1960 Gibson ES-345 Blonde | Guitar of the Day - TIM PIERCE

Special guest for today's new ES #wednESday episode of #GuitarOfTheDay: Tim Pierce playing a beautiful Original 1960 Gibson ES-345 Blonde finish available here at #NormansRareGuitars! For any questions you may have or price inquiries about this #Gibson #ES345 #ElectricGuitar give us a call at 818-344-8300. So what do you guys think of this #GibsonES345?
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[@MattyK-USA]

The great Tim Pierce, playing a piece of history. The bonus lesson content is just the cherry on top. Bravo!

[@someoldguyplays]

I see Tim Pierce, I hit play He always looks so happy playing

[@martygraw1406]

It is refreshing to hear guitar of the day without so much reverb. Thank you Tim

[@thrashinwebster]

Careful😂

[@IrishBog]

Yeah Lemmo played a Murphy lab Les Paul recently. The comments were nothing but praise but it was drenched in distortion. He could have been playing a 300 dollar epiphone

[@hulldanfan]

@@IrishBog To be fair, he was playing Zeppelin and Van Halen on it. Pretty difficult to do that without it !!!

[@jonlennon3348]

What a treat to have Tim playing such an iconic guitar.

[@benallmark9671]

Tim so great.

[@Natalia-jn8ul]

He's the man! Amazing musician!

[@Wileylikethehawk]

Tim is just so awesome. I can’t even.

[@ivetoldyouonce]

Freak Out is a great guitar part. Thanks for adding that.

[@paullanglois3768]

What a talented young man. I think he has a bright future ahead. I hope he makes it.

[@estenray5385]

Are you joshing!? He certainly already has more than “made it” he’s been on countless hit records and tunes and is if not the absolute top session guitarist in LA than he is certainly one of them!

[@paullanglois3768]

@@estenray5385yes, it was certainly a joke. I’m a huge fan of Tim.

[@estenray5385]

@@paullanglois3768 Cool! Sorry I was so dense as to not pick that up! I feel foolish now!

[@paullanglois3768]

@@estenray5385 all good. Rock on!🤘

[@MatthewPeskay]

Came here thinking this was a video about a guitar. Turned into a great history and technique lesson!

[@steveoneal5257]

gotta love Tim Pierce

[@theghostofsw6276]

Yeah....Tim's the man!

[@ronnie5129]

Tim Is The Man.

[@benzakonium]

I just smile whenever I watch Tim play - he has so much joy on his face when he plays it's just infectious. Thanks for all you do Tim.

[@AMinorCaseOfBlues]

Was looking for a way to say what you said, but you already hit it on the head! He just drips with joy. That kind of thing happens when a person is doing exactly what they were meant for and I love seeing it. Truly an inspiring soul.

[@glenngross605]

The scooped sound in the middle position when the varitone in position 1 is due to the pickups being out of phase. This presents itself when these guitars are wired to mono. Some people leave it that way, others will flip a pickup magnet where it will behave like a 335 in the middle position but the varitone will work. Disclaimer: I can’t hold a candle to Tim in either knowledge or ability, but I do have a 1960 345 wired to mono. And now back to our regularly scheduled program 😊.

[@mikeyohe4750]

You are correct about the out of phase thing! 👍

[@stickman55100]

Tim is an amazing player and a super nice guy!

[@CraigArndt]

Tim has a great channel. Great guest Norm!

[@rockhead69]

Tim's a monster guitar player...lots of respect for the man !

[@karmadave]

Nice rhythm guitar lesson from Tim. Thanks! 🤩

[@mtacoustic1]

Great to hear this stuff from the master!

[@ikefork2606]

Great guitar and an even GREATER GUITAR PLAYER! Tim Pierce soars with the legendary guitar players going all the way back to the '60s ....The Beatles, Motown, Classic Rock...he can do it all.

[@Nordic_Sky]

Blonde 345s are super, super rare. As I recall they only made 35 or so? Very few in any case.

