1957 Orig Gibson ES-175 D Shell with Bridge
Basically I parted the Guitar. NOTHING was wrong with it At All. The Shell with truss rod cover and Bridge is Orig 1957. The Tail (nickle) is from a 1952 Gibson.It played perfect and Sweet. You can add Reissue parts, and with this 54 year old Original Finish. HAVE ONE Kick Butt Jazz Box... No Offers No Trades. I have 4 video's showing Me playing it. YOU Never Ever get this much shown to you in a sale. Yes the PAF's Screamed! Rare Blond in Color. Below this is the write up I had before I PARTED. I still have the 1960's Black Gibson ES-175 Case, but keeping. If wanted it be $450. It will be packed Good!
Early 1957 HERE FOLKS. THIS IS A $18,000+ Guitar in this Clean Shape IF YOU Can Find one. Not many Around As I said in video. All Orig but tail piece ( one on there now is from a 1952 ) and 30 year old well done Pro repaired headstock. NO touch ups, overspray... noting.If you know glues repaired wood if done correct, It IS Stronger than orig
Now you can say but it has a glued crack? Valid question. Well 99% of ALL bodies, Gibson & Fender and All of them are glued together wood. You see bodies falling apart? Or a headstock on All Taylor Acoustics are Glued on headstocks. In a stress test, wood will break before that glued area. So it's just a thing, so Jam on :)
batch code (inside stamped) is U1841 32
The Gibson ES-175 was one of the most important electric archtop guitars to ever come out of the Kalamazoo factory. It is an all time classic and was a true players guitar. It was a deep body guitar and had a warm distinctive sound which was found only in the more expensive Gibson guitars such as the Johnny Smith and the L-5.
Features:
Body size at lower bout: 16". Scale length: 24 3/4" Nut Width: 1 11/16
Solid mahogany neck; solid Brazilian rosewood fingerboard; arched maple top and back
Dual-parallelogram mother of pearl fingerboard inlay and crown peghead inlay
Triple bound top, bound back
Hardware:Nickle. PAF pickups , Kluson Deluxe tuners, compensated Brazilian rosewood bridge
Blond finish makes it even more desirable.