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Gibson ES-347 from 1990 (bought in December 2007 from Kaz Lux) This ES-347 is an upgraded version of the ES-335 work horse. Gibson made these between 1978-1992 (see Gibson catalog 1983). In addition to the gold hardware and binding, it features a coiltap-switch which turns the humbuckers into single coil pickups (so I don't need to switch guitars so often during a gig). The ES-347 has a large array of sounds, great sustain thanks to the "Sustain Sisters" and has a very pleasant neck. I bought this ES-347 from the famous Dutch singer/guitarist Kaz Lux (a.o. Brainbox with Jan Akkerman) |
Sound sample The ES-347 can produce 6 different sounds by combining the pickup switch and the coiltap switch. In this blues you hear six solo's played on consecutively the following combinations: |
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| Very playable maple neck and ebony fingerboard with mother-of-pearl position markers | Body with coiltap switch and pickup selector easily located together. Earlier models had the coiltap switch located on the lower horn, had a bigger distance between the bridge and the stop tail (which was spoiling part of the sustain as people said) and had Dirty Fingers pickups. | |||
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| Headstock with triple binding and crown peghead inlay | The stop tail has individual fine tuners | |||
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| Kaz Lux ownership statement (Dutch) | ES-347 back | |||
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| Serial number 92190415 (1990) | ||||
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| the ES-347 live in Zierikzee | ||||