Just learned something about Gibson guitar names...

ES-335? ES-325 TDW? ES-335 TDN (or TDC)? What do all those letters mean???

Well there is a method to the madness 😄

Take the Gibson ES-335 TDN for example:

• ES stands for "Electric Spanish" (the ES-335 was designed in 1957 and Gibson needed a different naming from their EH - or "Electric Hawaiian" - lap steel guitars)
• 335 is the model
• T stands for "Thinline"
• D stands for "Double-Pickup"
• N is the color, "Neutral" in this case

TDC means Thinline, Double-Pickup, Cherry (or cherry sunburst) finish. TDW is the same thing, except Walnut finish.

Thought you Gibson fans might find this interesting!

335 was also the price when it was released. 335 post-war clams.... sounds cheap until you factor the rate of inflation and realize that 3500 bucks for a new es335 from Memphis ain't too far off.

Ibanez and pre-Fender SWR products usually have a steady coincidence of being the same price as their model number as well.