The ES-175, and dual pickup ES-175D were very important guitars in the Gibson line, and as such were continually available (in some form) from their inception (19 respectively) to the present. Sunburst, Natural, Wine Red, Sparkling Burgundy, Ebony Rosewood fingerboard with double parallelogram pearloid inlays. Some 80s instruments had mahogany back and sides. One single coil (1953-57), later one humbucker (1957 onwards)Īrched maple top, maple back and sides. Two single coils (1953-57), or two humbuckers (1957 onwards) Summary of ES-175 / ES-175D specifications Modelġ949-1972, The last price list entry was Sept 1970, although shipping figures suggest they were shipped in very small numbers as late as 1972 (and possibly later)
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Original Gibson ledgers mark this event clearly it was February 18, 1957, on an ES-175N with serial number A25000. There was one significant change though the pickups in use originally were single-coil P90s, however the ES-175 was the first of all Gibson guitars to be shipped with a humbucker. The two pickup version, is by far the most familiar ES-175, and is still available today, largely unchanged in six decades. The single pickup model Gibson ES-175 was last listed in company price lists in 1970, although it seems to have been shipped way beyond that date. Body material was maple throughout, with a set mahogany neck. The Florentine cutaway was also seen as an advantage over the more usual Gibson Venetian cutaway, and this again proved popular. Having a laminate (rather than carved) maple top reduced the list price significantly: at last Gibson were offering a fine quality full-body jazz guitar at a relatively affordable price point.
This was a smaller bodied instrument than other archtops, measuring just 16 1/4" wide, (compared to 18" for the Super 400 CES, and 17" for the L-5CES, ES-5 and ES-350) and with a shorter scale (24 3/4"), to facilitate tricky jazz chordings. But the story of the Gibson ES-175 starts in 1949 with the launch of the one-pickup model, at $175 (hence the name ES-175), to be joined in 1953, by a two pickup version, ES-175D. Gibson archtops set the standard, both in terms of quality and design that other manufacturers would emulate, and still do to this day. Models such as the ES-300 and ES-350, launched in 1947, showed what was possible, and immediately earned Gibson respect from jazz guitarists of the time. Gibson cello-bodied guitars were very well regarded in the 1930s and 1940s.
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