Gibson CS-336 for Jazz

[Hank.T.Tone]

Hi. Curious to know if anyone here has played a Gibson CS-336 semi-hollow body for jazz, and if so, how did it perform.

Many thanks!

[jazzshrink]

[arnie65]

The ES336 is a great guitar, and it performs fantastic in a jazz context. It's a bit smaller body than the ES335, therefore more comfortable. Jon Herrington has used one for years and he sounds stellar on it. This is a solid carved wood guitar, and not a pressed wood/plywood guitar, with a solid mahogany back and maple top. I played a borrowed one years ago and it felt incredibly comfortable, it certainly had a jazz voice and found it a very nice guitar. However, the ES335 (a bigger guitar) will give you a bigger tone for jazz; better? no, just bigger, fatter tone. If I would owned one, I would change the stock pickups to better suited pickups for jazz IMO, I think Jon changed his as well. Here's a clip of Jon Herrington and his ES336.

Cheers,
Arnie...