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More Info
This very cool stereo guitar also has the more desirable longer pickguard that extends below the bridge. It includes the original Lifton brown case with the pink interior in excellent condition as well as original Gibson factory documentation that came with the guitar. This guitar is a great example of the very sought after original Gibson ES-345.
The ES-345TD is a thin body, double cutaway, semi-hollow body with solid maple block down center, stereo electronics, 2 humbucking pickups, 2 volume and 2 tone knobs and a switch, Vari-tone rotary tone switch with black ring, tune-o-matic bridge, stop tailpiece, laminated beveled-edge pickguard that extends below the bridge, triple bound top, single bound back and rosewood fingerboard, double parallelogram fingerboard inlays, neck joins body at 19th fret, crown peghead inlay, gold plated parts. The "A" that precedes the serial number on interior orange label, stands for the “A” series used from1947 to 1961 on Gibson hollow body models. This "Artist" series serial numbers were only used on mid to upper end instruments.
SPECS
Neck
Scale Length: 24.75”
Neck profile 1st fret: 0.80"
Neck profile at 12th fret: 0.90"
Neck width at nut: 1 11/16"
Neck Type: Set Neck
Fret Marker Style: Split Parallelogram
Fingerboard Wood: Rosewood
Neck Wood: Mahogany
Body
Body Type: Semi-Hollow
Body Wood: Maple
Body Style: Double Cutaway
Hardware
Tailpiece: Original Stop Bar Tailpiece
Bridge: Original Tune-o-Matic Bridge
Machine Heads: Gibson Reissue (Original Tuners included)
Pickguard: Original longer 345 Pickguard
Electronics
No. of Pickups: 2
Type of Pickups: Gibson Reissue PAF Humbuckers
Active/Passive Pickups: Passive
Output Type: Stereo
Misc.
Case Type: Original Brown Lifton Gibson Case