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Hello.

 

Please, I need help identifying this guitar (exact year of production, woods used in its construction & possible value)

It's a Gibson ES 345TD, stereo output, bigsby & varitone, over the truss rod its written STEREO,serial:126926, NO "Made in USA". Made in Kalamazoo; Michigan, all parts are original.

I attached some pictures.

 

Thanks in advance;

Alex.

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Due to the purple label, no "Made In USA", and serial number. I would estimate the guitar was made sometime in early/mid 1970.

 

This time frame was a transition period when various features were changed such as paper label type, headstock imprint, and headstock "volute". These changes are generally accepted to have been phased in in 1970. So a guitar which features some, but not all, would be from this "transition" period.

 

Potentiometer codes would add some other "hard" evidence to the equation.

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