Gibson ES-345 Semi Hollow Guitar Sixties Cherry With Hard Case
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 our 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. The ES-345 can be finished in either a vintage antiqued gloss Sixties Cherry or Vintage Burst.
Body
Body Shape: 345
Top: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Back: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
Bracing: Thermally Engineered Quarter-Sawn Adirondack Spruce
Centerblock: Thermally Engineered Maple
Binding: 3-ply Cream
Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck
Material: Mahogany
Profile: Rounded "C"
Scale Length: 24.75" / 628.65mm
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 12"
Number Of Frets: 22
Frets: Medium Jumbo
Nut Material: Graph Tech
Nut Width: 1.7" / 43.053mm
End of Board Width: 2.26" / 57.404mm
Inlays: Acrylic Split Parallelogram
Hardware
Finish: Nickel
Bridge: ABR-1 Tune-O-Matic
Tailpiece: Aluminum Stop Bar
Tuning Machines: Vintage Deluxe w/ Keystone Buttons
Pickguard: Black 5-ply
Control Knobs: Black Top Hats with Silver Reflector
Switch Tip: Cream
Electronics
Neck Pickup: Calibrated T-Type, Rhythm
Bridge Pickup: Calibrated T-Type, Lead
Controls: 2 Volumes, 1 Tone & Toggle Switch (Hand-wired with Orange Drop Capacitors)
Miscellaneous
String: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Case: Hard Shell Case
Accessories: Gibson Accessory Kit