S101 335 Copy

China made 335 copy. Bought 2009, sunburst finish.

Great sound, very loud. Had to set it on 2-3 to not overpower Band. Using Cube 60.

Amazing quality! Fit and finish better than my old original Gibsons. Took it to my luthier for a set up-now plays great, he was amazed at the quality for the price.

So far so good.

Whitebridge looked after everything- great shipping to Canada!

Just used this on a gig with 10 piece Band. No one noticed it was a $200 guitar- saved my real one from possible damage. Just as good or better to play. Super loud, if I had cranked it, it would have blown everyone off the stand.

Really impressive 335 copy; typical setup. Got this off ebay; Fairly heavy; heavier than other 335 clones out there (Hamer, Epiphone). Made in China I think. Neck profile is definitely on the thin side. I'm not a 335 expert, so I don't know how it compares to the Gibson 335's down the years as far as the neck. Has nice binding. Rosewood board; mahogany neck. Dont know the top wood.

Came with nice case

Fairly typical 335 tone. Not remarkable, but as good or getter than the other clones out there. THe box is very solid and I was getting a bit of feedback when 3 feet from my Twin: fun! but yu'd need to be careful in a live environment. I would think a good semi-hollow would feedback due to resonance in the chambers.

Very hot pickups. I have a Dillion PRS clone (thats real nice too) with Bill Lawarence humbuckers and this guitar is definitely hotter. I have a Peavey Classic 30 and this box drives it into distortion almost immediately. I pulled out my 68 Twin, which is really hard to overdrive at anything like moderate volume, and this guitar even drove the Twin towards breakup fairly easily. I adjusted the neck pickup back down a bit to tame the output a little bit.

My model is really bassy; I had to cut way down on both amps. To get high treble I need to set tones full open; sound is fairly detailed at that setting.

Switching from 1 pickup to both had less effect on tone than I expected; just a bit of higher end noticable. More noticable when I dropped the neck p/u.

I wouldn't say these are high end pickups but definitely I can get a good blues 335 type sound; fat for sure. I may put a single coil in the neck, (P-90 or the Duncan phat whatever) as I had done this with another 335 clone and liked it for cleaner chording.

I have a Tele so I bought this guitar for overdriven blues and more gritty leads: seems like it will be just fine. I use almost no effects.

The controls are the typical standard pots and switch you get on all the clones; nothing special no complaints.

Really impressive. Fingerboard is fairly tight rosewood grain; frets leveled well and finished nicely; (no sharp ends). The box is very nicely finished and feels very solid. Setup was low; perhaps a bit too low for me, but very playable. Cherry color was nicely put on. There is some variatin in the coloring on the back of the neck, but I think it asdds a little character.
Action low and smooth. Neck straight. Easy playing. Frets are not jumbo, but not tiny either.

I had a Hamer Echotone prior to this, but sold it. I thought that guitar was nicely made as well; this one is even nicer. Its more solid than any of the other clones I have seen. The tuners are better than the Hamer, and while not preimium any means, they are solid and smooth. The bridge and tailpiece are decent quality. I would say that if you put on top machines and a tone pros level hardware, the guitar would be the equal to a standard Gibson as far as build quality.

too new. dont anticipate any issues.

unknown; when you buy from a drop shipper how do you get things fixed. Heres the risk of these type of purchases; any issues cause you to have to send the gitbox out for repairs.

Im a sax player from forever. Guitarists are lucky: in my opinion you cant really get a reasonably playable horn for under $1000 even used! The Chinese are into that game now to, but at present the cheap saxes they are putting out are really low quality. I have been playing bass and guitar for about 7 years. Being around bands, and epecially seasoned guitarists and amp techs, I am much more familiar with quality gear than my actual skill level would suggest!. I am really impressed. What you can get for $250 makes you question why you'd fork over $$ for the 'real deal'. If you have the ability to swap electronics and hardware, you could easily get this to a prof level axe with a total investment of under $600. As is its really adequate for playing out; lets face it, if you are going thru a board the jack@#$ sound man will ruin your tone anyway, or the bass player will wipe out your tone with his 8-10 SVT stack. I would highly recommend this guitar for anyone needing a 335.

The only issue is, of course, that if you buy by mail , then you get what you get. If I were a real guitarist I'd want to play the thing prior to purchase! But there aint a thing in the stores here in Philly (and we have alot of them) close to this for the money.

It is a hollowbody, a 335 for say, the same features as any of them.

