2016 Gibson ES-275

[Hammertone]

Could sell sand to the arabs ;-)
Armchairs and smaller bodies lol Love it

The Arabs need some sand? I'm on it….

[Gitfiddler]

Thanks for the NAMM photos. It looks much nicer than other photos.

It reminds me of the Heritage Millennium, a solid wood top/back/sides designed guitar.

Heritage Guitar, Inc. of Kalamazoo - Semi Hollow Body - Millennium Ultra STD

[Hammertone]

Agreed, though I'm not sure there's one with these specs. I still say this one's a winner, and a guitar I will seek out...used, in a year or two.

How about:
- 15 7/8" wide
- 25 1/4" scale
- 2" deep
- 16th fret neck joint
- ebony board
- laminated body
- hollow
Would that do?

[Woody Sound]

ES-275 - Thought it might be time to revisit this thread. Checked on availability, the waters are muddy. One forum actually says the fancy one only avail in Japan(!)

[David B]

Musucian's Friend's listing for the plainer cherry model has some good photos and an expected shipping date of 25th March: Gibson 2016 ES-275 Hollowbody Electric Guitar Faded Cherry | Musician's Friend

[bananafist]

Certainly looks nice. Nobody in the UK has an 'expected' date or doing photos yet, to my knowledge. From the website link nut width 1.681" equates to 42.6mm. More like a tele than a Gibson - if its right. Japanese spec maybe?

[Woody Sound]

Certainly looks nice. Nobody in the UK has an 'expected' date or doing photos yet, to my knowledge. From the website link nut width 1.681" equates to 42.6mm. More like a tele than a Gibson - if its right. Japanese spec maybe?

I'm starting to wonder about availability; the guy in the vid emphasizes appealing to the Japan market. Hmmm.

[Scotto]

I ran across these in a store the other day... It looked like an L5 for a 10 year old. Beautiful guitar but for the price, I kept asking myself what's the thinking behind these guitars? I must be missing something.

[mr. beaumont]

The thinking is that modern jazz players are using smaller archtops often.

[Woody Sound]

The thinking is that modern jazz players are using smaller archtops often.

...and have incomes besides jazz.

[BigDaddyLoveHandles]

...and have incomes besides jazz.

There's always Squier Teles.

[pingu]

The thinking is that modern jazz players are using smaller archtops often.

Also modern jazz players are about 20% smaller
Than Kenny Burrell , and they tend to play in G
Rather than F

[Little Jay]

With respect to the second picture in post #88; What about that top bracing?? Multiple thin parallel strips? Or a block with grooves? Has anyone ever seen that before on a contemporary archtop?

Yes, the ES-330 is braced that way. It's actually the same thin kerfed spruce liner block that connects the top and bottom to the centre block in ES-335 guitars (and derivatives). They just left away the centre block in the 330 (well, plus other differences of course).

[GNAPPI]

I LOVE Gibsons but do not have rose colored glasses.With so much said, where to start?

Thinner has failed before, the ES195, 175T and Midtown Kalamazoo come to mind.

We players are like sampling porridge... too hot, too cool... short scale, wrong fretboard, scale length, head shape, price, finish, pups, all deal breakers.

Right now for me any new model has to do something I have does not do, that being play and sound better. Gibson had painted themselves in a corner there... every git is like an Elvis impersonator that can't improve on the original :-)

With prices at, near, or above $4k do comparable used L4, 175, or Tal Farlow among others all raise the bar for Gibson to a tough spot to reach? Considering the quality issues they experience with some regularity I think a "Lifetime Warranty" on the instrument NOT the original owner would be one of the few things that would make buyers out of critics and tire kickers.