Univox ES-335 Copy

This is the rarer Effie (U1935) casino version that they don't have listed so it get's put here. It has the straighter mustached head where the other es 335's have a finch angled head top.Like the Casino, it has no center block, whereas a Gibson 335 or Guild Starfire does. It was made in Japan in roughly 1968. It is a very nice orange sunburst in cherry condition. Could use the vibato like the custom. It has 22 frets with glide tension easy to grip neck with a maple fretboard. Stock tuners with electroncs the same as the Epiphone Casino. I've had this for 20 years and am not looking to get rid of it anytime to soon

This guitar is pretty versable. I use it for slide as I am into Harrison's slide work. It plays well in the old rythem and blues extend scale. I really dont play metal so I cant give an opinion. It has it's own sound . Kinda like Fender Gretch cross in the sound department. I use an old time Rick amp and mild distortion. Sounds cool as it is a hollow body when played with reverb.

Man, I got this thing a lifetime ago and have kept it stock as possible. No wait! I got it on ebay in 83 lol

Ive set it to my likings with no problem though

When I got the thing it was in good shape and would have withstood a hurricane. Now it has been virtually restored stock

Univox has been out of buisness for years

Ive been playing for 25 years. And it is as good as I can find for what I play. If lost or stolen I would only hoe the pothead is still around,

be good

This is the Univox ES-335 copy made before 1968 as far as I can tell. The one I own is green and absolutlely the most gorgeous guitar I've ever seen. There's a good picture of it here: http://www.univox.org/pics/guitars/custom335_green.jpg

I bought it on eBay which wasn't too smart (having not been able to play it before purchasing) but I couldn't resist its beauty and the prospect of a relatively inexpensive ES-335 copy.

It has 22 frets and the one thing you can't necessarily tell from the picture is that the neck is 3/4 scale. I've gotten used to playing it, but it was a bit disappointing to discover that it wasn't full scale. The headstock is quite unique and gives it a nice vintage look.

When I got it, it needed a little bit of work. I cleaned the pots, tightened the pickguard screws and machineheads, realigned the volume knobs, polished it up a bit. As far as I can tell all the hardware is original, and considering it's over 30 years old, it's held up really well.

I bought it because I wanted a more jazzy, clean sound and I think hollow body is the best way to go for that. It has a standard three-way toggle so you can go from the real bluesy neck tone to the real trebly bridge tone easily.

Although its clean sound is sweet and warm, I can also get nice full distortion tones out of it by pumping up the volume with or without my Boss DS-1. In that case, it's great for rock too. The sustain is very good although I have played guitars with longer, fuller sustains.

Clean tones also sound great through tremolo and delay pedals. It's a generally great sounding instrument. Of course it's not a real ES-335, but it really sounds good.

Since I bought it used, it's hard for me to comment on how well it was originally set up. I had to adjust the action and intonation myself, but once it was all set I had no problems. The wood must be top qulaity since it's held up so well for so long.

It's still capable of the warm tones you'd expect from a hollow body. As I mentioned above, this particular model has a green finish which is still as green and rich as I imagine it was the day it was made. Evertime I play it somewhere, I get many people asking questions about it and admiring both its look and sound.

As I just mentioned, the finish is quite good. The strap buttons are solid, the machineheads look like they've worn a little over the years, but they're solid enough. It does go out of tune more often than my other guitars, but not a ridiculous amount.

This guitar is over 30 years old and still sounds great, so that should attest to its durability. I trust playing it live, but as it's a hollow body, I personally wouldn't thrash around the stage with it. I wouldn't use it at a gig without a back-up mainly because of the chance that it will go out of tune. But at the same time, I don't play any other guitar without a back-up anyway -- that's just stupid.

I haven't dealt with Univox.

Before buying this guitar I also looked at the Epiphone Casino and some other ES-335 copies. Although there are plenty of other quality copies around, there was something about this Univox that drew me to it. I personally like the classic look of all ES-335 hollow bodies, with their gleaming hardware and symmetric F-holes -- it's just a great looking instrument.

However, there's just something about the green-finish Univox that goes above and beyond the regular ES-335 look. I think it has something to do with its retro-looking headstock and the rich green color. It's quite unique which helps inspire a unique perspective on creativity and performance as well.

