But if I had to choose for the styles you're looking at for live performance, I'd go with the G5662, knowing I might need to swap pickups down the line.

If you want something with a distinctive tone, I don't think either one is going to scratch that itch without changing the pickups however, as-is the 335 seemed to have a wider range of useful tones. Fit and finish on both was quite good, save the minor issues noted above. (I like master volumes.) I don't care for the 'Gibson-style' pickup volume wiring on either of them, but the 335 offered a wider range of useful blend options. I strongly prefer the control layout and (particularly!) the jack placement of the G5622. The G5622 had a scratchy pickup selector (wiggled clean) one bad fret end which would literally be a one-minute fix. Sometimes that's exactly what you want, though, and for an all-arounder it's not a bad trait, and both the bridge and neck in isolation were fully credible. The Black tops sound, for lack of a better term, generic. I did not care for the Black top Broadtrons in the current G5622, but I might be spoiled by the Super HiloTrons in my older edition (which I didn't think I'd like, but…I really do). Basically hit all the points a 335 is supposed to hit. I liked the neck, although there was a questionable tuner. I found the 335 to be a decent all-arounder, and their take on '57 PAF humbuckers did well: they were articulate, and you could quickly dial in a round jazz tone or an effective country twang.

Last year I also acquired one of the older three-pickup Korean made G5662Ts. Spent about 20 mins on each through a Fender Deluxe Reverb. I tried a current G5622 hard tail three weeks ago, and about a year ago I tried one of the Epi IBG 335s (in the same shop, as it happens). I've played both a bit, with a large gap in between-but I took notes! That's what smartphones are for.

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