Find another one of these. Gibson Custom Shop ES-336 from the 1990s (serial number is CS 9822). It had sat in its case for what looked like a decade when we happened upon it. Before that, it looked like it had been played a fair bit and had a few endearing glaze cracks. She’d also received a minor neck repair at some point. After assuring ourselves that all was well structurally, we decided the glaze cracks looked so good, we should create more. Add to that a precision set-up and what we now have is a dream of a guitar. If I was righthanded, this one would never leave the studio.

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