Unsurprisingly, this ES-345 has a fantastic sounding pair of PAFs. We discovered zebra bobbins in the neck pickup and double white bobbins in the bridge, fully intact with undisturbed solder on the gold covers. The neck pickup sounds full and warm with nice articulation and clarity, while the bridge pickup breathes some fire, with great midrange character and some strong fundamental treble response. It remains tight and punchy even in some of the higher gain situations, with a truly satisfying voice that could scare some of the meanest of LPs.

Upon our initial inspection, the guitar proved to be entirely original with the exception of the tuners, which were installed in 1986 (we have that receipt too!). Thankfully, they were drop-in replacements, and the original gold single line Klusons were with the guitar! The original tulip buttons had disintegrated, so we re-tipped the original tuners with new buttons and put them back on the guitar. Most of the gold plated hardware is very clean, with some light wear on the pickup covers, and all of the plastics are in excellent shape.

In true collector-grade fashion, it's accompanied by its original (and exceptionally clean) Lifton hardshell case, original sales receipt, varitone user guide, and PAF adjustment card.

This guitar an incredible specimen of a semi-hollow electric in every way, and we're thrilled to release another uncirculated gem like this back into the wild.