Gibson ES-350T “Well-Suited” to Chuck Berry, Say Authors

In their recent book, “Play It Loud,” authors Alan Di Perna and Brad Tolinski write: “The Gibson ES-350T was particularly well suited to Berry’s gyrations. In the mid Fifties, electric guitar players had two choices: either a full hollow-body or a compact solid-body. Gibson had been receiving requests from players for something in-between the two styles, so in 1955 their first “thinline” electrics were developed.”