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Honestly I think if I had one I would have added the tone pot back then too. Now due to the value I would likely not unless I knew I was not gonna let it go.
Thanks for this, I might had been able to afford a midnight blue memphis studio. The 335 w/ trapeze as they come up every so often for $600 - $800 and now thats over. Tying it to the most popular contemporary signature between musicians and non musicians. Tom hit the nail on he head with this thing. I think the aesthetic is so visually moving.
I owned both of Tom DeLonge’s signature guitars and I will definitely say the Stratocaster gives off more of a Blink-182 vibe (in my opinion) while the ES-333 just felt like Gibson’s take of the Strat. They were both great guitars nonetheless.
So in all seriousness I have this epiphone. I got it back in 2012... If I want the biggest band for my buck should I hold on to it for another decade or two? Will it be worth 10k by then lol?
@@donnydekenipp9344 Honestly, I don’t see them being THAT much more than what they are but it will definitely be worth way more than what you originally paid for. I feel if you have it you should for sure keep a hold of it because after all it does make a great conversational piece even if you no longer want to play it 😂
@@donnydekenipp9344It’s an epiphone so it’s not gonna be a 10,000 guitar but they have doubled in price they were $500 new back in the day and are around 1,000-1,200 bucks for a nice used one it will only go up in value. I would say in a few decades if you keep it in really mint original condition it will probably be worth a few grand more because as time goes on more and more of them will be trashed from playing shows and people not taking care of them plus inflation. There was a bunch of them made so there is no shortage but again as time goes on it will be harder to find them in mint condition. Get Tom to sign it in a nice spot just his name don’t have him make it out to you and wait a few decades until the band ends for good then it will be worth some big money
I owned the Strat as well and can confirm it just goes way harder like you'd think Tom would want. He kneels down right in front of his cabinets just to get blasted with the distortion while he's playing live for God's sake. The Seymour Duncan bridge pickup provided such booming chords, where as the ES-333 sounds more appropriate for 70's style rock or "Indie" Rock from the early 2000's. I like the sound of the ES-333 kinda, but not enough that I was going to shell out $3000 dollars for one (that's how much they cost when I discovered they were being produced). But f*ck me, I wish I had now. I wish I'd bought two of them at least. I say the ES-333 would be a great guitar to have in your studio for recording purposes. But blowing the crowd out of the venue with your chords? It falls a little short of the Strat, while being technically superior in every other way. Idk every time I hear the ES-333 I'm underwhelmed. Maybe dudes need to start cranking up the gain or something? Edit: I just wanted to add that at the 15:00 mark, dude really jammed on that thing. Is that a Blink song? I think that's the type of sh*t Tom should be playing with that guitar. I don't really listen to music anymore, but if that was a Blink/Tom song at 15:00 I'd go listen to it right now.
I'm a big Tom Delonge fan. I even bought the Epiphone version of this but only had it for a week cause I couldnt get to grips with how it played. Now I know they're discontinued, I wish I'd have kept it!
This one is more forgotten compared to his Strat. I feel that’s why they are worth more too. We are more likely to get a signature Tom delonge UFO tracker today then a guitar.
I think the strat is also much easier to "fake" as well. you can get a hard tail strat, and add the invader/chrome pot pretty easy, I have seen a bunch of "tom delonge strats" on the market that are cheap strat knock off with a waterslide transfers
Even though I'm more of a Gibson style player, I much prefer Tom's signature Fender Strat he had before moving his endorsement to Gibson. Now that was a killer no frills electric punk rock guitar!
I could have bought one in 2008 for $500 I thought it was a ugly guitar But a year later I traded a rifle I paid $350 for a Gibson ES 333 I still have it. I would have never thought that this guitar would be so expensive.
Great video! I bought the Epiphone replica right when it came out in 2009, and I would never, ever sell it or get rid of it. I'm going to pass it down eventually, and at that point its fate will be beyond my control. But it'll never end up for sale as long as I'm alive! I love it so much. There's too much nostalgia wrapped up in that guitar; it represents the pinnacle of blink-182!!
