Gibson ES 345 players

[brandtkronholm]

Dont forget Hank Garland. He used a 345 and there are a number of 345 protoypes pictured in a recent Reverb Article

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I intend on recreating this picture someday. I have two of these guitars, a 1960 Byrdland and a 1959 ES345. I'll fake it with the other two. (I'm no Hank Garland.)

The prototype ES345s Hank Garland had weren't really very "prototypey", they were regular ES345s - at least no one has documented that they were in fact, proper prototypes. Although I think he changed the chicken-head knob on one of the Varitones to something different.

 

[Midnight Blues]

 

[AA00475Bassman]

Cool geetars! Here's a few. 1959, 1958, 1960, 1960, 1961.View attachment 27480

Mike Thank you for posting - you are the Guitar Ambassador your love for guitars is shadowed by who you are as a person - Shine on Sub !

 

[brandtkronholm]

Cool geetars! Here's a few. 1959, 1958, 1960, 1960, 1961.View attachment 27480

1958 is certainly a typo. (The blonde with Bigsby is a 1959 - and has been identified by Mr. S as such on a number of occasions. Unless there’s some new info!)

What a great collection!! Thank you as always for sharing!
The Argentine Gray 1960 is wild! (Second from right)

 

[mikeslub]

1958 is certainly a typo. (The blonde with Bigsby is a 1959 - and has been identified by Mr. S as such on a number of occasions. Unless there’s some new info!)

What a great collection!! Thank you as always for sharing!
The Argentine Gray 1960 is wild! (Second from right)

Yep, a typo. Sorry.