In comparison to 335's, sheratons, guild and gretsch hollowbody's the resonance is great and the natural sound is great. The pickups are great for the price. i would probably change the neck pick up but my bridge pickup is fine

Hey, big fat neck is awesome. I love it.

No trouble and it has seen the states and a latin and south american tour.

don't know haven't needed it

I own and have owned too many guitars to name. I try to stay away from Gibson and Fender and all the big names because you are paying for a decal and I have learned that over the years. I have had plenty of Gibby's and Fend's but I prefer copy's and of about 7 335 copy's (not counting the epiphones i had which were crap) this is the best and the cheapest i have had. buy yourself one

I've had a lot of copies over the years, but this is one of the best yet. Korean I believe, made in 2004. Standard 335 type layout 2 humbuckers 2 volume, 2 tone, 3 way switch with a Gibson style pickguard. Thin neck which I prefer, medium frets solid Grover type tuners all in all a very solid instrument. $179.99 with a HSC case was a super deal

The stock pickups sounded good but were weak volume wise so I replaced them with a set of Seymour Duncan 59's, perfect. I play a bit of everything these days and this guitar coupled with my Vox Valvetronix excelled at them all. Zeppelin, ZZ Top, Skynrd from Cream to Kiss you name it, it worked WELL! This guitar can go from crystal clean in all three positions to a howling banshee when I crank the volume up, this baby screams through my Marshall JMP-1.
This guitar is also extremely quiet, no buzz no hum no crackle when you fiddle with the pots or switch like alot of the other import copies. I put this bad boy through the wringer and I couldn't find anything wrong with it. I won't deduct for the pickups volume because they sounded really good regardless of the volume.

Out of the box this guiar was great, low fast action, pickups were adjusted fine. I got the vintage sunburst model with a georgeous flamey top and back. The binding on the body and neck were perfect another unusual trait for copies but not in this case. The only problem was a little buzz on the high E string but 2 minutes with a bit of filing and everything was A-OK1

This is a top quality instrument, I would have no qualms about gigging with this guitar in fact I ordered another one, I'm putting Burst Buckers in that one. As I said the finish was perfect better in fact than my $2000 Gibson!

Can't comment

I've been playing for ovr 30 years on and off and I currently own 2 Fender 50's reissue Strats a 2001 Gibson Es 335 and an Epiphone Elitist Les Paul Standard. This guitar is a players guitar solid as a rock and if it was stolen I'd buy another in a second. My favorite feature is the price, LOL! I can't find anything wrong here so do yourself a favor , BUY ONE!
This guitar blows away the other 335 copies Turser, Epi Dot, Dillion, Galveston, Tokai ect. and I've owned them all.

Made circa 2004 in China. 22 frets. Standard 335 copy with wider "f" holes. Transparent Cherry finish. 2 volume, 2 tone controls, 3 way selector switch. Two genereic passive humbuckers. Mahogony neck, rosewood fretboard, Maple top sides and back for the body. Tune-O-matic bridge with stop tailpiece. Decent tuners.

Actual model number is EHI24.

Unlike one of the former reviewers, I did not find the pickups to be too bright. I have to turn the tone controls all the way to the trebel end for my tastes. Very nice tone running through the clean channel. The warm low-end sounds nice though the clean. Takes a bit more effort to get it dialed-in with overdrive. I'm using a solid-state Crate combo with 2 10s due to budget restrictions. I have no doubt that this guitar would sound better through tubes, but current financial situation precludes this.

I bought this brand new. Playable out of the box. Intonation off slightly, but better than I expected. I asked the seller if the neck was a bolt-on or a set neck because the pictures shown did not show the back of the guitar. He assured me twice it was a bolt-on. I took a chance that he didn't know what he was talking about and bought it anyway. ( I wouldn't recommend doing this. ) I lucked out of course, as the guitar has a set-neck. White binding around the neck, body, headstock & "f" holes. I'm getting some fret-buzz up toward the 12th fret. Could be due to the horrible hot and humid weather.

Before the guitar arrived, I knew the stop tailpiece had to go, so I ordered a Bigsby B70 Vibrato tailpiece and installed it almost immediately. I've gone through several sets of strings in an attempt to get the right sound. For my tastes, i've found it works best with flatwound chrome10-48.

The neck is perfect. Not too thick, not too thin. Same can be said for the width of the fretboard. Very playable guitar overall. The only thing I'm toying with is replacing the plastic nut with bone.

This guitar would definately stand up to a live performance. The hardware seems solid. No problems there. Finish is quite durable. Strap buttons okay, but I'll replace them with locking buttons before too long. Very dependable. Would I use the guitar without backup? I have to. My other guitars are presently in various stages of disrepair.