I currently have one of these! I’ve been going back-and-forth on whether I want to sell it or not… Over the years, I have fallen a little bit out of love with the humbucker dirtyfingers pick up, but I just love the way that the guitar looks and plays
Man they’ve gone up even more recently... like $3k! 🤯 have both the Fender surf green and the Epi. I got lucky with both but especially with the Epi cause I never really thought much about buying one. I was on reverb back in April and they had a few for $700 that were beat and the one I got that was mint as can be and I picked it up for cheaper than that. I’m so glad I got it but wished I could’ve afforded the Gibson back then. I just could not see myself paying that much at the time for it. Now looking at what they go for, I’m like damn I should’ve lol.
I bought a es335 studio for $700 and had a 57 classic pick up put in the neck. Made a poor mans es 335. I love the guitar and recommend the modification. The same color and style in the video.
Love the way the kid player has a bib on so he doesn't drool on the guitar, nice touch. I like his playing style, he looks a bit like Joe Strummer, and has a kind of punky vibe going on too.
I remember making this exact guitar when guitar hero world tour came out. I honestly can't wait until guitar hero is back in style. Just imagine the old dudes killing it at best buy videos lol
From what I remember the Gibson version of this guitar wasn’t exactly the easiest thing to find even when it came out. The epiphone was everywhere though
Now, the Epiphones are $900 - $2000, and $750 - $850 if you're lucky. And it also sucks since I didn't find out about these until about a month ago once they had gotten super exspensive.
Woah! I didn't realize how nice the fret board was until the end there.. Looks almost like these long licks of red flame running down the fretboard and stuff! Rad
Just sold mine a couple months ago, it was my favorite guitar i have ever owned. Monster sound. Rally wish that came out with more colors. That tone knob is an affront.
So in all seriousness I have this epiphone. I got it back in 2012... If I want the biggest band for my buck should I hold on to it for another decade or two? Will it be worth 10k by then lol?
You wouldn’t believe this , but the Tom DeLonge you showed an example of exactly at 5:13 is the guitar I bought hahaha the guy lived in Switzerland and I ended up getting it for $5200 , thankfully he cut a great deal. It’s just a trip, I love this guitar !
Jeez, I saw the control access on the back and I just flashed back to working on a 335 at the guitar shop I worked at as a teenager and having to use fishing line to pull pots out resolder them. I did so many repairs with none of the right equipment lol!
No shade to Michael Weber, he’s a sick guitarist. But I really like how you do your tone demos, don’t worry about how good your playing is. I feel like having a real shredder go nuts stops us from actually hearing the guitar properly 🤷🏻♂️
I like the stripe and I'm not a striped kind of guy.I'm only 5'9"and I think I look goofy playing those bigger guitars but this one looks sweet.Very understated.Nice thats why I watch your channel I see guitars I would never give time to.
It's funny you say that . I'm 5' 8" and think the same about larger bodied guitars but I really think it's in our heads because when I see other short fellas playing whacking great Gretches & wotnot it doesn't look odd to me !
@@DatBoi-mo9vc My comment made you think I was angry or have a complex ? You're the one with the problem. You normally tell strangers to "get over it" ? Lmao , only to be expected from someone hiding behind a silly fake name 😂😂😂😊😂😂
Is it me or the pickup isn't centered with the racing strip?. 🤔... actually, it looks like the neck is not square with the body. The bridge is way out of line also. Maybe it's supposed to be like that but it looks odd.
When you look at the rest of the build quality on the bare wood it’s not surprising they missed something like the stripe and pickup being in the right place. Build quality from Gibson is just not up to par.
@@mightyV444 Yeah it was rough. Every time he removes the pickups from a Gibson I wince at the lack of finishing or workmanship. I can’t deny Gibson have been instrumental (pun intended) in the guitar world but their lack of attention to detail is why I will always go with PRS.
Dude I'm not joking but I bought one epiphone just like that 2nd hand for 150 dollars plus case but is like brand new. No scratches at all, works really well. Can you believe it? 😁
ive seen a youtuber or 2 with one of these, where theyve modified these already rare guitars. as a tom fan it breaks my heart to see. since i never got to buy one when they were reasonably priced
This is collectors piece. He can make money no mater whats wrong on it. It will be wallhanger. Kinda sad, but that’s what you get with signature discontinued guitars...
