GIBSON ES-225 T

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ES-225 T and ES-225
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  • Gibson ES-225T electric guitar
    Gibson ES-225T

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1955 to 1959

The ES-225 T was made between 1955 and 1959. It was the first thinline Gibson hollow bodied guitar. The ES-225 T featuried a Florentine cutaway, the Les Paul combined bridge and tailpiece a laminated pickguard, and a single P-90 pickup mounted in an unusual position mid-way between the bridge and the end of the fingerboard. Around 5,220 of the single pickup ES-225 were produced.

Specifications (23)

Controls

Tone controls1 tone control
Volume controls1 volume control

Electronics

Pickups configuration1 single coil pickup

General

Finish effectssunburst finish
Made inUSA
Number of strings6 strings
Scale length24.75 inches scale-length

Body

Body back materialmaple body back
Body shape featuressingle cutaway
Body sides materialmaple body sides
Body stylearchtop, thin body
Body top materialmaple body top
Pickguard shaperaised pickguard
Soundhole2 f-holes

Neck

Body fretNeck joins body at 14th fret
Headstock inlays or logospearl headstock inlay/logo
Neck materialmahogany neck
Number of frets20 fret
Peghead (headstock)black face headstock

Fretboard

Fingerboard inlay materialpearl fingerboard inlay material
Fingerboard materialrosewood fingerboard
Fingerboard position markersdot fingerboard position markers

Hardware

Tailpiecetrapeze tailpiece

Prices (2)

DatePriceConditionNameComments
1958$800excellent
1974$1200worn

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