Gibson ES-345

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It feels a little weird to point out an anachronism in this movie, but this character probably didn't bring a Gibson ES-345 to use for his rocking rendition of Blank at Hill Valley High's Enchantment Under the Sea Dance.

Yes, Diggins? Obviously, this is Back to the Future.

This is Back to the Future,

Just getting back to Jimmy a little bit, when you were playing with Jimmy, what were you using as far as gear?

You know, I had a Gibson ES-345 stereo.

Uh-huh.

And my amp was a 1960 410 Fender Bassman.

Yeah, Dad still as kind of a primary kinda source for a lot of things.

You know, we had a ES-345 and a Fender Vibrolux in the house, and it was fun to plug that thing in and turn it way up, you know, all the way up, and started getting into some pedals and, you know, by the time I was in high school, well, you know, more aware of, like, Eddie Van Halen and some of the stuff that was on the, on the radio, and Ozzy Osbourne and Randy Rhoads and, and hanging out with people in school that were, you know, into this rock and roll thing.

And, but yet at the same time, kinda studying jazz in Asheville and, uh, and classical.

Uh, I think I do get that from Dad, kind of a curiosity in, in, you know, a lot of different styles.

John had abandoned his Rickenbacker, at least in the studio.

They were all really into playing Fender Stratocasters, and George had a Gibson ES-345 that he was into using.

And of course, Paul's good old Epiphone Casino.

So those are the dominant guitar sounds in Rubber Soul, and so they really, uh, made great use of them.

Um, but yeah, some cool facts about Norm.

If, if you know the movie Back to the Future, um, um, the first one, um, Marty McFly comes out at the end with a Gibson ES-345 and they play Johnny B. Goode, if you know that scene.

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