There is no rock ’n’ roll pioneer more influential than Chuck Berry, and the biting, crisp sound on his hits came from the Gibson ES-350. The early records (Maybelline, Roll Over Beethoven) were on a P90-equipped ES-350TN, and when Gibson introduced humbuckers in 1957 he switched to the ES-350T, producing the likes of Carol and You Never Can Tell. Johnny B Goode came out in 1957, and nerds still argue over which guitar he used. And 'T'? It stands for thinline. The T model is a slimmed down variant on the earlier (and fatter!) ES-350.