Balmain Bug's Review of Gibson ES-135 electric guitar
9th Jun 2007
Overall Rating
- Value for money
- Appearance
- Sound Quality
- Reviewer's Musical StandardAdvanced
Brilliant closed body (no f-holes) helps this thing absolutely scream the blues !!!, Great maple Les Paul type neck. Mahogany center block. The guitar balances well when you have it on. It is not overly heavy. The Gibson 57' Classic humbuckers are brilliant with the right Amp. The whole thing feels like it was made to sing. A great live instrument.
Bad Points
The headstock looks cheap. I find the laminate satin maple top can appear to get dirty quite easily. Looks to scratch relatively easier than most finishes also. Better live than what it is in the studio funnily enough.
General Comments
The general sound is exactly what you want and need from an instrument like this. It is perfect. It nails Jazz, Blues and Rock. The perfect guitar for that type of music. Once you get one of these, I strongly recommend you play the thing through as many little tube amps as you can to get the right sound and vibe you are after. The more types of different amps you play it through, the more it will blow you away!!! A Marshall handwired 1974x if you can afford it or a great Fender 57' twin will blow your mind. The newer amps do the thing just as well, BadCat, Cornford etc. Awesome value for money. Awesome American rock n' roll.
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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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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-135: Harmony Central User Reviews
Product: Gibson ES-135; Price Paid: UNKNOWN ; Submitted 11/26/2009 at 03:29pm by BenJo; Features : 7 ... GIBSON ES-135H (2003) Sharp cutaway, satin wine red finish, semi-hollow maple body,
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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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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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