GIBSON 335 DOT NECK BLONDE 1986
by Steve Delaney
(Sheffield, South Yorkshire , England)
i HAVE A BLONDE 335 SERIAL NUMBER 82526609. i HAVE OWNED THE GUITAR SINCE NEW AND UNFORTUNATELY MANY YEARS AGO HAD A MASTER VOLUME FITTED . tHIS WORKS GREAT BUT i'M NOT SURE IF IT AFFECTS THE VALUE. cAN YOU TELL ME ROUGHLY WHAT IT'S WORTH PLEASE? Many Thanks
Steve
ANSWERHi, Steve--
The serial number indicates that your guitar was made at the Nashville Plant, TN, USA,September 9th, 1986 Production Number: 109
Here is the Blue Book general info:
ES-335 TD REISSUE (ESDT)
- double round cutaway semi-hollow bound maple body, f-holes, raised black pickguard, mahogany neck, 22-fret bound rosewood fingerboard with pearl dot inlay, Tune-O-Matic bridge/stop tailpiece, blackface peghead with pearl plant/logo inlay, three-per-side tuners, two covered humbucker pickups, four knobs (two v, two tone), three-way pickup switch, gold or nickel hardware, available in Natural (disc.), Ebony (disc. 1994), Cherry (CH), Trans. Brown (BR, disc. 2005), Vintage Sunburst (VS), Trans Purple (TP, disc. 2004), Wine Red (WR, disc. 2005), Light Burst (2004-present), Triburst (2004-present), Beale Street Blue (BE, disc. 2005), or Gothic (100% satin black finish, black chrome hardware, and 12th fret moon and star inlay, disc.) finishes, current mfg. is in Memphis, mfg. 1982-present.
The pricing info:
1982-1997
Mint $2,500
Exc.+ $2,000
Exc. $1,650
Avg.+ $1,350
Avg. $1,100
General $950
**The electronics alteration will diminish the value, but I don't know by how much--probably close to a quality category or more.
Lynne
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