1953 Gibson ES175 Sunburst
Now available on consignment, a 1953 Gibson ES175 in its original sunburst finish!
This is a fairly early example of a Gibson ES175, featuring a single dogear P90 pickup, laminated maple back and sides, a rosewood bridge and fingerboard, and parallelogram inlays.
The guitar retains most of its original parts with exception of the tailpiece (the original broken trapeze is included), and the tone pot. The original wiring harness otherwise remains with the IRC volume pot dating to the 13th week of '53. At one point another bridge was fitted, however the original rosewood bridge, brass thumbwheels, and saddle remain. The bridge has been shaved down to improve the action, and there is some light touchup on the bass side of the bridge, see photos. There has been a few added strap buttons to the heel as well.
Otherwise the guitar presents in great overall condition, with a surprising amount of life in the original small Gibson frets.
Includes its original Lifton case (original tailpiece included).
- Card Payment (1.5% fee is calculated onto the final sale price) - Paypal (3.5% fee is calculated onto the final sale price including shipping costs) - Bank wire transfer via invoice I also offer layby as an option as well, please contact me for details.
All my guitars are professionally packed outside and inside the case and are shipped express worldwide. Each guitar is fully insured with signature on delivery. Approximately 5 business days international, 2 days interstate.
All instruments shipped within Australia will have a 48-hour approval period/change of mind policy for returns, no questions asked. This means you will get a full refund due to a simple change of mind, minus return shipping costs. This approval period/change of mind policy does not apply to consigned instruments. All guitars are sold as-is with no returns past the approval period above. Any guitar sold not as described is returnable outside this approval period.