2002 Gibson ES-345 Stereo Sunburst

Excellent condition featuring double cutaway laminated maple body with sunburst finish, multiple bound top body edges and single bound back body edges, two unbound F holes, two Gibson humbucking pickups with black plastic pickup surrounds, two volume controls and two tone controls with black plastic reflector top knobs, three way pickup selector switch with white plastic switch tip, six way rotary Varitone selector switch with gold selector ring plate and black plastic chicken head knob, two output jacks mounted to the treble side rim of the body for Mono and Stereo outputs, stop tailpiece and fully adjustable Nashville tune-o-matic bridge, elongated multi-ply black and white plastic elevated pickguard with metal mounting bracket, set mahogany neck, bound rosewood fingerboard with pearloid split parallelogram inlays starting at the third fret, bone nut, Gibson open book peghead shape, black peghead face with pearl Gibson logo and decorative crown inlay, multi-ply black and white plastic bell shaped truss rod cover with “Stereo” engraving, three per side individual Gibson Deluxe Kluson style tuning machines with keystone green tuning buttons, serial number and Made In USA impressed into the back of the peghead along with Made In Memphis decal logo, two metal strap buttons, gold plated metal hardware and original Gibson hard shell case with blue plush interior and BB King logo. This guitar weighs 9lb even.

This 2002 Gibson ES-345 is in excellent cosmetic condition showing some signs of play wear throughout which is to be expected from a 20 year old instrument and is nothing significant - mainly just a some small pick scratches on the pickguard, some very small swirl marks in the finish and some tarnishing of the gold hardware. This 345 has a medium chunky 60s style neck profile with a 1 11/16” nut width, nice pronounced shoulders and a flatter center. This neck is exceptionally comfortable and easy to play. The frets on this instrument show some wear (mainly the first two frets) but have lots of life left and this Gibson plays great up and down the fingerboard with low action and great intonation with no dead spots or buzzing. The original pickups sound tremendous and have a very woody yet articulate tone that works perfectly for overdriven and clean sounds alike. A truly great instrument for rhythm and blues to Chet style to rock. All of the electronics are in perfect working order including the Varitone switch and both output jacks and this instrument can be played in either Mono or Stereo. Although I have played and sold some truly outstanding Nashville built Electro Spanish guitars, I tend to really dig these Memphis built models. If you are searching for a great playing and sounding ES-345, then this 2002 Memphis built example is a very fine candidate. A gem of a guitar shipped safely and promptly from our little shop in Clarksville, Tennessee, to your front door.