Crazy how the Tom Delonge strats are 1750 - 3000$ and how Epiphones are like 1500-2000 almost. And the gibsons are like way more expensive. One on reverb right now is like 8K!!! Just crazy!!
So in all seriousness I have this epiphone. I got it back in 2012... If I want the biggest band for my buck should I hold on to it for another decade or two? Will it be worth 10k by then lol?
I'm not a 335 player but I dig them and understand what you're saying totally. If Tom gave me one of his ,I would say thanks naturally ,. but I think you would have to be a devout fan to think it's actually worth that much bread .
I'm an old f@ht so I don't know many artists that play Punk(ish) music I find punk enough. I do love that model. Somehow I believe I could play hard rockin' gigs on one and make it BLAST. Thanx Trogly😎
I had 2 Epiphone Toms and one Gibson 339 that Trogs showed because I needed cheap guitars when touring. These are amazing for the money and I still own my first Tom one. I ended up building a custom one with an Epiphone Dot studio, Dirty Fingers in the Bridge and a 490r in the neck.
I want a Tom Delonge guitar for punk, but the day I buy that is the day is when is feel that my “necessity guitars” which are the key guitars that have the different tones i need like a les paul, strat, tele, normal es 335,etc. have been bought, I want Tom’s guitar when i can buy a guitar just because i like it, instead of because i need new tones
Hey man, Tom is my hero as a musician and the reason I started playing guitar 12 years ago. How would I go about purchasing this from you if it’s still available?
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Almost got one of these in Atlanta for $550 about 7 years ago, but a guy got to it before me by minutes. It’s the one that got away.
Honestly I think if I had one I would have added the tone pot back then too. Now due to the value I would likely not unless I knew I was not gonna let it go.
Can’t you just get a 335 studio and throw the same pickup on it lol
Great episode Austin.
Shout out to Michael Weber, great playing.
Thanks for this, I might had been able to afford a midnight blue memphis studio. The 335 w/ trapeze as they come up every so often for $600 - $800 and now thats over. Tying it to the most popular contemporary signature between musicians and non musicians. Tom hit the nail on he head with this thing. I think the aesthetic is so visually moving.
I love that stripe so much. It’s an incredible vintage car vibe that I just can’t get enough of!!
Sucks they didn't center the pickup and bridge on the stripe though
@@Floortile83 I cannot unsee this now
I gotta say, I’m digging the stripe.
Or should you say, your feeling this…
I owned both of Tom DeLonge’s signature guitars and I will definitely say the Stratocaster gives off more of a Blink-182 vibe (in my opinion) while the ES-333 just felt like Gibson’s take of the Strat. They were both great guitars nonetheless.
So in all seriousness I have this epiphone. I got it back in 2012... If I want the biggest band for my buck should I hold on to it for another decade or two? Will it be worth 10k by then lol?
@@donnydekenipp9344 Honestly, I don’t see them being THAT much more than what they are but it will definitely be worth way more than what you originally paid for. I feel if you have it you should for sure keep a hold of it because after all it does make a great conversational piece even if you no longer want to play it 😂
@@donnydekenipp9344It’s an epiphone so it’s not gonna be a 10,000 guitar but they have doubled in price they were $500 new back in the day and are around 1,000-1,200 bucks for a nice used one it will only go up in value. I would say in a few decades if you keep it in really mint original condition it will probably be worth a few grand more because as time goes on more and more of them will be trashed from playing shows and people not taking care of them plus inflation. There was a bunch of them made so there is no shortage but again as time goes on it will be harder to find them in mint condition. Get Tom to sign it in a nice spot just his name don’t have him make it out to you and wait a few decades until the band ends for good then it will be worth some big money
It's the main guitar for self-titled album, while Strat was used on two albums before it
I owned the Strat as well and can confirm it just goes way harder like you'd think Tom would want. He kneels down right in front of his cabinets just to get blasted with the distortion while he's playing live for God's sake. The Seymour Duncan bridge pickup provided such booming chords, where as the ES-333 sounds more appropriate for 70's style rock or "Indie" Rock from the early 2000's. I like the sound of the ES-333 kinda, but not enough that I was going to shell out $3000 dollars for one (that's how much they cost when I discovered they were being produced). But f*ck me, I wish I had now. I wish I'd bought two of them at least. I say the ES-333 would be a great guitar to have in your studio for recording purposes. But blowing the crowd out of the venue with your chords? It falls a little short of the Strat, while being technically superior in every other way.
