Members RossW Posted December 8, 2006 Members Share Posted December 8, 2006 If you had to describe the sound of a 335, how would you do it? I mean, how would you say the sound was different from a solid body? I need to provide a description and I don't think that it would be ok to say that the 335 just sounds "different"!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 335clone Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by RossW If you had to describe the sound of a 335, how would you do it? I mean, how would you say the sound was different from a solid body? I need to provide a description and I don't think that it would be ok to say that the 335 just sounds "different"!! Warm & woody. Rich. Midrange. Sweet. You really need to hear the difference live and loud. One of the charactaristics of a semi hollow is the available feedback, controlable feedback. Hit a note, let it ring and move around the amp until the note blooms. Different notes will respond at different locations on stage. I've known guys who will literaly 'map' their area and move to a certain spot to highlight a note. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members One-armed Alec Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Muffled, cloaked, dull, dry, thuddy, muddy... Nah - just kidding! I have to use some of the same words as 335clone: Airy, woody, warm, sweet, plummy and nasal (if you want it to be)... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pkrider Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Throaty.... particularly on the neck pup. My 336's bridge pups (57RI) are very les paul like. PK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members One-armed Alec Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by 335clone I've known guys who will literaly 'map' their area and move to a certain spot to highlight a note With a pen and paper and compass and all? You did say 'literally'... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RossW Posted December 9, 2006 Author Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Agreed. However, most don't give the 335 credit for being lively, punchy. Mine can sound telecaster like... Do most play with both pu's? I tend to use the neck pup, but when I want it to wail, I switch to the bridge pup. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members 335clone Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by One-armed Alec With a pen and paper and compass and all? You did say 'literally'... No, but masking tape with A or C# on it:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members One-armed Alec Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by 335clone No, but masking tape with A or C# on it:) Well, if you're gonna feedback on two notes, those are the very boys! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members One-armed Alec Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by RossW Do most play with both pu's? I tend to use the neck pup, but when I want it to wail, I switch to the bridge pup. I mostly play my Strat - I think the 335 is wasted on me . However, when I do play it, I love the neck PU for clean lead, neck+bridge for clean rhythm and the bridge for smooth distortion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bassopotamus Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 They sound awesome. Fat, but with a nice top end to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarlady Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by RossW If you had to describe the sound of a 335, how would you do it? "!! Think of the sound of this guy "who could play the guitar just like ringin' a bell" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scampi Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 fat and sweet in the midrange, sometimes mellow, sometimes rock, great musical feedback they can sound radically different with certain amps, players...but never bad to my ears kid charlemagne, don't take me alive, oh yeah Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members guitarlady Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 You might remember the sound of a 335 from a song that goes like this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thTC9DiKT8g Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mercer Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 WoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodywoodyWOOOOOOODY!!!And awesome, and cool, and throaty, and bashy-clashy, generally cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members keith2112 Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Or you could go and listen to Rush Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres. I believe Alex used it on all of Permanant Waves too. Then if you want to hear what a strat with a bridge humbuker through a marshall combo sounds like listen to exit stage left. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members scampi Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by keith2112 Or you could go and listen to Rush Farewell to Kings and Hemispheres. I believe Alex used it on all of Permanant Waves too. Then if you want to hear what a strat with a bridge humbuker through a marshall combo sounds like listen to exit stage left. big fan here, he used 335's on a lot back in the day hemispheres is a killer cut and definitely had it's own sound, but tonewise I crave some of his more minimalist 335 tones like some of the raw rock moments from the first 3 albums that couldn't be anything but him standing near a cranked amp in the feedback zone it's the guitar forum but I gotta say, exit stage left also contains one of the coolest bass tones in live rock recordings Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members brave_ulysses Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Clapton could play the {censored} out of a 335: He still uses the one he's had since the early 60's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members One-armed Alec Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by brave_ulysses Clapton could play the {censored} out of a 335: http://youtube.com/watch?v=MUpc0YNkkJ0 He still uses the one he's had since the early 60's. That's a great concert . Actually, Clapton auctioned off that guitar, along with a bunch of others, in 2004. It fetched $847,500. Details here: http://www.whereseric.com/ecfaq/guitars-amps/2004-christies-guitar-auction-eric-clapton-blackie-cherry-red-gibson-335-cream-guitar.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Faber Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 there are a great range of sounds from a 335, so I'm not sure what *the* sound is. They can be chimey and bright, almost like a fat, round tele tone.They can be fat and woody, almost like an arch top jazzerThey can rock out with the best LPs.they can..... shoot, you get the picture:thu: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Bbreaker Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 With me since 1969......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members blind radish Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by Bbreaker With me since 1969......... One of the sweetest thin necks in the world Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members One-armed Alec Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by Bbreaker With me since 1969......... A stunner . So how would you describe its sound? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Jkater Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Many 335 style guitars are made with a maple body. Maple, compared with mahogany, sounds brighter. Add an ebony (vs Rosewood) fretboard and you're even brighter. Now I presume your question pertain to a GOOD 335 because you don't want to know how a $199. chinese 335 copy sounds like. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members jerry_picker Posted December 9, 2006 Members Share Posted December 9, 2006 Originally posted by One-armed Alec Muffled, cloaked, dull, dry, thuddy, muddy... Nah - just kidding! I have to use some of the same words as 335clone: Airy, woody, warm, sweet, plummy and nasal (if you want it to be)... Plummy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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