Gibson ES-345 ‘59 Reissue The R9 of the ES series! A lot of guitar for the money! A legendary instrument, this is a piece of history and a quite rare, hard to find semi-hollow body 1959 Reissue Gibson ES-345. It's the big brother of the 335. Same construction, same size, but it looks much fancier and has a very unique Varitone switch. The double block inlays are very exclusive. The “block” version of the ES-335 guitars were always a bit more expensive but this one has the much nicer double trapezoid inlays! The extra vintage looking buttons, double binding and the gold hardware turn this beauty into a very elegant, exclusive instrument. It’s got the famous VOS treatment so the gold hardware doesn’t look shiny anymore but still fantastic! It was made in 2014 and as every Gibson fan knows, this was a fantastic year. These Historic Reissue guitars come with amazing features that weren’t available before 2013: hot hide glue neck joint, aniline dye, amazing quality ultra-thin nitro finish, etc. This beauty also comes with the new MHS (Memphis Historic Spec) – a kind of low wind Custom Bucker pick up, all hand-wound in Memphis. This guitar comes complete with its certificate and the original hard case. This is also the most sought after colour and it has the most sought after neck shape: the famous “Big 59” Gibson neck shape. It’s so easy to play! and it’s really, really hard to find one of these 59 Reissue ES-345 in the secondhand market - especially in this very very near-MINT condition! It’s got a few micro scratches here and there but nothing serious. No dings, dents or buckle rash, just a few little playing marks. Finally, the sound is killer! Warm, jazzy, mellow, but it sounds wicked overdriven too! I don’t know how Gibson did it but this guitar sounds ACE in almost every genre.