[@joemcgraw5529]

wow Tim is so amazing .,I wish He could teach me love the funk vibe he is playing always have ,and I may not be able to buy a 345 but I can build my version which I love to do ,Thanks Tim very Inspiering to me !!!!1

[@Bluegeek1]

What a guitar master. The Tim and Norm Show

[@davidpotsdam]

Thank you Tim I learned a really cool thing .

[@ronaldburo7354]

Tim is such a great player. That type of right hand and muting action is also needed to play I Got A Line ON You by Spirit. It's a very underrated but essential technique to becoming a complete player.

[@AMinorCaseOfBlues]

Always love watching Tim! One of the greats! The kind of guy that makes me pick my guitar up every day.

[@moose6676]

Tim 🤔 He’s just a Master 👍🏻👍🏻 Your looking good Norm 🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

[@mitchparker7652]

Tims insights and knowledge really resonate with me. He’s a great communicator . Beautiful guitar .

[@alafenetre81]

Tim Pierce is a legend!

[@kdavis63]

Hush is so amazing...Old videos show Richie playing a 335 crazy...great lesson for us all Tim!

[@kevinleighton7255]

Hiya guys 👍🏻 I usually like to see Michael Lemmo on GOTD, but to see Tim is a great treat ❤ Absolutely fantastic 😀 Thanks Norm and Jen 👍🏻

[@jurgengosch3915]

Thanks for the impromptu funk guitar lesson, Tim! Phenomenal guitar, too.

[@barroncrist5779]

I owned a 1968 Gibson ES-345 but mine was sunburst with gold plated hardware. I also replaced the stock tailpiece with a gold Bigsby vibrato. I rarely used the stereo part of the guitar. Also, had Kustom amp.

[@toddflowers8052]

Oh man that axe is gorgeous !!! It's my bucket list guitar !! That was Awesome Tim !!! Thank you Norm and Jen !!!

[@TheMataleon06]

Impresionante guitarista…bella guitara

[@chuckbouscaren3898]

That's a beautiful guitar that sounds great in Tim's hands! Thanks for the lesson Tim!

[@aomoon81]

So magical !

[@samhill3496]

Great lesson and history

[@GBHP]

Does anyone look as happy as Tim does when he plays. Just a legend

[@snapfinger1]

If you’re a certain age you know who Billy Joe Royal is. That Deep Purple cover won’t cut it Down in the Boondocks.

[@TurfShifter]

I could listen to Tim play and chat all day long. Such a great player and super genuine guy.

[@jesuselbailador8914]

Awsome, looking forward for the classes

[@robnamowicz8073]

I played one of these last week at Elderly in Lansing MI, tobacco sunburst just like Dick Wagner's from the mid sixties. It was full stereo and had a million voices. Great Kalamazoo Gibsons, great guitars. (They let me play it but I couldn't afford it!) Thanks Tim and Norm!

[@rocknazca56]

AJUA, AJUA, AJUA, AJUA!!!! WE SAY IN MEXICO, THE GREAT TIM PIERCE, YES, YES, YES, YES,

[@GuitarlosCarlos]

WHAT A TREMENDOUS GUITAR HERE A VARI-TONE IS COOL THING GUYS IN 1975 I WAS IN A BAND WITH RUSHTON MOREVE & TIM WEST ‘MAGIC CARPET RIDE’ WAS WRITTEN BY RUSHTON, A WILD MAN

[@cven1103]

Excellent, so good to hear the full range of this wonderful instrument, cheers Tim 👍

[@michaeldorcey9305]

Thank you for the free guitar and history lesson, Tim. Love your work

[@ArgentAbendAzure]

Terrific Tim. Great info. I recognized most of those classic pieces. 😃

[@djwarren5081]

A demo and tutorial by Tim. Excellent.

