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Epiphone Back to the Future ES-345 Cherry Red — Limited Edition
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About this product
Overview & specifications
This is the guitar Marty McFly slung over his shoulder when he blew the Enchantment Under the Sea dance into the next dimension. Epiphone has built a faithful tribute to that moment — only 1985 units worldwide, each one pulled straight from the Hill Valley playbook with cherry red gloss, gold hardware, a Bigsby out the back, and a vintage hardshell case decked out in Marvin Berry & the Starlighters artwork. Movie nostalgia meets a properly playable semi-hollow.
A pop-culture icon, faithfully reborn
The ES-345 turned up on Marty McFly's strap in 1985 and ripped through Johnny B. Goode in front of a crowd that hadn't even invented rock 'n' roll yet. This Epiphone tribute captures every visual cue from that scene — right down to the cherry red gloss, the gold hardware, and a Hill Valley Music decal on the back of the headstock. Production is capped at 1985 units worldwide as a nod to the year the film hit cinemas, so once they're gone, that's it.
5-ply maple semi-hollow body with a solid centerblock
Built around the classic ES-335 body silhouette, the body uses a five-ply layered maple shell wrapped around a solid maple centerblock — the construction that gives this family its trademark blend of warmth, snap and feedback control at louder volumes. Spruce bracing keeps the top stable, four-ply binding wraps the top edge, and single-ply binding cleans up the back. The Cherry Red gloss finish is unmistakable from across a room.
Mahogany neck, rosewood board, classic ES-345 feel
The mahogany neck is shaped to a Rounded C profile that fills the hand without feeling chunky, glued in for solid sustain. A bound rosewood fretboard runs a 12" (304.8mm) radius across 22 medium jumbo frets, capped with the pearloid split parallelogram inlays that have always set the ES-345 apart from its 335 sibling. Nut width is a comfortable 43mm (1.69") on a Graph Tech nut, with the standard Gibson 24.75" scale length keeping the string tension feeling familiar.
Alnico Classic PRO humbuckers and a mono Varitone
Two Alnico Classic PRO humbuckers do the heavy lifting — sweet and articulate at the neck, punchy and present at the bridge. Each pickup gets its own volume and tone, with a 3-way toggle for the obvious switching and a mono Varitone for the not-so-obvious tonal shaping. It's a deeper palette than your average semi-hollow, and it lives up to the ES-345 name without straying into anything too modern.
Gold hardware, Bigsby vibrato & movie-accurate details
Hardware is gold across the board — Epiphone LockTone Tune-O-Matic bridge, gold pickup covers, gold tuner plating, gold Varitone switchwasher. The Bigsby B70 vibrato tailpiece is the cherry on top, and matching the on-screen guitar, the Stop Bar studs are still mounted into the body alongside the Bigsby rather than removed. Up at the headstock you get the 60s Kalamazoo shape with mother-of-pearl Epiphone logo and Gibson Crown inlays, and Epiphone Deluxe tuners running cream Keystone buttons.
Hill Valley hardshell case included — and set up by our techs
The guitar ships in a vintage-style hardshell case with full Marvin Berry & the Starlighters graphics on the lid — the case is half the appeal of this release on its own. Set up in-store by Guitar World Australia's techs before it ships to you, so you can plug in and play Johnny B. Goode the second it arrives. No flux capacitor required.
Specifications
The finer details
Specifications
| Brand | Epiphone |
|---|---|
| Model | Back to the Future ES-345 (EIBTTFGH1) |
| Finish | Cherry Red Gloss |
| Body Shape | ES-335 |
| Body Material | 5-ply Layered Maple |
| Centerblock | Solid Maple |
| Bracing | Spruce |
| Binding | 4-ply Top, Single-ply Back & Fretboard |
| Neck Material | Mahogany |
| Neck Profile | Rounded C |
| Neck Joint | Glued In, Set Neck |
| Fingerboard | Rosewood |
| Fingerboard Radius | 304.8mm / 12" |
| Frets | 22, Medium Jumbo |
| Inlays | Pearloid Split Parallelogram |
| Scale Length | 628.65mm / 24.75" |
| Nut Width | 43mm / 1.69" |
| Nut Material | Graph Tech |
| Truss Rod | Dual Action |
| Bridge Pickup | Alnico Classic PRO Humbucker |
| Neck Pickup | Alnico Classic PRO Humbucker |
| Controls | 2 Volume, 2 Tone, Mono Varitone Switch |
| Pickup Selector | 3-way Toggle |
| Output Jack | Standard Epiphone 1/4" |
| Bridge | Epiphone LockTone Tune-O-Matic |
| Tailpiece | Bigsby B70 Vibrato |
| Hardware Finish | Gold |
| Pickup Covers | Gold |
| Tuners | Epiphone Deluxe with Cream Keystone Buttons |
| Pickguard | Black 5-ply, ES-335-shaped |
| Control Knobs | Black Top Hat with Gold Insert |
| Headstock | 60s Kalamazoo with Hill Valley Music decal on back |
| Headstock Inlay | Epiphone Logo & Gibson Crown in Mother of Pearl |
| Strings | .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046 |
| Case | Vintage-style Hardshell with Marvin Berry & the Starlighters graphics |
| Limited Edition | Yes — only 1985 units worldwide |