Which ES-style guitar should you buy?  Justin Waterfield from Long & McQuade Toronto presents his history and buyer's guide of the most popular hollow and semi-hollow Gibson and Epiphone models of past and present to help you pick the best guitar for you.  

00:00 Intro
00:30 Opening Jam
01:55 What Are We Talking About Today?
03:01 The ES Lineup
03:46 What Does ES Mean?
04:27 ES Guitar Overview
07:56 Why Choose a Hollow or Semi-hollow Guitar?  
09:47 Who Uses ES Guitars?
10:32 Explaining the Different ES Model Numbers
12:11 Archtop Guitar History
13:52 Who Was Charlie Christian?
16:35 Gibson ES-175 
17:32 Gibson ES-175 Clean Demo
18:35 Gibson ES-175 (Cont'd)
20:27 Gibson ES-175 Distortion Demo (Rat 2 Pedal)
21:54 Gibson ES-225 
24:03 Gibson ES-135 
25:24 Gibson Byrdland & ES-350
27:21 Gibson ES-5 Switchmaster
28:09 Gibson ES-335 Drive Demo
29:15 Gibson ES-335
32:41 Gibson ES-335 Clean Demo
33:48 Epiphone B.B. King Lucille 
35:18 Varitone Switch Clean Demo
36:34 Epiphone ES-355 Drive Demo
37:11 Epiphone ES-355
38:37 Epiphone ES-355 vs Gibson Custom Shop ES-355
40:14 Epiphone Sheraton
41:15 Epiphone Sheraton Clean Demo
41:49 Epiphone USA Casino
44:15 Epiphone USA Casino Drive Demo
44:47 Gibson ES-339
45:40 Gibson ES-339 Drive Demo
46:11 Wrap Up & Sign-Off

Guitars used in this video:
➤ Gibson ES-335 in Deep Purple
➤ Gibson ES-335 in Vintage Burst
➤ Epiphone B.B. King Lucille in Ebony
➤ Epiphone 1959 ES-355 in Classic White
➤ Gibson Custom Shop 1959 ES-335 in Watermelon
➤ Epiphone Sheraton in Natural
➤ Epiphone USA Casino in Royal Tan
➤ Gibson ES-339 in Cherry

Other gear used in this video:
➤ Line 6 HX Stomp
➤ ProCo Rat 2 Distortion Pedal
➤ Boss TU-3 Chromatic Tuner
➤ Yorkville EXM Mobile
➤ Shure SM57 dynamic microphone
➤ Sennheiser EW 112P lavalier microphone
➤ Sennheiser MKH 416 shotgun microphone
➤ Zoom H6 recorder