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I've been playing for 14 years and have owned numerous "pawn-shop" guitars. I consider myself somewhat of an expert on "bad guitars". This is not one of them. I actually prefer this to my Rickenbacker 360 (which is also in need of a major overhaul). I play a rather agressive rhythm-based style and the semi-hollowbody is more versitile than the solidbodies in my opinion. Cherry finish is beautiful but actually a touch darker than most of the pictures I've seen. My favorite finishes are transparent-color finishes that allow the natural beauty and grain of the wood to show though. No dissapointments here. I would actually expect to see this guitar sell for around $500. So at $170 new, I was happy with the quality.

Guitarra hecha en el 2004.Hecha en China.22 trastes.Tapa laminada.2 controles de volumen, 2 controles de tono, dos humbuckers cubiertos, selector de 3 posiciones, cual 335.
Los pickups son genericos, con volumen aceptable.
posiblemente cerpo de maple,cuello de caoba, tastiera de palo de rosa.
Color cherry con flamed top.
El estilo de la guitarra es el de una Gibson ES335.
Posee un puente copia generica del Tune-O-Matic, y funciona muy bien.
Las clavijas son genericas, nada especial, pero vienen cromadas

La uso para tocar rock, blues y jazz. Funciona muy bien en estos estilos. virtualmente no tiene feedback, acercandose mas a un sonido de Les Paul, algo apagado por la accion de la madera (es una guitarra semisolida). Le falta algo de profundidad, lo que en prte permite que pueda funcionar bien con distorsion. No es exactamente una guitarra para heavy metal, pero funciona bien en sus seteos de mucha distorsion, en especial en la posicion del cuello.
Uso la guitarra con efectos , por lo general de DOD, funciona muy bien con delays y chorus.
No es ruidosa para nada.

El setup no debio ser corregido, excepto por los pickups que estaban un poco altos. La terminacion tiene algunas partes algo desprolijas, como la pintura en la juntura del cuello con el cuerpo, se notan algunas caidas en la cenefa, aunque tratandose de un modelo economico es mas que suficiente.
El sonido "raspa" un poco, pero con la distorsion o es seteos limpios eso casi no se nota.
Que mas se puede pedir por 300$. Copia muy bien una guitarra de 3000$!!

Esta guitarra es algo delicada, tratandose obviamente de una copia de 335, pero es asi, no es una Strato, hay que recordar que es semi solida.
Es astante resistente y banca un concierto sin mayores problemas, excepto algun que otro problemita de entonacion.
La terminacion es buena y esta fabricada para durar.Los botones para la correa son solidos, aunque algo peque?os.
Se puede usar sin backup en un concierto, aunue no se cuantos querrian usarla como guitarra principal

Ningun problema con est guitarra

Una buena copia, excelente para el que quiere tener una 335 , por mucho menos dinero que una original.
Una ganga!!!

Made in China, probably in 2004. No serial number or label visible. 22 frets, laminated maple ES-335 copy semi-hollowbody. Typical ES-335-like layout & controls: two no-name humbuckers, 2 volumes, 2 tones, 3-way toggle selector. Stopbar tailpiece with a tune-o-matic bridge copy. Nice multi-layer binding on body front and back, neck, and headstock. Neck is probably maple with a painted finish, rosewood fingerboard. Headstock is attractive with the shape reminiscent of Gibson's. I found the neck to be comfortable, not too thick as the previous reviewer states. Much thinner than my SG, thicker than my DeArmond M-72. Strat-like with a flatter radius and medium jumbo frets. Had to purchase a 335 clone case online for 54 bucks -- no biggie at this price. No accessories included.

I play just about every style, but mainly blues and rock. I was looking for something inexpensive to get the 335 tone and vibe. I use it in Fender amps, a Musicmaster Bass that I love, and a Pro 185 when I need to be stupid loud. Sound is there with both amps. Run it direct and clean or with a modded TS-9 Tube Screamer, and the drt sounds are easy to dial in. I hated the sound of the pickups when I first plugged in, but the next day it sounded completely different. Thought it was acclimation from the trip to South Florida from Denver, but as time goes on I'm certain it's the absolutely abominable strings installed at the factory. I plan to bring it to my guitar tech for a baseline setup with 10-46 quality strings when the guitar has had a couple of months to completely acclimate -- the dry Denver climate versus the humid South Florida climate is tough on an instrument, but it hasn't changed as much as I expected. maybe they DO age the wood a bit in the ASC factory in China!

