Gibson ES 345 players

[Midnight Blues]

 

[Midnight Blues]

Recently seen Scott Holiday from Rival Sons playing this ES 345
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Love Scott and RS.

 

[Midnight Blues]

 

[Steve Craw]

Toronzo Cannon playing my 1964 ES-345 at a gig last July. He liked it!

 

[viper007]

Bernard Butler

 

[viper007]

Kirk Fletcher

 

[viper007]

 

[viper007]

Dave Kushner (Ex Velvet Revolver)

 

[viper007]

Johnny Marr

 

[garywright]

2015 non varitone:

missed this one before ..quite a stunning newer axe ..add a wide beveled pickguard and its there

 

[brandtkronholm]

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I played this one when it was for sale around 2009+/-. It has that 1960 "wide-flat" but not a "blade" neck. The seller later told me about the events of the sale which involved backstage passes and a meeting after the show! How many 1959/60 black ES345s are there? Five or six? Charlie Gelber has had most of them at one point or another. I do not believe he had this one.

Alongside this black ES345 was a blond 1959 ES345 which was also for sale and an amazing instrument. A previous owner swapped the Bigsby for a sideways trem in the early 1960s. It had pearl dots where the stop-tail would be and that classical 1959 "V* neck; fat yet fast. It remained for sale for some time. I regret not RUNNING back to the seller when he re-offered the blonde to me for a very, very fair price. To this very day I will occasionally I will awake early in the morning and feel the sting of regret! In facft, I'm feeling a bit of regret right now...dang.

I believe both guitars came through Gil Southworth in the 1990s.

When I tried out the black and blonde ES345s together, I brought my own sunburst 1959 ES4345 and my Super Reverb (BF) to compare. The neck on mine is very similar to the blonde ES345. I liked mine the best, but I suspect it was because the black and blonde 345s were case queens at the time and not properly set-up. In fact, the blonde only had five strings at the time!

 

[AA00475Bassman]

Another shot of Fentons Woodstock ES 345 sported a stop tail only modification- - as stated by Tw

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

Here's my '60 blonde leaning against a Gibson GA77 from the same year. They make a righteous noise together!!
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This one and the white one Keef is playing in an earlier post are my two favorites out of a ton of gorgeous guitars in this thread.

Great, now I have another type of guitar I want one of. I better find a job $h*tting money soon.

 

[Hiwatts-n-Gibsons]

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Does he use play with the Varitone instead of a wah?

 

[garywright]

My 70's "Caramel"View attachment 21952

Ok…so, did this gorgeous root-beer leathery topped beauty start off with a cherry finish …mind adding a back/side shot ?

 

[fenderbender]

This guy played a few in his time...

 

[renderit]

 

[viper007]

And how on earth can i forget the great Kings

 

[viper007]

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[fernieite]

Another shot of Fentons Woodstock ES 345 sported a stop tail only modification- - as stated by Tw View attachment 27392

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