Idk every time I hear the ES-333 I'm underwhelmed. Maybe dudes need to start cranking up the gain or something?
Edit: I just wanted to add that at the 15:00 mark, dude really jammed on that thing. Is that a Blink song? I think that's the type of sh*t Tom should be playing with that guitar. I don't really listen to music anymore, but if that was a Blink/Tom song at 15:00 I'd go listen to it right now.
This guitar used to obsess me. I don't regret not getting one, because that's not my type of sound anymore
It’s okay to be in denial we’re all too poor to get one
The "sound"? Its just a humbucker 😂 Trogly just played some folk on that
@@PragmaticDany he may just mean that it only has a bridge humbucker? I don’t know you can still get some fat tones with that setup
I'm a big Tom Delonge fan. I even bought the Epiphone version of this but only had it for a week cause I couldnt get to grips with how it played. Now I know they're discontinued, I wish I'd have kept it!
This one is more forgotten compared to his Strat. I feel that’s why they are worth more too. We are more likely to get a signature Tom delonge UFO tracker today then a guitar.
I think the strat is also much easier to "fake" as well. you can get a hard tail strat, and add the invader/chrome pot pretty easy, I have seen a bunch of "tom delonge strats" on the market that are cheap strat knock off with a waterslide transfers
I bought mine in 2006 when I could barely afford it and still love it. Never would’ve guessed they’d be worth so much.
Yep! Crazy! They’re worth like 10k easily now! Epiphones too jumped up to damn near 2000$!
Crazy. I would probably sell it and buy a nice Les Paul Custom instead if I had one.
Thanks for including me in this video, Trogly! It's a good time hanging with you!
I enjoyed your playing and energy, man. Was that YOUR guitar in the clip? The knobs look different.
Finally my dose of guitar information, Ive been scratching my body the whole day.
I’m bored enough that I’ve been refreshing TH-cam waiting for Trogly
Trogly"s videos are the highlight of my day.
SO STOKED you used my pictures Trogly! Great review!!!
The bridge and tail piece, not being centred on the stripe is doing my head in.
Here before a thumbnail, huh. This reminds of the chris cornell kinda guitar.
Lol I'm also here before a thumbnail. Lol sick.
Nice to hear the clean sound of this guitar, Tom usually play it with a lot of delay and distortion stuff :)
Even though I'm more of a Gibson style player, I much prefer Tom's signature Fender Strat he had before moving his endorsement to Gibson. Now that was a killer no frills electric punk rock guitar!
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I could have bought one in 2008 for $500 I thought it was a ugly guitar But a year later I traded a rifle I paid $350 for a Gibson ES 333 I still have it. I would have never thought that this guitar would be so expensive.
The most anticipated review since your channel has been born.
Still wanting to see a demo and review of either an Ace Frehley signature Les Paul or Paul Stanley signature Ibanez.
Great video! I bought the Epiphone replica right when it came out in 2009, and I would never, ever sell it or get rid of it. I'm going to pass it down eventually, and at that point its fate will be beyond my control. But it'll never end up for sale as long as I'm alive! I love it so much. There's too much nostalgia wrapped up in that guitar; it represents the pinnacle of blink-182!!
Nice axe. Austin. Love how you pannend over the guitar during the demos...Great demo, Michael! (Hot Rod Lincoln!)...I'd definitely ROCK this!
Trogly's in the HOUSE!!!
The one with the orange racing stripe is killer! I'd love to have it.
I currently have one of these! I’ve been going back-and-forth on whether I want to sell it or not… Over the years, I have fallen a little bit out of love with the humbucker dirtyfingers pick up, but I just love the way that the guitar looks and plays
Replace the pickup?
How much would you sell it for?
the tone knob is a good adition in my opinion.
