“A rare bird with unique details”: Gibson Custom's 1964 ES-345 Select models offer ‘woulda, coulda’ mods and lavish Mist finishes on a vintage-style hollow-body build

The three bodies of the Gibson Custom Select 1964 ES-345 Reissues.

Gibson has revealed a trio of Gibson Custom Select 1964 ES-345s. The idea behind the Custom Select range is to create a small-batch run of vintage-style Custom Shop models that offer unusual spec combinations and colorways. A sort of high-end ‘coulda, woulda’ mod build that might have emerged in the referenced era.

Here it’s the finishes that hit you first, and it’s hard to look past the ultra-cool pink hues of the Bronze Mist and the dazzling Sapphire Mist, whereas the trio is rounded-out by the comparatively understated Antique Pelham Blue. The latter is also bestowed with the Murphy Lab Light Aging treatment for a guitar that looks like it's lived a distinguished life before it has left the factory.