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Great info, Barry! I need to start digging into these archived files. I knew it sounded great when I bought it as a kid, but since then (55 years) I've grown an even deeper respect to how well this guitar was made. Being lucky works out sometimes! The shop sold the guitar as an ES-335, but it's ...

Great info, Barry! Yes, I ran across a story debunking the fire thing. I figured I would get a definitive answer on this site. And as Charles mentions, one has to take ED stories with a grain of salt.

After all the research I did, I was discovering that they were mainly a Canadian distributor which ...

I added a 2.5mH inductor, behind the bridge maple riser block, the only reinforcement in the guitar between the top and bottom. Position #1 is bypass. Position #2 is only the inductor. Positions 3-6 are increasing capacitors, which notch out the base frequency each position is tuned to. I also added ...

Beautiful guitar! I have the same one, ES-345 with Varitone. I've had it since 1974... What makes these guitars so special is the fact that they do NOT have the maple center block running down the inside of the guitar. It is much more of an untamed animal than the Gibson or Epiphone ES-335. If your ...

Hi, new to the forum! I have owned an El Degas ES-345 guitar since 1974, bought new in San Diego. The discussion on saddles for the guitar interested me. I ran into the same problem, getting the correct size/thread to replace the saddles. It may be easier to just get the whole bridge. On tone, yes ...