1957 Gibson ES-175 Sunburst, Excellent, Original Hard

The poor ES-175. More often than not, it's gets its PAF pickups scavenged and it valuable parts swapped out. This 57 is a victim but at least the replacement pickups are really excellent. The original early PAFs have been replaced with a set of Throbak SLE 101 pluses. Most of the rest of the guitar is original. Thanks to the tech who replaced the pickups for going the extra mile-- the original harness is intact including the shielding cans. The volume pots are a little scratchy but I'll clean them before it sells. The only other parts that have been changed are the tuners (later Gibson Deluxe) and the switch tip. There was a strap pin at the heel that was removed and the hole filled. There is a phone number scratched into the back of the headstock. The guitar is a 9+ out of ten and is a wonderful player. If this had it's original PAFs, I would have priced it at $10K or more. But it's not so we knock off the value of the PAFs and the other changed parts and you get a spectacularly great player that can be put back to 99% for thousands less. Original brown case.