[@gilh3947]

great! great teacher of course, great guitar

[@seanmcmorris]

I happened to be sitting behind my drum kit with my headphones on while checking out Tim's playing in this episode and his time and pocket feel absolutely amazing. What a blast to play along with him. Phenomenal. Cheers!

[@sinsayers8168]

what a guitar, thx tim for another great lesson and thanks norm for pulling out one of your blond vault guitars.

[@monday6524]

Love Tim! He does such a good job making things relevant.

[@jamesbaker9539]

Tim Pierce is so gracious to always be sharing what he knows and his joy in playing and sharing knowledge is what I find so encouraging and motivational by Tim. Wish I could meet him in person. Best Regards to All at Norm's!!! James

[@leftwrite]

GOTD plus a free lesson (history and technique) - awesome!

[@monsarad888]

Leave that ES to Tim, he really really deserves it.

[@beezersurf]

Tim Pierce is a legend.

[@davidweden1413]

Very interesting Tim.... Steppenwolf's original guitar player, Michael Monarch, was a genius, and I think he was about 17 when he joined that band, only for 2-3 records. He's still out there, and is excellent.

[@NautiGrandpa]

Proof tone is in the fingers!

[@ethanhitchcock5431]

Holy BLEEP that is a beautiful ES-345 , never seent one with that trem before , and of course Tim is a monster player...Thank Youz !

[@peterland001]

that whole video is special

[@tbeau6663]

Sublime

[@eddieholmes3236]

Top man Tim!

[@gregjohnston46]

Best guitar of the day ever ‼️

[@EllisGordon33]

Exciting, Tim has a great interview with Ray Parker, Jr on his site. Beautiful guitar.

[@LivioC]

Awesome

[@walther9161]

Love tims videos too!!

[@brianlevoguer2777]

Such perfection. He never slips up. A master of execution. Reminds me of Joe Walsh that way. He's also a perfectionist.

[@rayhogan785]

Excellent demonstration of the guitar and its history in music by the great Tim Pearce.

[@TheBotsra]

Thumbs up for Sensei Tim Pierce

[@paulneeds]

Nice lesson Tim - Bo Diddly to funk in one easy step!

[@collisw8302]

Joe South wrote Hush and released it as a single before Deep Purple! His version is really good and worth checking out. Great playing and story telling as always from Tim.

[@jimdowns1135]

Timmmmmm!

[@khkartc]

Tim and George Tomsco are my New Mexico (native) guitar heroes.

[@kennethbecker2545]

Fantastic cameo as Tim is juat the Best as much as I live Michael too

[@chrisbennett814]

tim is goat

[@mickeyh53]

This man’s passport is stamped “legendary musician”..Tim’s done it all nothing to prove an American great!

[@david25876]

Ramble On acoustic has that rhythm thing going on. It’s pretty buried but it gives the song that groovy feel.

[@jfinester]

Can’t get enough-of that funky stuff!🎶 When I was teaching guitar, the hardest thing to get across to students was keeping that down-up rhythmic thing going. I did it most of my playing life-nobody showed me how to do it; I just kept at it until it sounded right. It amazed me how many students didn’t want to work on it-they would rather chug fuzzed-out power chords, I guess! I don’t think it’s the Varitone that’s making the two-pickup setting sound out of phase, although a couple of positions kind of sound that way-I think it’s actually wired out of phase. (or one of the pickups had its magnet flipped.) Gibson was futzing around with out of phase sounds in the ‘50s and ‘60s-look at the ES-5/Switchmaster, for instance. In 1973 I bought a ‘61 Epiphone Broadway from the original owner, who said he’d never modified anything on it, but the two-pickup setting was out of phase. Drove me nuts, as I prefer the combination of pickups to be in phase. I wound up trading the Epi (made by Gibson in their factory) for a ‘59 Fender Telecaster in 1975.

