Re: ES 335 questions

in article 17353$4315a7cc$3ec36b46$14409@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Five Sharp at
d.onstenk@xxxxxxxxx wrote on 8/31/05 8:51 AM:

> When I got it last week it was strung with 0.11 roundwounds and I have left
> it like that. Tone is great and I don't see any urgent reason to change to
> flatwounds, though I always play 0.12 flatwounds on my other archtops. I
> find the guitar remarkably comfortable to play.
>
> For the ES 335 players, what string gauge do you use generally? Would a
> flatwound set be more suitable? Like I said the tone is gret now.
>
> Why did they put the input jack on the top instead of the side of the ES
> 335?
>
> By the way, the neck accessibility of this guitar seems huge! Upper access
> is awesome.
>
> TIA
>
> #####
>
>

I've used both at times, but I like flats better. I get the standard
D'Addario Chromes set (or LaBellas) that starts with an .011, then I usually
take the .011 off and put an .012 on.

Not sure why the jack's on the top; maybe since the sides are so narrow,
they thought it would be structurally unsound to put the jack there. One
word of advice: Sideways Jaye turned me on to those PlanetWaves cords that
have one right-angle plug and plugs with "compression fittings". I feel a
little safer about the 335 sitting in a stand that way. I used to work in a
repair shop, and we used to see quite a few 335s with cracked tops at the
jack area, the result of the guitar falling onto its face and landing on a
straight plug. Of course, if it hits hard enough, the plug won't matter, but
I feel a little better about the right-angle plug.

Yes, the upper-fret access on the 335 is great. That's one of the things I
really like about those guitars.
--
Bob Russell
http://www.bobrussellguitar.com
http://www.cdbaby.com/bobrussell


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