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Joe Bonamassa ES-345 Lesson

“This guitar is a real ‘blues machine’, and I really love it!” Joe Bonamassa explains why every blues player needs to try a Gibson ES-345 as he shares his favorite licks

By Joe Bonamassa published

The Varitone control makes this semi-hollow unlike anything else in the Gibson catalog – Joe Bonamassa shows us the tones and licks that made it such a classic electric

The Gibson ES-345 from Back To The Future was almost a Fender Stratocaster

Back to the Future’s iconic Johnny B. Goode scene almost featured a Fender Stratocaster instead of the Gibson ES-345

By Matt Parker published

Norman’s Rare Guitars supplied the (famously inaccurate) 1958 ES-345 guitar – and Norm says he pointed out the historical error at the time

Gibson ES-345

Classic gear: Gibson ES-345

By Rod Brakes published

The history of the stereo guitar that promised “new magic to your music”