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Clearly, though, I have no problem whipping-out lead work on this neck, too.Īs a bonus, the "acoustic" sound of these bodies is plenty good-enough to jam with a buddy or two or to practice your licks. The neck has the later, slim-nut Gibson feel but to me that's perfect if you're playing closed-position chords up and down the neck (jazz-comp-style, anyone?) all night long. It's terribly fun to play, has a look all its own, and a classic tone. It's clean and clear and articulate but has that velvety, crunchy, mwah-sound that you only get from a Gibson hollowbody with a nice old bucker in it. The result of all of this effort is a lightweight, fast-handling guitar that sounds a lot like a same-period ES-175. There was already a larger factory-fit hole in the top on the lower-bout that allowed the original pickguard/pickup unit to fit correctly, so I made a small control plate from pickguard material and fit the volume pot and new jack in that area. On the wiring harness side, I added a ground to the tailpiece and made a simple volume + jack circuit. I used a "blank" cover to mount it, though, and so was able to cut it to allow access to the polepieces for string-to-string balancing. I "rightied" this again, did some fretwork that was needed, and then reinstalled the DiMarzio humbucker with a dogear P90 cover so that it'd look a little more old-fashioned and hide the original, oversized pickup rout (which had been expanded slightly by said owner to fit the bucker). Said original harness and parts are now long-missing, so when he brought this in for consignment I sized the project up and improved upon his idea. Its longtime-owner removed the original harness and pickguard unit (all surface-mount on these guys), converted it to lefty stringing, and fit a '70s US-made DiMarzio PAF-style humbucker in place of the original (almost-Stratty) single coil pickup. That means it's a stripped-down version of a thinline ES-125. This is a perfectly usable player for someone who stays in the first 12 frets.This pretty, iced-tea sunburst, thinline hollowbody guitar started life as a "normal" ES-120T. The frets have significant wear in the first 3 frets but it plays well. The truss rod is fully functioning and the action has been setup on the medium side so it will play as clean as possible with as little buzz as possible due to the ramp up at the fingerboard extension. Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has just inspected, setup and restrung The pick guard is no longer with the guitar. There is some finish worn off the side of the fingerboard from playing and some dings and wear around the edges of the headstock.
#1966 gibson es 125 crack
It looks like a well loved vintage guitar should! There is a stable hairline crack in output jack area, some finish cracks around the neck heel and a slight gap in-between the heel and side.
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The sides, back of neck and back of the guitar but no major gashes or scratches.
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Pickups/Hardware: It has one original P-90 pickup, volume, tone, rosewood floating bridge, Kluson Deluxe tuners, trapeze tailpiece and nylon nut.Ĭosmetics: This guitar has finish checking on the body, a small dings around It is a mahogany neck with a rosewood fingerboard, pearloid dots, 1.6” nut width, 24 3/4” scale length and it has large late 60s style frets.
#1966 gibson es 125 full
Neck: The neck is slimmer around the nut but gradually tapers to full Single cutaway and the original sunburst finish. It ships in an aftermarket case.īody: The body is full depth, hollow, laminate maple construction with Ring clear and the action is not is not overly high. Notes on the low stings buzz some when played above the 12th fret due to this but it sounds great otherwise, especially when amplified. It is in great cosmetic shape but does have a bit of a ramping effect in the fretboard extension, also referred to as a “ski jump”. It has justīeen setup by our in-house luthier and restrung with a new set of 10s. Summary: This vintage Gibson is a fully-hollow archtop guitar with deep body, single florentine cutaway and one original P-90 pickup.