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.

 

[fernieite]

George Harrison, he used ES 345 for a few promo films, and the U.K. mini tour in '65.View attachment 22001

Yes, indeed!
Apparently, it was George's main stage guitar during the last era of their live tours. If they had continued doing live shows, I wonder if more guitarists would have bought 345s, due to the Beatles connection?

https://www.es-335.com/2012/01/12/pssst-hey-beatle/

 

[AA00475Bassman]

A friend is in the process of selling a very clean 61 blonde ES 345 - in the case 40 years & hardly played she inherited - very paranoid about selling & getting screwed - I've seen photo's - The stuff is still out there . She would tell me about this guitar she had she knew I bought & sold guitars I thought it's probably a turd , one day I was at her store shipping she showed me a picture I just about hit the floor . I told her I knew buyers being she is a friend I was very soft now the guitar is going to a dealer .

 

[garywright]

 

[jb_abides]

Love that John worked diligently to crack-up Paul during this taping and how Paul ends with a hand flourish... George goes for that 345 beauty even thought it's believed he contributed tambourine at most to the recording.

 

[garywright]

RIPJohn

 

[fernieite]

A few more of George's 345: