Hey all you ES 345 experts I need your help and advise. I was given this guitar by a friend whose parents found it along with several other basket case guitars in a garbage dumpster. The pictures tell the story, somebody cut off the neck, stripped it of all the electronics, hardware, and then stripped the finish and sanded through the veneer in a few places. I tried to get a good shot of the label but this is the best I could get. It is stamped ES 345 TDC. The label is marked Union Made Gibson I N C. Kalamazoo, Michigan, USA. The Serial number is faded and I can only make out 9800 with what looks like one more number after the 0 and then a space with a last number or letter.
Here are my questions.
1. Do you have any idea of the approximant date of the body?
2. What would be a great source of information on the ES 345 TDC?
3. I can put this thing back together and even may have access to an original set of 1960 PAF’s and wiring harness for it. Would it be worth the investment to put it back together? Obviously the cost with the 60’s electronics would increase greatly as oppose to high quality aftermarket stuff, but what do you think?
Thank you.
Here are my questions.
1. Do you have any idea of the approximant date of the body?
2. What would be a great source of information on the ES 345 TDC?
3. I can put this thing back together and even may have access to an original set of 1960 PAF’s and wiring harness for it. Would it be worth the investment to put it back together? Obviously the cost with the 60’s electronics would increase greatly as oppose to high quality aftermarket stuff, but what do you think?
Thank you.