I wonder if it manages to add any badly needed tone, which this guitar completely lacks 😀
I wonder how difficult it would be to add something like that?
ADDING A STRIPE TO A 50 YEAR OLD DESIGN KINDA SUMS GIBSON UP TO BE HONEST
If that stripe was at least in alignment with the bridge and the pick-up! x-))
Tom delonge designed it, stop hating on gibson cause there too expensive for you
Fender does it all the time and nobody bats an eye..
CRYING ABOUT A STRIPE ON A SIGNATURE GUITAR KINDA SUMS UP GIBSON FANBOYS TO BE HONEST
@@GlennJimenez yep fender a a bit lazy to just not quite as lazy as Gibson lol
ive wanted one of these for so long. but the sell so fast or they just keep rising in price even epiphone ones are almost at 1k
Maybe Trogloy will sell you his.
Man they’ve gone up even more recently... like $3k! 🤯 have both the Fender surf green and the Epi. I got lucky with both but especially with the Epi cause I never really thought much about buying one. I was on reverb back in April and they had a few for $700 that were beat and the one I got that was mint as can be and I picked it up for cheaper than that. I’m so glad I got it but wished I could’ve afforded the Gibson back then. I just could not see myself paying that much at the time for it. Now looking at what they go for, I’m like damn I should’ve lol.
The epiphones are damn near 2k.
There are only two online for sale for like 4k.
The last ones sold at 1500-2000$.
Fr? The Epiphones are like 350€-450€ in my country. In perfect condition and almost never played!
I picked one of the last production epis up from gear4 music back in may for £429. Can’t help but feel lucky now.
HE FINALLY DID THE TOM DELONGE GUITAR LETS GO THANK YOU
I bought a es335 studio for $700 and had a 57 classic pick up put in the neck. Made a poor mans es 335. I love the guitar and recommend the modification. The same color and style in the video.
Still have my Gibson ES-333 Tom Delonge. He signed it after an Angels show 😀 Can’t believe they worth this much!
Love the way the kid player has a bib on so he doesn't drool on the guitar, nice touch. I like his playing style, he looks a bit like Joe Strummer, and has a kind of punky vibe going on too.
You honestly need to do more vids on ES model guitars, my personal favorite.
I'm glad you played as well, its cool when you do the playing demo
I remember making this exact guitar when guitar hero world tour came out. I honestly can't wait until guitar hero is back in style. Just imagine the old dudes killing it at best buy videos lol
As a Browns fan, I really like the orange striped prototype.
I love how he’s like “you probably can’t get one of these unless you have deep pockets” while holding one.
😂 modest flex: *CONFIRMED*
The Angus Young SGs are going crazy in price now as well
Wow that thing is cool! Your hired gun axeman can very obviously play anything perfectly.
I see a Trogly upload, I click immediately.
Aliens made it?
Man I have the Epiphone and it is my forever guitar, so good
You got like 1500$ sitting there. Crazy
Same
Same dude! Sounds pretty good. My all time favorite guitar indeed
From what I remember the Gibson version of this guitar wasn’t exactly the easiest thing to find even when it came out. The epiphone was everywhere though
The headstock actually is veneered it just looks natural. Also, those strap lugs there aren’t stock. It comes with the traditional 335 style.
i love his two les pauls from 97 to 98 with seymour duncan invader
Yea those sounded great
I love this guitar, looks so great.
It’s ugly as hell lol
Hi trogly
Don't worry TD fans - he is back with Fender with a Starcaster model - an amalgam of his earlier Fender & Gibson models.
Yeeees! I always wanted to know more about that orange custom prototype he got as we can saw it into their 2003 bonuses. Thank you trogly 👏
Now, the Epiphones are $900 - $2000, and $750 - $850 if you're lucky. And it also sucks since I didn't find out about these until about a month ago once they had gotten super exspensive.
Rumour has it the pick ups send out a signal to UFOs 😅
That is genuinely funny lol. 👍
Even though I use the middle position more than any, I've always loved that guitar. It's so cool
Got my hands on the epiphone at the start of 2020. Man was selling it for 200. Had no clue what he had!
