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Prev. Owner: Mike S.
Location:  Colorado

This beauty was built in 2003. I bought it from the original owner in 2012. He said that the guitar had never been out if his house, well it's never been out of mine either. It's immaculate! I first saw a JA being played by M. Ward on uTube... I had to have one and I found this one on this site.

Prev. Owner: Steven S.
Location:  Colorado
Original Owner:  Yes
Place Purchased: Direct from Gibson Custom Shop
Alterations: None and no plans to do any

043 Steve's guitar is a right handed sunset glow model with a stop tail piece.  Steve writes for a very well known guitar publication and found his guitar at the Arlington guitar show.  Here's a nice look at Steve's guitar!!!  Here are a few comments from Steve as well about his guitars: 

I bought my guitar after playing it at the Arlington, TX. Fall guitar show. Frankly I don't care for new guitars generally, especially electrics, but the guitar got me. It reminds me of my 1965 Barney Kessel -same double cutaway. This guitar is like a scaled down BK, but lighter and easier to play sitting down. I'm very partial to lightweight electrics. I have a 1995 Tom Anderson Hollow-T that is the ultimate Fender-style guitar, and it weighs practically nothing.

I own several other Gibson electrics as well. A 1981 ES-347 and a 1980 ES-Artist. These two are less well known than ES-335's but the are IMHO much better guitars. Both have better fit and Finish than similar year ES-335s. Both are also more versatile. The Es-347 has a coil splitter switch while the ES-Artist has active electronics as well as a built-in limiter, treble boost, and output level boost. Both have ebony fingerboards and extra binding. I'm very partial to the more esoteric high end Gibsons as opposed to the SOS models like Les Pauls and ES-335s.