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The Gibson ES-175 is an archtop electric introduced by Gibson in 1949. The ES-175 was designed to be a cheaper alternative to Gibson's high-end archtop models like the L5 and Super 400. Partly for this reason the ES-175 has an all-laminate body construction. The earliest ES-175s cost $175 (hence the name) and had one single-coil P-90 pickup in the neck position. In 1953, the ES-175D, a two-pickup version, was introduced. The ES-175 came in either natural or sunburst finish. From 1957 ES-175s were fitted with PAF humbucking pickups. In 1976, a three-piece maple neck replaced the one-piece mahogany neck, a neck volute was added, and the ES-175's adjustable rosewood bridge was replaced by a Nashville bridge.
A thinline body version was available as the ES-175T from 1976 to 1979.
Specifications (29)
Body
Body back material | maple body back |
Body depth | 3.375 inches body depth |
Body shape features | archtop, single cutaway |
Body sides material | maple body sides |
Body style | archtop |
Body top material | maple body top |
Body width | 16.25 inches body |
Hollow body | hollow body |
Pickguard shape | raised pickguard |
Soundhole | 2 f-holes |
Neck
Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
Neck material | mahogany neck |
Number of frets | 20 fret |
Peghead (headstock) | black face headstock |
Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
Bridge | adjustable rosewood bridge |
Hardware color | nickel hardware |
Tailpiece | trapeze tailpiece |
Fretboard
Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | parallelogram fingerboard position markers |
General
Finish colors | natural finish |
Finish effects | sunburst finish |
Made in | USA |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Scale length | 24.75 inches scale-length |
Electronics
Pickups brand and model | Gibson P-90 pickup(s), Gibson PAF pickup(s) |
Pickups configuration | 1 humbucker pickup, 1 single coil pickup, 2 humbucker pickups |
Controls
Tone controls | 1 tone control |
Volume controls | 1 volume control |