Woah! I didn't realize how nice the fret board was until the end there.. Looks almost like these long licks of red flame running down the fretboard and stuff! Rad
That tone knob mod is sacrilegious
@ThatsRaidillonActually Most punks I know could only afford to steal one.
Just sold mine a couple months ago, it was my favorite guitar i have ever owned. Monster sound. Rally wish that came out with more colors. That tone knob is an affront.
Hope ya sold it for 7000$
So in all seriousness I have this epiphone. I got it back in 2012... If I want the biggest band for my buck should I hold on to it for another decade or two? Will it be worth 10k by then lol?
@@donnydekenipp9344 if I had known the epiphany would have gone up so much I would have held onto the one I had too.
This guy's got so much energy I love him.
This guitar screams melancholy to me and also I'm a huge Tom Delonge fan so I'll definitely try to get one of these
HE FINALLY UPLOADED IT
I possibly own the last TD Gibson 333 made. It's a December 2010 build. No, its not for sale.
Interesting how the poor routing of the truss rod access is ignored. If this was an "import" then it would be torn a new one...
Really liked the playing demo! Great review trogly!
These videos fire
What do they fire ? Interesting concept , are videos guns ?
@@FeintMotion Fair enough Mr.Destroyer. Being English ,I prefer to speak English .Silly me ! 😊
I literally never saw the Gibson versions, only ever saw the epiphones
That is the HOTTEST humbucker i have EVER heard🤣
Its hilarious🤣
You wouldn’t believe this , but the Tom DeLonge you showed an example of exactly at 5:13 is the guitar I bought hahaha the guy lived in Switzerland and I ended up getting it for $5200 , thankfully he cut a great deal. It’s just a trip, I love this guitar !
So you’re the guy selling the one on reverb for 7K - 50k! 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Jeez, I saw the control access on the back and I just flashed back to working on a 335 at the guitar shop I worked at as a teenager and having to use fishing line to pull pots out resolder them. I did so many repairs with none of the right equipment lol!
No shade to Michael Weber, he’s a sick guitarist. But I really like how you do your tone demos, don’t worry about how good your playing is. I feel like having a real shredder go nuts stops us from actually hearing the guitar properly 🤷🏻♂️
Thanks, Trogly, for sharing! Seems like a real kicking guitar--and I loved how the finish color looks under the black light.
Not even slightly surprised the Tom DeLonge model has the number 333, given his association with Freemasonry
Trogly playing some Blink just made my day. Also agree that racing stripes aren't typically my thing but this one is nice.
Do the Tom Delonge Strat!!!
I like the stripe and I'm not a striped kind of guy.I'm only 5'9"and I think I look goofy playing those bigger guitars but this one looks sweet.Very understated.Nice thats why I watch your channel I see guitars I would never give time to.
It's funny you say that . I'm 5' 8" and think the same about larger bodied guitars but I really think it's in our heads because when I see other short fellas playing whacking great Gretches & wotnot it doesn't look odd to me !
If you ever feel that way just look at angus young and get over it
@@DatBoi-mo9vc Exactly as I said above but without being a rude child about it.
@@shaunw9270 i wasnt being a "rude child", I was giving a suggestion. it sounds like you're height complex fed into the anger in your comment.
@@DatBoi-mo9vc My comment made you think I was angry or have a complex ? You're the one with the problem. You normally tell strangers to "get over it" ? Lmao , only to be expected from someone hiding behind a silly fake name 😂😂😂😊😂😂
Is it me or the pickup isn't centered with the racing strip?. 🤔... actually, it looks like the neck is not square with the body. The bridge is way out of line also. Maybe it's supposed to be like that but it looks odd.
Yes, and it's not just a couple of millimetres either! $4k ~ $7k for something like that?! :-O
A few runs of the Delonge signature had that Problem! The first few runs didnt have that. I believe it started around 2006.
When you look at the rest of the build quality on the bare wood it’s not surprising they missed something like the stripe and pickup being in the right place. Build quality from Gibson is just not up to par.
@@Emil77777 - Totally! Did you see that messy truss rod rout? A guitar with a price of several thousand bucks should be absolutely flawless!
