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The Les Paul's impact on the worlds of rock 'n' roll and blues was absolutely titanic. In the realm of jazz, the instrument that had the same monumental effect is the Gibson ES-175.
When the ES-175 debuted with a run of 129 in 1949, it nudged aside the ES-150, which had been the guitar of choice for jazz innovators like Charlie Christian and Eddie Durham. The ES-175 also proved a more manageable and less costly alternative to the L-5s thanks to its smaller body size and laminated top.
FEATURES
Body and Hardware
The ES-175 was the first Gibson electric guitar to feature a Florentine cutaway beneath the neck, giving easy access to all 20 frets. It also had a carved rosewood bridge. For its first four years the model came with one single-coil P-90 pickup. In the early 50s, more and more models were produced and sold, indicating the ES-175s rapid rise in popularity.
In 1953, a two-pickup model was introduced, available in either sunburst or natural finish. The guitar received an update in 1957 when its design incorporated two humbucking pickups.
Near-perfect Recreation
The modern recreation of this great guitar made by Gibsons Memphis Custom Shop craftspeople owes its lineage to the ES-175 of 57. The body is a comfortable 16-inches wide, 20-inches long and 3-inches deep with a curly laminated maple top, back, and rims. Theres multi-ply binding on top and single-ply on the back, with nickel hardware including a ABR-1 bridge and a trapeze tailpiece. Three finishes are available: wine red, antique natural, and vintage sunburst.
The Custom Shop ES-175s one-piece mahogany neck supports the same 20-fret rosewood fingerboard that the guitars always offered, with beautiful pearl split parallelogram inlays, single-ply binding and the distinctive, comfortable classic ES-175 neck profile. Scale length is 24-inches with an 1 11/16-inch width at the nut. The tuners are vintage tulip style.
The pickups are Gibsons versatile workhorses: 57 Classic humbuckers controlled by two volume and two tone pots and a three-way selector switch. The ES-175 ships with Gibson Brite Wire .010 strings in a black levant case. And before each one leaves the Memphis shop it is examined and dressed by one of the companys state-of-the-art Pleck machines, providing high-tech assurance of optimum playability.
When the ES-175 debuted with a run of 129 in 1949, it nudged aside the ES-150, which had been the guitar of choice for jazz innovators like Charlie Christian and Eddie Durham. The ES-175 also proved a more manageable and less costly alternative to the L-5s thanks to its smaller body size and laminated top.
FEATURES
Body and Hardware
The ES-175 was the first Gibson electric guitar to feature a Florentine cutaway beneath the neck, giving easy access to all 20 frets. It also had a carved rosewood bridge. For its first four years the model came with one single-coil P-90 pickup. In the early 50s, more and more models were produced and sold, indicating the ES-175s rapid rise in popularity.
In 1953, a two-pickup model was introduced, available in either sunburst or natural finish. The guitar received an update in 1957 when its design incorporated two humbucking pickups.
Near-perfect Recreation
The modern recreation of this great guitar made by Gibsons Memphis Custom Shop craftspeople owes its lineage to the ES-175 of 57. The body is a comfortable 16-inches wide, 20-inches long and 3-inches deep with a curly laminated maple top, back, and rims. Theres multi-ply binding on top and single-ply on the back, with nickel hardware including a ABR-1 bridge and a trapeze tailpiece. Three finishes are available: wine red, antique natural, and vintage sunburst.
The Custom Shop ES-175s one-piece mahogany neck supports the same 20-fret rosewood fingerboard that the guitars always offered, with beautiful pearl split parallelogram inlays, single-ply binding and the distinctive, comfortable classic ES-175 neck profile. Scale length is 24-inches with an 1 11/16-inch width at the nut. The tuners are vintage tulip style.
The pickups are Gibsons versatile workhorses: 57 Classic humbuckers controlled by two volume and two tone pots and a three-way selector switch. The ES-175 ships with Gibson Brite Wire .010 strings in a black levant case. And before each one leaves the Memphis shop it is examined and dressed by one of the companys state-of-the-art Pleck machines, providing high-tech assurance of optimum playability.
