With supercharged active pickups, the Peavey PXD Series is the ound of full-on aggression and the perfect complement to the Peavey 6505 Series guitar amplifiers, already a metal legend in the arsenals of bands like Trivium, In Flames, Bullet For My Valentine, Machine Head, Darkest Hour and more. True to the music that inspired them, the new PXD Series guitars are built for speed, slicing leads and razor-sharp riffs.
24.75 in. scale
24 frets
Set-neck with maple neck and rosewood fretboard
Basswood body
Two VFL Active ceramic pickups
Two Volume and one tone controls with 3-way toggle switch
Precision tuning machines
String-thru-body bridge
Aluminum pickguard and truss rod cover
Black hardware
Specially designed case included
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Completely satisfied with the sound.May convert to EMG`s later.But not in a hurry to do so,cause it has a good quality clean (no buzz or hum)distortion sound!Has great harmonics when need be.Full bodied active "Charvel" sound.Suits my music style great.I play Heavy Metal,Death,to 70`s style Rock/Metal.Very good quality for the price I paid.I use a Peavey Bandit Transtube amp.Sounds awesome with the gain,and clean channels.
Not sure of the year but it has to be from late 80`s,early 90`s.Made in the USA.It has 22 fret bolt on neck,solid body electric.Has 1 vol,1 pre amp volume controls.Single active humbucker(Peavey).Neck is maple with rosewood fretboard.22 Jumbo frets.Not sure of the body wood,feels like Basswood.White paint finish.Strat shape.Kahler 2700 trem Spider(Floyd Rose style,single locking).Peavey non locking tunning keys.Locking nut on neck.25 1/2 scale neck I believe.Bought used with no case.Check Peavey web site for specs.
Action is very well set up on this guitar.Did some minor tweaking to it when I bought it.It needed to have the locking nut bolts replaced.Other than that,no trouble as of yet.Pickups did not need an adjustment in heigth.The trem is a natural feel with this guitar.Some guitars the bridge feels poor in quality (won`t stay in tune,doesn`t move well ect)This bridge is very good in staying in tune.I don`t have to really force the trem down when bending notes and harmonics.The trem itself was one of the selling points of this guitar.I love the single locking feature.It gives it great sustain,that Kahlers have.String through trem design was a big plus in me buying this product.The neck was the first.The sound was the second.Another feature I love about this guitar is the neck adjustment,where the neck bolts on to the body.It has an alen screw to further adjust angle of the neck.Like a Fender style adjustment.
No waranty.Bought used.Never had to deal with Peavey.Never had trouble with any Peavey products.Good reputable products.That was another buying factor.
Jason (11/26/2002)
The pickup is hot, to say the least. In fact, it's almost too hot, too quick to distort. It cleans up when the volume is dropped, but I'd say that this was pretty much a one trick pony.
Mine was made in 84. Solid alder body, one passive humbucking pickup, one volume, Kahler bar with the awful locking nut. Red poly finish.
I bought it used, so the action and fit were completely screwed up. You know the guitar is set up wrong when you go to bend the high E string, and it gets caught on the polepiece of the humbucker. Once set up, the neck has a nice feel to it, not as thick as an old Gibson, and not as wide as a Charvel, but still comfortable.
The Kahler is okay, though the G string keeps slipping through the lock. The adjusters on the bridge are a bit bent, but the guitar is twenty years old.
I haven't dealt with them.
Sam (04/29/2004)
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The original ES-345 debuted in 1959 in response to demand for an upgrade on the revolutionary new semi-hollowbody design of the ES-335, with the Vari-tone electronics and double-parallelogram inlay. Some things never change. The demand for the ES-345 is still there… and so is the ES-345.
Body: plain laminated Maple top, back, and rims
Body Binding: Multi-ply binding on top, single-ply on back
Neck Species: 1-piece Mahogany
Profile: 1960 slim taper
Fingerboard Species: Rosewood
Scale Length: 24-3/4 in.
Number of Frets: 22
Nut Width: 1-11/16 in.
Inlays: Pearloid split-parallelogram
Fingerboard Binding: Single-ply
Hardware Plating Finish: Gold
Tailpiece: Stopbar
Bridge: Nashville Tune-O-Matic
Tuners: Vintage tulip
Pickups: ‘57 Classic humbuckers
Controls: 2 volume, 2 tone, 3-way switch, Vari-tone switch
Strings: Brite Wire .010
Case: Black levant
ES-345
This is a great guitar. First of all, Steve Howe of YES used one of these baby's, on Close To The Edge, and I have to say, this isn't just for blues, it is also usefull for Jazz fusion music. That's all.
Guitar enthusiast/ fusion myster543 from Haddam, CT (Dec 31, 2006)
Years of Admiration
I have been wanting a guitar like this since 1968. After finally making the purchase, I have found my true Guitar love. Sound quality, variation and smoothness is unmatched by any instrument in my collection. The price may be out of reach for many but if you ever decide to go for it, you will find out like I did; You have arrived.
Lance Man420 from Las Vegas, NV (Dec 8, 2005)
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