#Epiphone es-335 or se silver sky

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carmine sand
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So I play blues and a little bit of jazz and I wanted to know if I should buy a se silver sky or a 335. I already have a Strat but it’s a £110 not very good one lol. I’m also open to other suggestions I have around £800 to spend

foggy lynx
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either one of those two option is good

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or if you want something better have a look at the yamaha revstar standard RSS20

carmine sand
foggy lynx
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it'd be decent, but to be honest you can play either of those genres on any guitar

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like sister rosetta tharpe played blues on an SG

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is this an inspired by gibson ES335?

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additionally i suggest a revstar due to the versatility of it and the build quality, it's probably gonna exceed most guitars at its price point

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stainless steel frets on a sub-£700 guitar

manic radish
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They're very different feeling guitars

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If you can get your hands on one to try that'd be great. The 335 is pretty chonky

foggy lynx
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epiphone does make a 339

carmine sand
carmine sand
foggy lynx
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smaller body

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339 is more akin to a les paul size

manic radish
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Also in that price range I think Ibanez has some nice semi hollows

carmine sand
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Ah well I have some pretry big acoustic guitars and I don’t really think the size is too much of a problem

foggy lynx
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there's also the 355 which is a more deluxe version

carmine sand
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So you guys think a semi hollow is the way to go?

foggy lynx
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if you want one sure

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id maybe look at the different versions offered by epiphone

manic radish
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It doesn't need to be semi hollow but that would work well for what you want to play

carmine sand
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What other Ibanez/epiphone do you think I should check out

foggy lynx
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the 1959 es 355

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if you can find a used one

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it's slightly above £900 new, but if there's any used here then it'll be less than £800 id imagine

manic radish
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I forgot what model Ibanez I tried... I liked it

foggy lynx
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yea if i was choosing between the 3 id get a revstar first but i really like them already lol

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i do really like ES guitars as well

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there's also the dave grohl trini lopez

carmine sand
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To be honest I’ve tried the reverse in a guitar shop and it didn’t really sit well with me

foggy lynx
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that's probably out of budget

carmine sand
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What’s the difference between the 1959 and the normal 335

foggy lynx
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it comes with gibson pickups and has a bit more QC on it

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oh

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i know another option

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epiphone casino

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gibson don't them, it's an epiphone only model

carmine sand
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Yeah I’ve seen those before aren’t they full hollow?

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Or am I wrong

foggy lynx
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yea they are fully hollow but still pretty thin

carmine sand
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Also do you think I should Defiently not get the Strat?

foggy lynx
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jazz is a lot better on humbuckers due to the low-gain nature of it

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noise is bad

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also the epiphone sheraton

carmine sand
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Yeah I’ve also been looking at the play II Strat modded with noiseless but I know a lot of people hate noiseless

foggy lynx
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it depends on which version of noiseless pickups

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the ones put in US guitars are a lot better, also lindy fralin ones are good

carmine sand
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What’s Sheraton?

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Yeah I think the player is Mexican not 100% sure though

manic radish
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I have no idea what all the differences are but I remembered that an Epiphone Dot exists too

foggy lynx
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semi-hollow but epiphone only model

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the headstock on the sheraton is also pretty cool

carmine sand
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Do the semi hollows with hum buckers sound good with something like a tube screamer? Or is it mostly a clean sound

foggy lynx
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it also uses minihumbuckers by the look of it

foggy lynx
carmine sand
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You’ll have to forgive me on my knowledge I’ve had the same 2 guitars for 10 years 😂

carmine sand
foggy lynx
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the guitar doesn't really influence the sound much, semi-hollows do sound a little different to solid bodies

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they're just smaller humbuckers that sound a bit more like P90s

carmine sand
foggy lynx
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yea that'd be good

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i completely forgot about the 345

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i prefer the sheraton a bit in looks personally

carmine sand
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Is the 345 around the same size as the 339 or 335

carmine sand
foggy lynx
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335

carmine sand
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Would you recomend the 335 or 345 more

foggy lynx
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probably the 345 due to the extra features

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the varitone selector is cool, never used them and hardly seem them

carmine sand
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Is that on all 345 or just that one

foggy lynx
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it appears to be a 345 standard thing

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on the flipside it's definitely a gimmick, but you'd have to play around to see how much use you get out of it

carmine sand
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Is that the only difference with the 335

foggy lynx
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yea seems to be

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a few visual differences

carmine sand
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Is there a difference between the 335 and 335 figured they’re around £100 more

foggy lynx
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it's just the figured top

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that's the only difference

carmine sand
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So you think I should get an es rather then the silver sky?

foggy lynx
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yea if that's the guitar you want, in the end it's entirely your choice

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we can only give information on guitars ultimately lol

carmine sand
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lol yeah I think I’m gonna either get the 335-339 or 345

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And like I said I already have a Strat even though it’s not the best it’s still a. Strat lol

manic radish
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Nothing wrong with a strat and the silver sky is really nice. I think humbuckers suit you better because they sound warmer. Whether or not it should be semi hollow is really personal preference

carmine sand