Freddie King

Here Freddie King can be seen playing a Gibson 335. According to the Gibson article "10 Things You Didn't Know About Blues Legend Freddie King" by Ted Drozdowski,

Freddie King can be seen on his album cover for "Blue Guitar Hero" holding what is more than likely a 1954 Gibson Les Paul Goldtop.

"Early photos of King show him playing a mid-Fifties Gibson gold-top Les Paul with P-90 pickups, which he used along with a Gibson GA-40 amplifier. Shortly thereafter, he switched to his trademark Gibson ES-345 guitars, cranked to massive volume through Fender Quad Reverbs." - excerpt from Guitar World's Freddie King lesson article.

"Early photos of King show him playing a mid-Fifties Gibson gold-top Les Paul with P-90 pickups, which he used along with a Gibson GA-40 amplifier. Shortly thereafter, he switched to his trademark Gibson ES-345 guitars, cranked to massive volume through Fender Quad Reverbs." - excerpt from Guitar World's Freddie King lesson article.

Freddy King used several Gibsons including this ES-345 Stereo

Watch as Freddie King performs "Going Down" in Dallas, Texas, 1973, using a Gibson ES-355TDC.

In this youtube video, Freddy King can be seen using a Gibson ES-335. Looking at the video, it seems the 1971 model. This video is taken by the following DVD "Freddie King – Live In Europe" and the song is recorded at Opopoppa: Stockholm, Sweden July 4, 1973.

In the provided photo, Freddie King is seen playing a 1965 Gibson Melody Maker D, accompanied by his Blonde Fender Bandmaster and Blackface Showman amplifier.

In the photo, Freddie King is seen playing his 1968 ES-345 through a Vox AC-100 amplifier, along with Marshall 1982A and 1982B “Tall Bottom” Cabinets.