1970 Gibson ES-340 Natural
Description
Up for sale is a sweet sounding 1970 Gibson ES-340TDN in Natural Blonde. This example is in excellent condition less finish checking which is scattered over the top, back and neck. The tuners have been swapped out for Grovers and there are filled screw holes on the back of the headstock from the original tuners. Sounds great! Pro setup in house and comes complete with its original hard case.
The Gibson ES-340TD was launched in early 1969, and was available until 1974. It was very similar to the ES-335TD with a couple exceptions: the woods used, and the wiring - which allowed an out-of-phase configuration for a "snarly type sound, in demand by today's players". The birch body with maple neck of the ES 340 contrasted the maple body with mahogany neck of the 335 at this point; though it did have the same body size and profile.
But the 335 was only available in Cherry, Sunburst, Walnut and Sparkling Burgundy at this time. The ES 340, crucially was Natural (or Walnut). In fact some late 1968 Gibson publicity briefly offers a Natural finished birch bodied ES-335 with five-ply laminate maple neck, at an unspecified price. Shipping totals do not show these, and they almost immediately became the ES 340.
Details
Model
:
ES-340
Year
:
1970
Modifications
:
None
Condition
:
Excellent
Weight
:
8lbs. 14oz.
Case
:
Original Hard Case
Finish
:
Blonde
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