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GALLERY: John Porter's Guitar Collection

Porter muses over the highlights of his vast collection used on records by everyone from B.B. King to Eric Clapton to the Smiths.

1960 Gibson ES-335

"Eric Clapton tried to buy this one off of me a couple times," says Porter of this dot-neck." I refused," Porter notes," The 1958 to 1961 335-39's have these beautiful Mickey Mouse ears. You'll notice a few years after that they started getting much more pointy as the factory's template changed shape and got worn out. But the ears on this one are lovely."