@@mightyV444 Yeah it was rough. Every time he removes the pickups from a Gibson I wince at the lack of finishing or workmanship. I can’t deny Gibson have been instrumental (pun intended) in the guitar world but their lack of attention to detail is why I will always go with PRS.
Them guitar faces tho
Dude I'm not joking but I bought one epiphone just like that 2nd hand for 150 dollars plus case but is like brand new. No scratches at all, works really well. Can you believe it? 😁
The bad part about a satin finish is the worn parts turn to gloss. I'm always trying to make finish look even on my Gibson SG Voodoo.
It really bugs me that the neck is perfectly centered with the race stripe. But the humbucker is routed slightly off center.
ive seen a youtuber or 2 with one of these, where theyve modified these already rare guitars. as a tom fan it breaks my heart to see. since i never got to buy one when they were reasonably priced
Great addition of Michael Weber on guitar there. (Although we love your playing too, Trogly, keep it up!)
Why this had a Tone knob? Tom DeLonge’s guitar doesn’t have any tone knob, only a volume knob.
If you watch the video he explains this
i like it it sounds amazing!!!
too be honest.. I want the Delonge Strat more...
You have returned guitars over lesser issues than that one visually has.
The difference, though, is that most of those returned are new guitars, or issues with truss rods.
This is collectors piece. He can make money no mater whats wrong on it. It will be wallhanger. Kinda sad, but that’s what you get with signature discontinued guitars...
Yesss finally!!!
enjoyed that playing demo
Crazy how the Tom Delonge strats are 1750 - 3000$ and how Epiphones are like 1500-2000 almost.
And the gibsons are like way more expensive.
One on reverb right now is like 8K!!! Just crazy!!
So in all seriousness I have this epiphone. I got it back in 2012... If I want the biggest band for my buck should I hold on to it for another decade or two? Will it be worth 10k by then lol?
Nice to see Michael Weber! He lives right here my town, and I have been seeing him since he was 14 or 15.
the fender sig is one of my dream guitars, but this one right here I adore
"Up and coming artists" shows Frank Zappa's guitar
*confused Jackie Chan meme*
As an ES-335 player, I am appalled that this thing could go for more than some used GIBSON ES-335's.
I'm not a 335 player but I dig them and understand what you're saying totally. If Tom gave me one of his ,I would say thanks naturally ,. but I think you would have to be a devout fan to think it's actually worth that much bread .
Yeah but this is toms signature
There is nothing like it
The Epiphone is like 1500-2000$ now which is crazy
People pay over 5K for THIS? Insanity.
Give me their phone numbers. I always have magic beans for sale .
Yup. And they will only increase in price.
The Tom delonge Epiphones go for 1500$ (mint) now online it’s crazy!
People pay millions of dollars for diamonds too.. Insanity.
At least its unique and not just another Les Paul.
@@ScoopedMids I thought you were going to say it's not just another random 335. Strange analogy !
I'm an old f@ht so I don't know many artists that play Punk(ish) music I find punk enough. I do love that model. Somehow I believe I could play hard rockin' gigs on one and make it BLAST.
Thanx Trogly😎
I had 2 Epiphone Toms and one Gibson 339 that Trogs showed because I needed cheap guitars when touring. These are amazing for the money and I still own my first Tom one. I ended up building a custom one with an Epiphone Dot studio, Dirty Fingers in the Bridge and a 490r in the neck.
I want a Tom Delonge guitar for punk, but the day I buy that is the day is when is feel that my “necessity guitars” which are the key guitars that have the different tones i need like a les paul, strat, tele, normal es 335,etc. have been bought, I want Tom’s guitar when i can buy a guitar just because i like it, instead of because i need new tones
Coming back to this in 2023.
It's funny, because the Gibson's have shot up to $10,000+ now.
The guitar face is strong in this one.
Cool playing demo for a cool guitar!
Hey man, Tom is my hero as a musician and the reason I started playing guitar 12 years ago. How would I go about purchasing this from you if it’s still available?
It’s on reverb. It’s about 6000$
The epiphones are about 1500-2000$ 2k for new
You’re better off going that route
Looks like something you'd buy at Costco for $39.95.