{"product_id":"epiphone-es-335-cherry-semi-hollow-guitar","title":"Ruby! - Epiphone ES-335 Inspired by Gibson – Cherry","description":"\u003cp class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eEpiphone ES-335 Semi-Hollow Electric Guitar in Cherry\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMeet Ruby, an Epiphone ES-335 from the Inspired by Gibson range, finished in classic Cherry with a beautifully figured laminated maple top.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuby came to The Stray Chord after being gifted, placed in an attic and largely forgotten. Despite seeing very little use, storage had left her with a dry fingerboard, unfinished and uneven frets, grime and a hazy finish.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFollowing extensive fretwork, restoration and a full professional setup, Ruby was brought back to the condition she deserved and successfully rehomed for \u003cstrong\u003e£310\u003c\/strong\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eAbout Ruby\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe ES-335 is one of the most recognisable electric guitar designs ever made, combining elements of both hollow-body and solid-body construction.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuby's body is constructed from \u003cstrong\u003efive-ply layered maple\u003c\/strong\u003e around a solid maple centre block. This helps provide the warmth and acoustic character associated with semi-hollow guitars while adding sustain, definition and resistance to feedback.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHer Cherry finish is particularly attractive thanks to the figuring visible through the translucent red top, which became considerably more apparent once years of storage haze had been removed.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eA pair of \u003cstrong\u003eEpiphone Alnico Classic PRO humbuckers\u003c\/strong\u003e gives the ES-335 an extremely broad tonal range, covering warm jazz and blues sounds through to driven classic rock. The traditional four-control layout provides independent volume and tone controls for each pickup alongside a three-way pickup selector.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe pickups feed through \u003cstrong\u003eCTS potentiometers\u003c\/strong\u003e, while Epiphone's LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge and Stop Bar tailpiece anchor directly over the guitar's solid centre block.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombined with a comfortable rounded-C neck profile, Ruby is very much a player's ES-335 rather than merely a pretty guitar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003eRestoration \u0026amp; setup\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRuby arrived looking considerably less glamorous than she does in these photographs. During her rehabilitation at The Stray Chord she received:\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFrets fully levelled, crowned and polished\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eSharp fret ends dressed and rounded\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFingerboard edges carefully rolled\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndian laurel fingerboard thoroughly cleaned and conditioned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eNeck relief adjusted\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBridge and action professionally set\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFull intonation\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePickup heights balanced\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eElectronics and CTS pots cleaned and checked\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBody thoroughly cleaned\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThree-stage correction and polishing of the hazed Cherry finish\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eFinal professional setup and playability check\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe result was a dramatically cleaner instrument with 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