Gibson ES335 rescue from landfill

[@robertbright2057]

You did a FANTASTIC JOB of restoring that ES335 to it’s original beauty.🎼🎸🎼

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thank you good sir!

[@GurnBograt1986]

Wow! That's impressive amount of work to bring this baby back to life.

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thanks! It’s a good hobby

[@Jomor44]

Excellent work. Love the fact no unnecessary annoying music.

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thanks a lot! Silence can be golden

[@joelsdiy9469]

It’s a beauty! Excellent job! Not bad at all on that neck.

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thanks!

[@devb9912]

Nice job! Thanks for sharing. I need to look in more landfills...

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Barns are also a rich resource!

[@elainericketts8820]

...HEY L.A...............GOOD JOB, from your favorite Harmonica Player, to one of my favorite Guitar Players, Paul.........

[@JazzStrat781]

Just an incredible job on this guitar 👍 new subscriber here, glad to have found your channel. Best to you man!

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thanks and warm welcomes to my crazy channel

[@thseed7]

👏 Great job on the guitar. Now all I'm thinking about is how many guitars have ended up in landfill.

[@eastyarch4714]

Man excavates landfill, digs past 17 suffocating children in hopes of coming across the cheap squires from music class

[@Fugettaboutit]

Great work, and kudos for restoring.

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thanks!!!

[@andydinesguitar]

Impressive skills and rescue job! Would be great to hear some audio👍

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thanks for the kind words! I already traded the guitar off so unfortunately I can’t add audio of that Guitar. But I do have lots of audio on my other KZbin videos. So please subscribe and stay tuned thanks!

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

I actually did a separate video with sound demo

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

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[@paulcoalson7073]

Enjoyed the slide show , nice work .

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thank you sir!!!

[@stephenwright4307]

Great job! Orville would be very proud. 😃

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thank you good sir! Stay tuned for some more Gibson restorations

[@stephenwright4307]

@@L.A.of-The-family-Jones right on! I have a one year old es 345 so seeing your project really hit home. Looking forward to more!

[@bensch8604]

need a story about the landfill. thats nuts. awesome video

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Not much to say, one man’s meat is another man’s poison

[@bensch8604]

@@L.A.of-The-family-Jones very cool sir

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

@@bensch8604 thanks good sir!

[@scottbrower9052]

Very cool.

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thank you sir! Please stay tuned for more

[@mrmusic248]

Truly making a silk purse out of a sow's ear.

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

That’s always a great goal!

[@guyguthrie3236]

Hard to imagine Gibson 335 was thrown out and found at landfill.

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Yup, One man’s trash is another man’s treasure

[@joenosser]

Great Job LA!

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thanks!

[@gavendelrio9193]

I once acquired an 86 Ibanez Roadstar I’m the trash. Awesome!

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Dumpster divers unite!

[@DTGuitarTech]

Good skills, mate

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thanks!

[@sterlingscoville8482]

Not bad for a kid from Woodbury, Connecticut

[@hadleymanmusic]

That was from the universe for you

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

A lot of that going around…

[@edwinstovall3334]

Congratulations on the successful rescue and restoration. Looks like we're located closely; I'm in Berkeley. May I ask what pickups you installed?

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thank you sir I put Gibson PAF modern pick ups

[@edwinstovall3334]

@@L.A.of-The-family-Jones Thanks! I'm modifying a Jackson JS22 Dinky, and I'm considering pickups. Right now, every little snippet of information helps. Thanks again!

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

@@edwinstovall3334 Seymour Duncan Slash set, ya can’t go wrong

[@edwinstovall3334]

@@L.A.of-The-family-Jones Expensive for my tastes. I don't make money from playing or working on guitars; it's just a hobby. That said, I'm IMMEDIATELY going to research those pickups. I might get ideas, or just decide to get the set! Thanks!

[@Daddy53751]

@@edwinstovall3334 you might be amazed by the sound of cheap pickups if you change the magnets (I like neodymium magnets off eBay) and wax pot them. Whenever I build I don’t even consider expensive “name brand” pickups anymore.

[@leobender2910]

What happened to the original neck after you took it off? Is it still usable or the break made it impossible to fixt?

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

I have it still, for a model, not usable, no head

[@leobender2910]

@@L.A.of-The-family-Jones ok, thanks. How safe is it heat the upper part of the neck directly with an iron? It looked a bit burned at the end. I'm trying to figure out a way to heat a neck safely, to reuse it later. Your method looks simple but a bit radical to me or was it not that bad as I imagine it was?

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

@@leobender2910 I used a travel iron on full. I think 200 F is the upper limit to heat a finger board. NOT for lacquer!!

[@leobender2910]

@@L.A.of-The-family-Jones thank you, keep on rocking!

[@billcasale921]

This is a very impressive restoration. How long did it take and is the guitar now part of your collection?

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Thank you sir! It actually took about two years on and off. It’s just a hobby. And yes it’s in my collection. Thank you again

[@kevinr.3542]

Great video. Realy cool project..would love to find one like that and fix it up. How does it play? Does it intonate and stay in tune well?

[@bernhardnizynski4403]

Why did you make it a Dot model?

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

I like dots! I guess that makes me dotty

[@freepressright]

Not a fan of dots, but to each their own.

[@freepressright]

@Vito Spatafiore pretty sure 1990s Epiphone Les Paul's used coffee can lid, lol.

[@freepressright]

@Vito Spatafiore I just broke tradition and bought the 1959 Epi Reissue LP. Amazing guitar in every manner of speaking. The dynamics on the volume roll are as good as any Gibby I've ever owned. It has CTS pots, Mallory caps and a switchcraft switch. Insanely good. If you're doing Blues and only moderately overdriven stuff with that Sheraton, those pups are fine. They're not wax potted so they do not take well to higher gain levels without feedback and becoming microphonic. Rock on brother.

[@freepressright]

@Vito Spatafiore I play a PRS predominantly, which makes it hard to love anything else. This Paul really has my attention. I played it at rehearsal yesterday and had a great time with it. Epiphone really has its shit together now.

[@billhillard]

From a landfill?!?!? BLASPHEMY!!!

[@romankalyniuk2596]

Pictures are not enough. Some narrative please.

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

Next time

[@L.A.of-The-family-Jones]

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[@markdalton293]

That would have made a great video