'58 - '65 es 335 owners poll

[xxicjoy]

Hi all newbie here. I am shopping for a 335 and am considering a 80's dot reissue to get some old-ish wood and less plasticised finish. Do any of these guitars measure up? If you have both vintage and reissue instruments, give me the comparisons and caveats Thanks!

[Troels]

ES 335s have nitro cellulose finish - no plastic used. he Memphis series - in particular 2000-2001 are EXCELLENT guitars - to me far better than a lot of the 80s guitars from Nashville and has some of the classic features like long neck tenon (although maybe a not quite as wide as an original 1959s). When I bought my 335 (01) I had the opportunity to chose almost everything - 70s, 80s, Historics from CS and so on... but I did find the production ES 335 the best. The Historica are really a marketing thing and the 70s and many 80s doesn't have the classic features. Troels