cs336

[cod65]

this g!@#$% looks more like a Heritage than a G!@#$%?

 

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewI...em=190196098609

[Dick Seacup]

Well, there is a certain family resemblance.   If you want to see a Gibby that's trying to be a Heritage, look at the 339...it's a Millennium Doublecut without the HRWs, solid wood, binding, inlays, etc. 

[brentrocks]

FOR $2500, YOU CAN HAVE A MUCH BETTER GUITAR THAN THAT!!!

[GuitArtMan]

The CS-336 has been part of the G words line for quite some time now.  It started life as the ES-336, which had a straight pull headstock and a slightly different body shape (that looked even more like the Heritage prospect model).  I think the CS-336 as it is known today first came out around 2000 or so, but I'm not sure.  It's a unique guitar as it is solid wood that has been hollowed out to make a semi-hollow body guitar.  The back and sides are one piece of Mahogany that has been hollowed out (they leave a center block for sustain) and the top is book matched solid (not laminate) maple that has been carved out.  The body is smaller than a 335 or 535, some say about 7/8 size.  The result is a very light and super resonant gutiar that is for me, much more comfortable to play standing up than a 535/335 due to it's smaller body and light wieght - mine ways in at a svelt 6.5 lbs.  The sustain is great, like a solid body.  The tone however is not 335.  It's closer to a Les Paul really - think of it as a super resonant Les Paul.  I think the body shape is more attractive than the Heritage Prospect, which always looked like it has Mickey Mouse ears to my eyes.  I think the construction owes more to the PRS hollowbody than it does to the Prospect.

 

Here's mine leaning against my '66 Super Reverb. 

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[Dick Seacup]

...It's closer to a Les Paul really - think of it as a super resonant Les Paul...

 

First...beautiful guitar and a great looking Super Reverb there!

 

Second...above is pretty much how I'd describe my Milly DC.  It does not sound like a 535/335.  It sounds like an airy, open LP.  And I like that, because it's different, distinctive. 

[Gitfiddler]

GuitArtMan~ We have something else in common! 

 

CS336 and CS356 are very, very good guitars.  Overpriced, but very good.  Gibson's Custom Shop got this one right. 

 

I was fortunate to have scored a used CS356 several years ago and it is definitely an 'in-betweener' tone-wise.  They are great for rock, blues, jazz fusion or straight ahead jazz.  I bet it sounds similar to a Millenium DC/Ultra since they are similarly constructed.  I'd like to crank it through GMan's Super!!

 

 

 

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[GuitArtMan]

GuitArtMan~ We have something else in common!   

 

CS336 and CS356 are very, very good guitars.  Overpriced, but very good.  Gibson's Custom Shop got this one right. 

 

I was fortunate to have scored a used CS356 several years ago and it is definitely an 'in-betweener' tone-wise.  They are great for rock, blues, jazz fusion or straight ahead jazz.  I bet it sounds similar to a Millenium DC/Ultra since they are similarly constructed.  I'd like to crank it through GMan's Super!!

 

 

 

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Yes they are overpriced, but a few years back Saul I Centre City Music made me a deal I couldn't refuse. I walked in at tax time (a great time to wheel and deal btw) and he kept loweing the already great price... and lowering it... and lowering it... I couldn't refuse!  I got it new for less than used ones were selling on eBay at the time.