Glen Campbell's Gibson ES-335

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Although there is a lack of color in all the pictures of Glen with a 335...it appears he had several. None of the ones in this topic is the same guitar.

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Late 70s ES-335TDW in Walnut finish...wow

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Released by Gibson in 1958, the ES-335 was the first thinline semi-hollow body electric guitar. The Gibson ES-335 is an archtop guitar equipped with two hollow chambers separated by a solid maple wood block running down its center, and twin humbuckers. The result was a middle ground that reduced the feedback of a hollow-body at high volumes while maintaining warmer tones than a solid body.

Around the early to mid-'80s, Glen was seen quite often playing a blonde 335. But after that, it disappeared. It may have been the last semi-hollow body electric he played for any period of time.

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Here Glen is with Martin Mull showing off some licks in 1980: