~1970 Gibson ES-175D Wine Red
Summary: This is an early 1970’s Gibson ES-175 in a wonderful wine red finish. With a fully hollow body and sharp Florentine cutaway, the Gibson ES-175 stands out as an all-time iconic jazz guitar. The ES-175 has seen some variation over the years, with different pickup and hardware configurations coming in and out of the Gibson lineup. Those with the ES-175D model number indicate the use of two pickups. This particular Gibson is from the early 1970’s and it is in pretty good shape – it plays and sounds wonderful.
Body: Classic fully hollow archtop electric guitar with a single cutaway. This guitar features a laminated maple top, back & sides. The top has a finely aged 3-ply binding and the back has a single-ply cream binding. The body is 16” wide at the lower bout.
Neck: 3 piece mahogany neck with a solid rosewood bound fingerboard with dual-parallelogram mother of pearl fingerboard inlays. Scale length: 24 3/4". Nut Width: 1 11/16". This guitar also has Gibson Deluxe tuning keys.
Pickups/Hardware: Nickle hardware with 2 humbucker pickups, two volume knobs, two tone knobs & a three-way switch. This guitar has a trapeze style tailpiece.
Cosmetics: This guitar is from the early 1970’s so it does show wear and tear consistent with a vintage Gibson that has been played & loved for years and years. This instrument does have various scratches around & near the pickups and on the back of the body. The volute has some wear and the headstock also has wear around the edges. There are 2 holes in the body where the pickguard was once installed – this instrument is now missing the original pickguard.
Playability: This ES-175D plays and sounds great! The action is low and the chords and single notes ring out clearly and accurately up and down the fingerboard. We set this Gibson up with a new set of 10’s and made sure the truss rod was still working. The frets are still in good shape and they still have some life left in them.
Modifications: Missing the original pickguard.
Weight: 7 lbs, 3 oz.
Case: Gibson hardshell acoustic guitar case (Montana series)
We ship to select international locations. International shipping can become quite expensive. We will not falsify value on customs forms EVER! Please don't ask.
3 days on used and vintage gear. 14 days on new items. Buyer pays shipping both ways. No returns on shipped amplifiers. New items returned with out all packing materials and included inserts will be charged a 15% restocking fee.