Gibson ES-345: stereo guitar that went Back to the Future

Guitar World. Graded secondary. Open the original.

Not archived. Via summarising fetch, not verified verbatim: ES-345 unveiled spring 1959; ES-355T released late 1958; discontinued in the early 1980s (timeline gives 1982). Wikipedia ES-335 article gives ES-345 1958-1981 (community, conflicts on start). Added 2026-10-15 by llm:claude-sonnet-5-5.

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Fact	Years	Records	Passage
Gibson ES-345^[1]	introduced 1959	Gibson	No passage captured
Gibson ES-355^[1]	introduced 1958	Gibson	No passage captured

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Gibson ES-345: stereo guitar that went Back to the Futuregraded secondary

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