In any case, I was happy to find that it plays as well as it looks, and in this case that's saying quite a bit. Like any guitar, it has its strengths and weaknesses, but overall, I think it's a great tool to have at one's disposal.

Hello, I have a univox that I can't seem to identify. It's a
full-hollow maple laminated body. Threetone sunburst, bolt-on
neck which is a sandwich of maple whith a strip of mahog in the
middle. The neck is great, but I'm not %100 pleased with the way
the neck was put in with these cheesey plastic shims (which I plan
to fix really nicely). It has one volume and one tone with two
black plastic covered humbuckers. It has a bigsby copy vibrato on
it. There is no serial# on it inside or out and no model name
anywhere to be found. I've been going crazy trying to figure this
out, but there really isn't much of a wealth of info about
the univox co. Any help at all will be GREATLY appreciated.
By the way, I do know it's late 60's as it has the nailed on logo
which was changed in the start of '70 and used through-out.
This guitar also has the exact headstock shape as a Gibson.
Thank-you. Kelly Robinette... eunivox@aol.com

This guitar actually sounds really sweet through my Fender
Princeton. I'm considering new humbuckers though because of
the classic feed-back problems that are expected with a full
hollow. When I do,it'll be the Stewart MacDonald Golden Age
humbuckers. Gets a great variety of tones as it is. I get
everything from muddy miss. delta to Chuck Berry to Alvin Lee
of Ten Years After (what a scorching guitar player he is).

Actually, my set up seems just great. I had to intonate it
myself (which I feel that the factory should do for the buyer).
The pick-up's are adjusted fine. The only flaws that I have are
the ones that come with age such as a little finish cracking, but
nothing seriou though, it's an old guitar, that happens.

I'm positive my univox will do any gig I took it to. It's been
a very reliable guitar for me and I've been using it
exclusively with my band. In fact, I'm looking for
another univox, a lucy model.

N/a because they are not around anymore.

I've been playing for 19 years. I own a fender princeton, a vox
wah pedal, and also the danelectro mini tremolo and the
slap-echo. This set-up really works great for me as I'm a
blues/jazz/classic rock player. This univox sounds really good
through this arrangement. To finish off my pedal collection,
I'm going to get the new dan mini called "Rocky Road". I love
the old rotating speaker sounds but was'nt willing to pay the
monster prices for what a real Leslie goes for (not mentioning
the hell it would put back through lugging it around).

Made sometime in the 1960's or 1970's in Japan. Actually, it was made in the same facory that many Ibanez's are now made. 22 frets, with the standard Gibson pot configuration. The pickups are a little strange... they're smaller than normal humbuckers and larger than mini-humbuckers. I would have replaced them with Fralins or Duncans, but that would have required body routing which I am not in the mood to do.

I play mainly classic rock, funk jazz and blues, and I think an Es-335 is about the best single guitar for my style of playing. I mainly play it through my Line 6 AX2. It sounds pretty decent, but I've noticed that the amp requires a lot of tweaking to get good tones, more than a PRS which will basically dial in good tones. There is a lot of tonal variety here, though.

When I aquired it, the frets had been worn down a lot, which I like. The action is really low... it's way better than my roommate's Gibson Les Paul or my other roommate's Epi Dot. Actually, the roommate with the Epi sold the Univox to me to 'upgrade' to a better guitar. I think the Univox is way better than his new Dot. Not as sweet as a PRS or Anderson, but it's pretty nice. The guitar is pretty beat up, but it still looks pretty for a 30 year old.

Very durable. The hardware has lasted 30 years and it seems like it's still going strong. Definitely a dependable axe, but I still wouldn't gig with it without a backup, even though I've played hours upon hours on it without a problem.

Definitely a very solid guitar, probably way better than almost all of the crap available in the under $500 price range. I've been playing for 6 years now, and own a PRS CE, a Line 6 AX2 and a Peavy Predator which my brother is currently using in his ska band [Yuck]. If it was lost or stolen, I'd cry and try to get another one. I love this guitar's playability- it plays better than any guitar I have ever played in the sub $500 range, and I've played a LOT of guitars in my day. I give it a 6 because it is unbelievable for the money, but when you compare it to a high end guitar it obviously can't hold up.