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1959 ES-175 Hollowbody Electric Guitar
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The ultimate jazzbox is back in a meticulous recreation of its best single-pickup incarnation.
To recreate the 1959 ES-175, Gibson Custom Memphis employs all the tonewoods, components and constructional details that helped to make the original legendary. The body, designed by Gibson to reduce feedback in a full-depth archtop, is made from three-ply plain maple with an AAA plain maple top face. From the pointed Florentine cutaway, to the solid maple rims with replica cotton rim stays, to the precise binding dimensions and colors, every effort has been made to ensure the look of the 1959 ES-175 is dead-on. The set neck is made from solid mahogany with a bound rosewood fingerboard inlaid with characteristic split-parallelogram position markers. Carved to a comfortably rounded late ™50s profile with hand-rolled binding, it exudes the playing feel of a well-aged classic. A mother-of-pearl Gibson logo and crown inlay grace the headstock, along with a set of vintage-style, single-line TonePros„¢ tuners with amber tulip buttons. The hardware complement is completed by a multi-ply ES-175 pickguard, traditional floating rosewood bridge, and a correct œzig-zag trapeze tailpiece made on the original building forms, previously lost for decades.
Original late ™50s ES-175s benefited from the glorious tone of some of the most revered pickups ever created, Gibson' hallowed œPAF humbuckers, and Gibson Custom Memphis goes all out to achieve that sound in this recreation of the classic. A single Aged ™57 Classic humbucker accurately transmits the 1959 ES-175' acoustic voice, while adding the warmth, depth, edge and articulation that made PAFs famous in the first place. It's wired through original-spec 500k CTS potentiometers with œBumble Bee tone capacitors. All together this guitar breathtakingly recreates the total look, feel and sound of the highly prized original, and represents one of the most comfortable, playable historic guitar reproductions Gibson has provided the market in years. Includes case.
Features
- Plain Maple body with three-ply Poplar core
- Rosewood fingerboard with aged-cellulous split-parallelogram inlays
- Single aged '57 Classic Humbuckers
- Rosewood base bridge with height-adjustable compensated Rosewood top and period-correct "Zig Zag" tailpiece
- Vintage single line, tulip-button TonePros„¢ with 18:1 tuning ratio
- Includes case
The holy grail of jazz guitars is within your reach. Don't let it slip away.
1959 ES-175 Hollowbody Electric Guitar Specifications:
Body- Body Type: Fully Hollow
- Top: 3-ply - Maple/Poplar/Maple, Hot Pressed
- Back: 3-ply - Maple/Poplar/Maple, Hot Pressed
- Binding: Vintage Cream
- Species: Mahogany Neck with Maple Spline
- Truss Rod: Traditional
- Joint Angle: 4 (+/- 15 seconds)
- Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50
- Joint: Mortise & Tenon
- Adhesive: Franklin Titebond 50
- Joint Angle Tolerance: +/- .005"
- Species: Hand-selected Dark Rosewood
- Radius: 12"
- Scale Length: 24.75"
- Nut/E.O.B: 1.687/2.062
- Inlays: Aged-Cellouse Plastic Split Parallelogram
- Binding: .04, Vintage Cream
- Other: Thin '59 Style Fret Wire/Tortoiseshell Side Dots
- Material: Vintage-Style Nylon
- Width: 1.687
- Slots: Gibson PLEK System
- Logo: Mother of Pearl 'Gibson'
- Inlay: Mother of Pearl Crown
- Truss Rod Cover: Vintage Truss Rod Cover
- Angle: 17 Degrees
- Model: TonePros® Kluson® with Tulip Buttons
- Plating: Nickel
- Tuning Ratio: 18:01
- Type: Rosewood Base, Compensated Rosewood Top, Height-Adjusting Knurled Wheels
- Material: Rosewood and Nickel-Plated Adjustment Wheels
- Type: Original Spec "Zig Zag" Style
- Material: Nickel Plated Brass
- Knobs: Amber Top Hat with Dial Pointers
- Pickguard: Black Reissue with 5-ply Binding
- Pickup Mounting: Rings Black Plastic
- Strings: .012 - .052, Genuine Gibson Strings
- Strap Buttons: Single Tapered Plastic
- Neck Position: '57 Classic Humbucker (Alnico II)
- Potentiometers: 1 Volume Control
- 1 Tone Control
- Capacitors: Sprague Black Beauty Bumblebee
- Type: 500k Audio Taper
- Coil Wiring: Parallel-Machine Wound
- Toggle Switch: Switchcraft Toggle with Vintage Cap (Double Pickup Model Only)
- Output Jack: 1/4" Switchcraft Jack
- Sealer: Nitrocellulose Lacquer
- Vintage Burst
- Type: Custom Shop Silkscreened Case
- Case Exterior: Black Leatherette
- Case Interior: Charcoal Plush
- Free Standard Ground shipping (48 contiguous states, some overweight and Used/Vintage items excluded).
- Orders placed before 3 p.m. ET usually ship the same business day.
Every guitar or bass you purchase from Musician's Friend (electric or acoustic, New or Open Box) includes two years of protection from manufacturer defects.
Our Gear Advisers are available to guide you through your entire shopping experience. Call or Chat for expert advice and to hear the latest deals.