unsure of whether to fill the flame or not, and if it will have an effect using colourtone colours. have some maple coloured timbermate.

[kells80aus]

Hi Tony.
If you make a lolly pop for this then just take care to use 20mm screws into the body.
Oh and if you plan to put colour on this make sure you colour before you glue the neck on. That was the mastake I made on the PIG. the pig is an es335 I built. but I glued the neck on before colouring the bidy and it turned out to be a really tough build. It still has issues. but I have moved on. It was RAW kit I won in an ebay auction. Never ever buy RAW kits....

Cheers PK

[gavinturner]

hi Tony,

Great kit you have there! The flame figure looks awesome. In terms of pore filling, maple has a very tight pore structure and, as such, does not generally need pore filling. If you are dying the flamed veneer I would not recommend filling it at all as it may interfere with enhancing the figure.

I have used both the GFS Liverpools and Nashvilles on a previous build and they sound awesome! You should definately go gold mount all the way!!

cheers,
Gav.

[dingobass]

As for the GFS hardware... Dont. I got a Floyd off them and i can rub the "gold" plating off with my thumb!
You are better off looking at Gotoh hardware, a bit more expensive but it is really high quality.. No point putting el cheapo gear on when you will just end up being disappointed....

[stan]

great looking guitar, love the pickups - I actually like the black rings, but the all gold look is pretty cool too

[djdubya]

Hi Tony,

I've been thinking of building a 335 for a little while now. Might have to splash out now that Adam has these as the Sunday special. I'll be watching this build with interest.

What colour are you going for?

Cheers,

Dennis.

[west0288]

Keen to see this one progress, Tony.

You scored a very tidy kit there, and that maple looks flawless. Excited to see where it goes.

[vh2580]

So after being side tracked for a couple of months was able to put some time into the 335.
Having my first attempt at flaming so seems so far so good.

[ponch]

That's gorgeous man. Love the pop you got.

[pablopepper]

Yeah, this is coming up well.