What years was the Epi ES-335 Pro Made?
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lespaulfreak93
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I bought one in May, mine is terrible.
Horrible frets, the electronics are bad and it feels bad. The sound is dead, the sustain is bad.
I did some fretwork and adjusting on it, and it's still "just about playable".
*Might just be my luck with it and others may be great. This one is useless. I will get it fixed up soon, right now even looking at it disgusts me, Please consider that I might've just gotten the one bad one out of a series of excellent guitars*
There are a few other people here who are satisfied with theirs.
Horrible frets, the electronics are bad and it feels bad. The sound is dead, the sustain is bad.
I did some fretwork and adjusting on it, and it's still "just about playable".
*Might just be my luck with it and others may be great. This one is useless. I will get it fixed up soon, right now even looking at it disgusts me, Please consider that I might've just gotten the one bad one out of a series of excellent guitars*
There are a few other people here who are satisfied with theirs.
paruwi
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They were only made in 2012....I put a call into Epiphone to get this information, doesn't seem anyone really knows, so going to the source.
I got an email back from someone at Epiphone and they said they built these in 2018 and 2019 as well. He never mentioned anything older, but we all know they were built starting in 2012. It is a Dealer Exclusive model from what they said. Here are the specs given to me in the email.
SPECIFICATIONS
Top and Back
5-ply laminated maple/birch
Side
3-ply laminated maple/birch
Neck
mahogany
Neck shape
1960s SlimTaper™ "D" profile
Neck joint
glued in
Truss rod
adjustable
Truss rod cover
black Kalamazoo- era bell shape with "ES-335 PRO" in white and white trim on the edges of the truss rod cover
Scale length
24.75
Headstock
Sloped Dovewing with "pineapple" logo and 60s era "Epiphone" script Fingerboard material: small block inlays
Neck pickup
Epiphone Alnico Classic™ PRO 4-wire
Bridge pickup
Epiphone Alnico Classic™ PRO 4-wire
Controls
-Epiphone all-metal 3-way pickup selector
-Neck pickup volume with push/pull coil-splitting
-Bridge pickup volume with push/pull coil-splitting
-Neck pickup tone -Bridge pickup tone
Binding
body top, 1-ply (cream), body back, 1-ply (cream), fingerboard, 1-ply (cream) Fingerboard radius: 12"
Frets
22 medium jumbo
Bridge
LockTone™ Tune-o-matic
Tailpiece
StopBar
Nut
1.68"
Hardware
nickel
Machine Heads
Wilkinson™ Vintage classics, 14:1, green 'tulip' style
Colors
Cherry (CH), Ebony (EB), Iced Tea (IT), Natural, and Vintage Sunburst (VS).
Strings
D’Addario® 10, 13, 17, 26, 36, 46
SPECIFICATIONS
Top and Back
5-ply laminated maple/birch
Side
3-ply laminated maple/birch
Neck
mahogany
Neck shape
1960s SlimTaper™ "D" profile
Neck joint
glued in
Truss rod
adjustable
Truss rod cover
black Kalamazoo- era bell shape with "ES-335 PRO" in white and white trim on the edges of the truss rod cover
Scale length
24.75
Headstock
Sloped Dovewing with "pineapple" logo and 60s era "Epiphone" script Fingerboard material: small block inlays
Neck pickup
Epiphone Alnico Classic™ PRO 4-wire
Bridge pickup
Epiphone Alnico Classic™ PRO 4-wire
Controls
-Epiphone all-metal 3-way pickup selector
-Neck pickup volume with push/pull coil-splitting
-Bridge pickup volume with push/pull coil-splitting
-Neck pickup tone -Bridge pickup tone
Binding
body top, 1-ply (cream), body back, 1-ply (cream), fingerboard, 1-ply (cream) Fingerboard radius: 12"
Frets
22 medium jumbo
Bridge
LockTone™ Tune-o-matic
Tailpiece
StopBar
Nut
1.68"
Hardware
nickel
Machine Heads
Wilkinson™ Vintage classics, 14:1, green 'tulip' style
Colors
Cherry (CH), Ebony (EB), Iced Tea (IT), Natural, and Vintage Sunburst (VS).
Strings
D’Addario® 10, 13, 17, 26, 36, 46