[@genemolino9736]

Tim, I do follow you on FB and I think you're a knowledgeable tasteful player, but I have to correct you on the 'hollow' sound that you get when you play both pickups at the same time on that vintage ES-345. I own a 1958 Es-345 that my parents bought from my uncle in 1965 for me as he replaced it with a Gibson Byrdland model at the time That guitar is wired in stereo and each pickup went into a seperate amp channel. My uncle gave me a stereo Gibson amp to use it with, that had 2 seperate open backed speaker cabinets that folded together when not used. The varitone switch on the #1 position is basically a bypass for it. What actually gives it that hollow sound is that the neck pickup has a reversed polarity magnet in it, and there is also a filtered sound if you use the varitone pos 2-6). It is different than just reversing the wiring on the pickups.. if you try to use it in mono or use the stereo double wires in the same channel with the middle position( ie both pickups on) , you will get a hollow sound. Used to drive me crazy until I foumd out what caused it. I've always use it with 2 seperate amps , an amp like a '67 bassman with 2 channels or an old Ampeg Gemini II. My bridge pickup unfortunately crapped out on me in the 80's and now I have an early 80's Bill Lawrence in there, but it's the same issue. Someone had recommended a Lollar low winding but to have the magnet reversed to match the original PAF in the neck position. This way.I can use a single channel amp. Keep up.the great videos...

[@andywilhelm5831]

Inetresting renditions of these 70s classics lol

[@dundaravewine2390]

Great video and not a looper in sight!

[@pg123ab]

Love the varitone

[@tomkobialka7504]

Growing up in the 60s , we called the inlays on the neck "Double Parallelogram ".

[@muchomusiclibre]

Norm and Tim are 2 of my favorites; Norm shows me guitars I'll never afford and Tim shows me guitar licks I'll never be able to play! Lol

[@greg6L6GC]

I recognized it. Purple & Steppenwolf. Agree you must listen carefully.

[@TimArrowsmithDesign]

❤

[@stevehrrn9445]

Hi. Lovely playing Tim. Apparently a good proportion of early 345s have one of the pickups with the magnet turned round. In sterio doesnt go out of phase (untill the sound comes out of the amp). Or on this one it could be the change to mono - the wiring circuit is all 'back to front' with the pickups going to the switch first. Doesnt matter in practice as rolling one volume down evens things up, although there is still the volume drop. Good blondes rediculously rare. Great players guitars. SteveH

[@monzajunior7337]

Out-of-phase pickups was standard on Stereo Varitone models.

[@davidanderson4500]

brill

[@simoncaddick9085]

♥♥

[@reginamiller3153]

🤘🤘🤘🤘

[@barackmycat9448]

I`ll take any tip I can get. Thx.

[@richvanorden7026]

Freddie King made me want a 345

[@TheOlHippie]

That was great, Tim, but what about Leo Nocentelli?

[@ericbgordon1575]

No, you do not have to be any age or above in order to recognize Richie's guitar part from "Hush". Please do not jump to conclusions I was 15 years old in 1995 and just beginning to play guitar myself when I first heard it. All you have to do at any age, including age 3, is tune in for classic rock broadcasting of any type. You're as likely to catch the Deep Purple version of "Hush" if you stay tuned in as you are likely to catch (the super-saturated) "Smoke on the Water". From the time I began learning to play in 95 to the present, I was always stoked on the idea that I would get a 3355 or a 345 like this one. Instead, I made my way through a bunch of Epiphone semi-hollow or hollow models and ultimately found my way to a 1980 Yamaha SA-2000. That one bears a very close resemblance to this 345, and I would dig it if one like it were featured during a GOTD upload.

[@danpritchett5617]

Are those PAF pickups?

[@geraldponce8336]

That is definitely master class guitar stuff. 1/16 note funk chord progressions. I'm like chunk chunk forget it. Be easier for me to do some Chet Atkins fingerstyle stuff then to get wrist bouncing around fast like that. Those guys kept it going to for 3-5 minutes.

[@rareform6747]

More Saturation ?

[@watermelon1147]

A lot of rockers were doing they’re version of the Bo beat.