rathmann's Review of Gibson ES-135 electric guitar
22nd Sep 2004
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Appearance
- Sound Quality
- Reviewer's Musical StandardAdvanced
A sweet-sounding, American-made semi-hollow at a rock bottom price.
Bad Points
Watch the initial quality -- some chains and catalogs are dumping factory seconds. With any guitar, it is best to play the actual instrument before purchasing -- but this is more important with the 135.
General Comments
Gibson ES-135 - Semi-hollow archtop with two humbuckers (HB model) and a balsa block down the center. B.B. on a budget!
Yes, you can get a lot of cool authentic jazz and blues tones out of this axe. The necks tend to be fat, which adds presence and authority to the sound. They are fat enough that playing this box might take some getting used to -- it is not a shred guitar, but once you get your bearings and start using correct left-handed technique, you can Tal Farlow your brains out.
Simply a great instrument for about a grand. The fact that this instrument was recently discontinued may lead to scarcity and appreciation. As noted above -- watch the quality control. When I got mine, the machine heads were loose, but other than that it was great. DO NOT BUY MAIL ORDER -- GET ONE IN YOUR HANDS AND BETTER YET, PLAY A DOZEN OR SO AND PICK A CHERRY STICK.
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Gibson ES-135 - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Gibson ES-135 is a semi-hollow body electric guitar made by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. Introduced in 1991, it was discontinued in 2002. With a florentine cutaway, a trapeze tailpiece, two P-100 pickups (stacked humbuckers with P-90 covers) with two tone and volume controls...
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Epinions.com - Read product reviews on Gibson Es-135 - Musical Instruments. Overall Rating: 5 stars from 6 consumer reviews at Epinions.com. ... Gibson ES-135--I Keep Coming Back
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Gibson Es-135 - User Rating: 4 stars. Review Summary: The Gibson ES-135 is a classic guitar in every sense of the word. ... The Gibson ES-135 is a part of Gibson's Electric-Spanish Collection,
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Gibson ES-137 Classic Electric Guitar ... A BJB floating pickup on the Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Electric Guitar produces warm, round, and articulate tone for peerless jazz flavor.
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Gibson ES-135: Harmony Central User Reviews
Product: Gibson ES-135; Price Paid: USD 1100.00 USED ; Submitted 04/06/2009 at 12:26pm by Jun Nunez; Features : 8 ... GIBSON ES-135H (2003) Sharp cutaway, satin wine red finish, semi-hollow maple
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Gibson ES-135: Harmony Central User Reviews
Product: Gibson ES-135; Price Paid: USD 1100.00 USED ; Submitted 04/06/2009 at 12:26pm by Jun Nunez; Features : 8 ... Product: Gibson ES-135; Price Paid: UNKNOWN ; Submitted 09/30/2009 at 08:39am
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GIBSON ES-135 LH (2003) (41U-144) - Elderly Instruments
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Better Guitar - Guitar Player Opinion review of the Gibson ES-135
Better Guitar Player Opinions review of the Gibson ES-135 electric guitar. ... Overall, this is more inline with what I would expect from Epiphone not Gibson, but for what I payed, I can?t complain
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Gibson Es-135 Review - www.gear-review.co.uk
Having owned my Gibson ES-135 for about a month now, and I think it?s time for an in-depth review. Appearance; Excellent! The guitar has that vintage 50s look & vibe in spades.
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