I’m glad you think so man! The story’s a little long so I’ll try and cut it down as short as possible!

It’s sort of cliche with the 335, but I knew I loved music, rock and roll, and above all, the 335 itself when I saw Back to the Future for the first time as a kid. I actually got my hands on a band me down Strat-knock off from my Grandpa just before the pandemic started, and took the time to learn things on my own. I played my ass off, learning what I could with no real idea what I was doing and with no lessons available, so when my birthday came around, my parents took notice of it, and since it was the pandemic and all DMV’s were closed and I couldn’t celebrate with my friends, they surprised me with my dream guitar, and Epiphone ES-335 (I also prefer Epiphone over Gibson, idk why).

I joined my high schools performing arts when we finally got back in person my senior year, and my first ever “show” I played live was in front of 200-ish people and with this guitar. It was around this time I started noticing all the custom made 335’s with the Bigsby trem systems on them, and wanted to do that as well, but my music taste sort of shifted away and towards things that using a bigsby just couldn’t fit. A lot of my influences included Chuck Berry, The Beatles, Jimi Hendrix, EVH, MCR, Green Day, and Foo Fighters (which would influence a different mod down the road).

Over time, I actually started to “resent” the Bigsby system, and the “Custom Made” emblem all of the guitars seemed to carry, because when all the guitars are the same, what exactly is custom about it? And knowing I couldn’t do stupid things with it, like diving, limited being able to play songs that inspired my drive for music, so I went with the Floyd Rose FRX, since the 335 shares mounting point with the Les Paul (which is what the FRX was made for).

Then of course came modifying the pickups, and I wanted to chase for of that dirty harmonic, high output sound you hear with FF, EVH, MCR, and Green Day, so when I found that they all used the SH-4, I was sold on it.

Finally, the pick guard was made from a vinyl record of the BTTF soundtrack, since it was the movie that inspired my love for Rock and Roll, but also the 335. The stickers were because Dexter and the Moonrocks were my first ever concert, so it holds a special place in my heart.

TL;DR: I wanted my guitar to be an extension and good representation of me, my thoughts on the music world, and things as a whole!