Gibson ES-345 - Sixties Cherry
The Cornerstone Just Got Smoother
The Gibson ES-345 boasts a number of aesthetic enhancements over the flagship ES-335. Crafted with a thermally engineered maple centerblock and thermally engineered quarter-sawn Adirondack spruce bracing, players will be impressed by the lightweight feel and expanded range of tonal capabilities. The body is wrapped in multi-ply binding and the bound fingerboard has Split Parallelogram inlays exclusive to this model in the ES series. The ES-345 is equipped with a variety of high-end appointments like a hand-wired control assembly with orange drop capacitors, Gibson's new Calibrated T-Type humbucking pickups, Vintage Deluxe style tuners and lightweight aluminum ABR-1 bridge and stop bar tailpiece anchored with steel thumb-wheels and studs.
Details
ā¢ Top, Back & Rims: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
ā¢ Bracing: Thermally Engineered Quarter-Sawn Adirondack Spruce
ā¢ Centerblock: Thermally Engineered Maple
ā¢ Binding: 3-ply Cream
ā¢ Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
ā¢ Neck: Mahogany
ā¢ Neck Profile: Rounded "C"
ā¢ Scale Length: 24.75"
ā¢ Fingerboard: Rosewood
ā¢ Fingerboard Radius: 12"
ā¢ Number Of Frets: 22
ā¢ Frets: Medium Jumbo
ā¢ Nut: Graph Tech
ā¢ Nut Width: 1.695"
ā¢ End of Board Width: 2.26"
ā¢ Inlays: Acrylic Split Parallelogram
ā¢ Hardware Finish: Nickel
ā¢ Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
ā¢ Tailpiece: Aluminum Stop Bar
ā¢ Tuning Machines: Vintage Deluxe w/ Keystone Buttons
ā¢ Pickguard: Black 5-ply
ā¢ Control Knobs: Black Top Hats with Silver Reflector
ā¢ Switch Tip: Cream
ā¢ Neck Pickup: Calibrated T-Type, Rhythm
ā¢ Bridge Pickup: Calibrated T-Type, Lead
ā¢ Controls: 2 Volumes, 1 Tone & Toggle Switch (Hand-wired with Orange Drop Capacitors)
ā¢ Case: Gibson Hard Shell Case
