Larry Carlton: The Man Who Made the ES-335 Sing
Mr. 335 – The Architect of the Smoothest Guitar Sound in History On February 8, 1988, Larry Carlton was shot in the throat and left arm by a random gang-related bullet outside his Hollywood Hills home. Doctors told him he might never play again: the bullet severed a nerve in his left hand and damaged his vocal cords. Six months later he walked into the studio and recorded the solo on “Minute by…










