It's a reissue, and they've also reissued the L6 (dear God, why Gibson? Why?) and they've come out with a "new" model called the Midtown Standard, which is basically a flat-topped 335 with a Bigsby and, personally, I think they're all positively horrid. If this 335-S has the same dimensions as a "real" 335 it must be a pretty unwieldy lump: the body is solid maple.
Each to their own and all that, bit if you check Gibson's website the asking price for these new models is between $2149 and $2599... so, my analysis here is that they've released some eye-gougingly hideous instruments with an asking price that's the retail equivalent of being slapped in the face with a rocket propelled grenade!
StefStoep wrote
Don't like it at all!
@Gibson, please stop screwing around and make traditional high quality guitars. We know you can do this, you have done it in the past!
Ps. That is all we want!!!
Regards,
I'm inclined to agree with you to be honest: Gibson used to be massively innovative in its day. The problem is that they're damned if they do, damned if they don't: if they stick to the models they're traditionally famous for (LP, SG, ES, Explorer, V and Firebird) then they'll be criticised from one side for their lack of imagination, and if they try to innovate (as they have over the years, with rather patchy results) they're criticised from the other side for not emulating the success of previous innovations. In this case, Gibson is neither innovating, nor sticking to its traditional successful models, they're just reissuing models that were in pretty questionable in their day (early-80s I think it was), and that are still questionable instruments, in style at least, now they've been reissued.