My initial impression is that the no-name humbuckers are a little bright, but that's what a tone control is for, right? It sounds right with minor changes in the tone controls. With the TS-9 and the neck tone rolled completely off, it absolutely nails the tone on the opening solo of "I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know". Sustains much better than I expected. Relatively heavy due to the maple center block. Quiet instrument, even with the lowball pots and toggle switch. The pots and toggle feel cheap, but work well -- for now, anyway. Hope it stays that way; messing with the electronics on a semi-hollow is like building a ship in a bottle. Give it an 8 for now, but it's likely to go to a 9 with good strings. I thought I'd be changing the pickups right away, but I'll hold back for awhile until I see how the sound changes after a setup.

Piece was playable out of the box in terms of its action. Setup decently, not perfect. fretwork is one area where this girl loses points. They're leveled OK, and they don't rip your hand up, but the fret edges feel sharp. Compared to my M-72 for only a few dollars more, it's a mess. That DeArmond was the steal of a lifetime. Another job for my tech.

I have the ebony finish, and with a really inconvenient exception, this guitar is finished beautifully. Unfortunately, the one I got was bought used, and appears that it may have been returned. The neck had small splinters on both sides of the first fret area of the neck next to the binding. It actually stuck a splinter in me when i first startyed to play it! I'm not unhandy, though. A little 1000 grit dry sandpaper to smooth it, drip fill the area next to the binding with black nail polish, wet sand with 1000 grit paper, use clear nail polish to follow, then wet sand again. Buff it with swirl removing compound and voila -- no problem, and you can't see it at all.

The bridge hardware looks and feels cheap. This may be the first upgrade, but I'll see what my tech says. I usually bring my instruments to him to get squared away, and then handle intonation myself as needed. Pickups may happen later, but I need to check it with good strings first, as I said earlier.

It's well-finished and well-constructed, the minor finish issue notwithstanding. The bridge is solid; it just FEELS cheap. It's giggable, strap buttons are solid. (I HATE the damn rear strap buttons on this and my SG! Can't use the Schaller straplocks I prefer.) I NEVER gig without backup. I'm paranoid. But COULD this piece gig without backup? Yes, if you're crazy enough to risk that in any case.

Chinese factory would be tough to deal with -- but my company has a China branch. We actually sell cabling stuff to ASC. The factory is brand new, and most of the construction work on this guitar is automated. CNC routing is a wonderful thing.

Been playing for 42 years, have 18 guitars and basses including this one. Six amps, PA system, DAW-based home studio setup. No questions on a piece this cheap. I was pleasantly surprised at the overall quality -- just not as blown away as I was with my DeArmond M-72 and my Faded SG (1-piece body -- got VERY lucky!). If it were stolen, I'd buy another in a heartbeat, and hope the thief got caught and sent to prison where he'd be called Lucille in the shower. With the ebony finish, this guitar gets the Lucille vibe on the cheap. It's a VERY high-value instrument. Lotsa bang for the bucks.

Purchased almost new off Ebay, probably manufactured 2003-2004 in Korea. Standard Gibson style 335 body with binding on body edges, f sound holes, and neck. Good quality tuners, has "eagle" logo on headstock with S101 imprinted. 2 volume, 2 tone controls, 2 generic humbucker pickups, light-weight body, rather thick chunky neck, finish on fret edges was very smooth (not rough or poorly manufactured). Came with form-fitted hard case. Overall guitar was very nice, pickups were clear-sounding but lacked any real tonal character, same body thickness as Gibson.

Sound was decent, but overall the guitar pickups lacked real definition to the treble or bass extremes, but they were clean with no distortion. Definitely acceptable for under $200 guitar.

Guitar was manufactured superbly, finish was perfect antique golden sunburst (traditional), there were no flaws to the wood, or any of the chrome parts/accessories, the binding was applied flawlessly, and with the exception of the chunky radius of the neck (too thick for my hands), it gets a great rating. The neck wasn't too wide, just too thick for me.

Very well made guitar in all respects, was neck heavy due to the lighter weight body.

unknown.

Been playing a long time (since the 1960s). Only guitars I could compare this 335 copy to were my original 1960 gibson 345 and my 1963 335 models (which have long since been sold) from "memory." The guitar was certainly worth $200 and is a worthy choice if you want a cheap 335 copy (and can handle that chunky radius to the neck). I don't know if all of the S101 335 copies have this thick neck as I only bought one and sold it pretty soon afterwards due to the neck radius being too thick for my taste.