Gibson ES-345 6 String Hollowbody Electric Guitar Overview:

The Cornerstone Just Got Smoother

The Gibson ES-345 boasts a number of aesthetic enhancements over the flagship ES-335. Crafted with a maple centerblock and 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.

Specifications:

Body

• Body Shape: 345
• Top: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
• Back: 3-ply Maple/Poplar/Maple
• Bracing: Quarter-Sawn Adirondack Spruce
• Centerblock: 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 2 Tone hand-wired with Orange Drop capacitors
• Pickup Selector: 3-way Toggle
• Output Jack: 1/4″

Miscellaneous

• Case: Hardshell Case
• Accessories: Gibson Accessory Kit