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Joined: 10/22/2009
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Location: WV
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Anyone know when the stickers started to be applied inside the bodys of Gibson guitars? I had a 1975 ES 335 with an orange sticker inside the body. My 1966 ES 330 does not have it. I believe it was an inspection sticker. Just curious.
"The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can, old man, -- you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind, -- I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that."-HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 1/10/2008 Posts: 819 Location: Florida
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My 1970 ES-330 does not have a sticker inside. So that narrows it to between 1970 and 1975. Notes
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Rank: Advanced Member  Joined: 1/18/2008 Posts: 758 Location: St. Louis, MO, USA
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All the Gibson hollow and Semi-hollow body guitars I've owned have had stickers, from a 1947 L-7, to a 1975 ES-335, to a 2000 ES-345.
From the noted examples, it sounds like it might be a model related omission, not related to a specific date or era. These lables have also been known to come off, so maybe there was an era of bad glue.
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Rank: Member  Joined: 9/12/2009 Posts: 18
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Gibson has been using labels inside hollow-body guitars (except some low-end acoustics) since the 1890's and still does. If one is missing, it either fell out or they overlooked it.
Danny W.
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Joined: 10/22/2009
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Thanks guys. Didn't know if it was only included in some models or that it might have fallen out or been deliberately removed.
"The greater part of what my neighbors call good I believe in my soul to be bad, and if I repent of anything, it is very likely to be my good behavior. What demon possessed me that I behaved so well? You may say the wisest thing you can, old man, -- you who have lived seventy years, not without honor of a kind, -- I hear an irresistible voice which invites me away from all that."-HENRY DAVID THOREAU
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