GIBSON ES-175
WITH GENERIC HARD CASE (CIRCA 1970’s)
EVERY NOW AND THEN SOMETHING REALLY SPECIAL COMES IN TO STOCK
MADE IN THE USA
1963
(MAKING IT AS OLD AS ME AND THATS VERY OLD!)
IT WAS BOUGHT S/H IN 1967 BY THE CURRENT OWNER WHO WE ARE SELLING IT ON BEHALF OF
SUCH A FABULOUS VINTAGE INSTRUMENT WITH LOADS OF MOJO
ITS NOT PRISTINE AS ITS BEEN GIGGED AND ENJOYED FOR 62 YEARS
NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THOUGH
ITS PICKED UP THE ODD DING AND MARK (SEE PICS)
GIBSON CHARGE MORE FOR THAT NOWADAYS
THE MACHINEHEADS HAVE BEEN CHANGED TO GROVERS AND JUDGING BY THE TARNISHING ON THEM IT WAS DONE DECADES AGO
THE SWITCH TIP IS A NEW REPLACEMENT
THE SCRATCHPLATE HAS SHRUNK BUT IS STILL ATTACHED AND IN ONE PIECE
PICKUP COVERS HAVE BEEN CHANGED (PROBABLY DUE TO THE ORIGINALS TARNISHING) NOT THE BEST FIT BUT THEY DO THE JOB
THE IMPORTANT BIT IS THE PICKUPS THEMSELVES ARE ORIGINAL GIBSON PATENT NUMBER HUMBUCKERS
BASICALLY THESE ARE THE SAME AS THE LAUDED PAF PICKUPS BUT NOW HAVE A PATENT NUMBER STICKER ON THE BOTTOM OF THEM
IF THEY WERE PAF PICKUPS IT WOULD ADD AROUND £2K TO THE PRICE TAG!!
THE FRETS SHOW WEAR AS DOES THE BEAUTIFUL FINGERBOARD BUT IT STILL PLAYS BRILLIANTLY
AN ALTOGETHER GENUINE STUNNING INSTRUMENT THAT WILL ONLY GO UP IN VALUE
IT LOOKS BEAUTIFUL, PLAYS BRILLIANTLY AND SOUNDS LOVELY
A TRUE PIECE OF GUITAR HISTORY
WILL WE EVER SEE ANOTHER?
PROBABLY NOT
LISTERS GUITARS EXTREMELY COLLECTABLE S/H BARGAIN PRICE ONLY £7499!!!!