Gibson ES-175 D description

Smart and toneful vintage ES-175 with heavy player wear and lacquer checking. There used to be three micro switches fitted just forward of the bridge pickup’s volume control. These have now been removed and the holes filled. You can see where they were on the last photo. There’s a close-up of the f hole showing the lacquer checking. The previous owner must have had fingernails as he or she has managed to wear little hollows into the fretboard – also shown in close-up. The headstock has a small piece chipped-off top right, plus plenty of paint chips around the edges. The tuners, pickguard and truss rod cover are all new replacements.

So, now let’s talk about the good stuff:
What you have here is a very handsome 1966 Gibson ES-175 with the original pickups, bridge, zig-zag tailpiece, gold bonnet knobs and body. It plays and sounds exactly like a vintage 175. It has no neck breaks or resets. Really, a very fine player’s guitar, that will make a jazz or rock musician very happy.

Features

16¼” Arched maple top with f-holes, maple back
Black and ivoroid binding body
Maple sides and neck
One piece mahogany neck
Black pickguard w/ beveled edge (replacement)
Neck joins at 14th fret, 20 fret fingerboard, 1 5/8" width at nut
16½" wide, 3 3/8" deep, 24¾" scale
Rosewood fingerboard with pearl double trapezoid inlays
Adjustable compensated rosewood bridge
Chrome zig-zag trapeze tailpiece
Kluson Deluxe double ring tulip tuners (replacement)
Gold reflector cap volume and tone knobs
Double humbucking pickups
Sunburst finish
Original hard case

175 tags

Gibson ES-175, Gibson ES 175, Gibson 175, 175, 175 D, classic jazz guitar, jazz box, jazz sound, tailpiece, Kluson, Steve Howe, Joe Pass, Florentine (pointed) cutaway, vintage Gibson