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That is a gorgeous ES-175. It's like a split the difference amalgam of Herb Ellis' '53 and Joe Pass' '62. It just has to be a winner. I have played my share of '50s P90 ES-175s. They have all been superb guitars...but especially Herb Ellis' guitar.
Enjoy!
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11-05-2016 04:26 PM
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IMO.....out of all the famous 175 players Herb's 53 sounded the best. His 175 really had "the tone" both when he had the stock P90 and also when he put in the humbucker. He had a very special 175 for sure. No wonder he played it for most of his life.
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339, it's all good man. A mountain lion ate my neighbor's goat last week, so I need to keep a close eye on my pooch. The cyote keep the rabbits out of the garden, but still, I worry about the pooch. It's their space too, so I respect that. Love it in the country, except most of the players are in the city. That's ok, I can drive there too. Love France. Django Reinhart was one of my early influences. Holy smokes. Thanks for the hot club!
Originally Posted by 339 in june
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Yum.
I'd try some roundwounds, but that's what I always like
Gorgeous guitar!!!!!!!!!
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Love these, I had a blonde one. Should have kept it, but I'm more of a bucker player.
Beautiful guitar!
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So am I correct, or not, that they added the selector switch rubber grommet around the change to humbuckers in '58 or so? From the pics I've seen, that seems to be the case.
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I could easily drive over from Spokane to relieve you of that awful looking piece of wood when you get tired of it. Put up with it as long as you can and then let me know. Hate to see a guy suffer!
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Woody - Sound(s) like you've done some research that I haven't, so I couldn't tell you, but my '72 does have the grommet, and I know that you are a very knowledgeable guy when it comes to jazz guitars, so, I'm going with whatever you say, bro. Thanks! Originally Posted by Woody Sound
yebdox, I'll file your interest under 'someone who loves old Gibson jazz guitars like I do' , and cross reference it under 'GAS'ers Anonomys. When it ever becomes unglued to my hands, like I'll ever get tired of playing it, I'll let you know. I'll probably be dead. Thanks man! Originally Posted by yebdox
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I keep thinking I need a guitar from the year I was born.... I think you beat me to it, unless there's a blonde version out there with my name on it. Take good care of my future guitar! An exercise in patience for me!
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Nice, Skykomishone, very nice, classic, good catch...
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That's what I'm doing, TI13's. The one thing I noticed, the P90's have some serious magnetism. During restringing, the slack strings would stick to the poles on the pickup. I mean, really stick. Those guys have some serious field around them. Originally Posted by Longways to Go
Yum.
I'd try some roundwounds, but that's what I always like
Gorgeous guitar!!!!!!!!!
There are some fringe alternative medicine ideas involving magnets. Maybe, if I play this guitar a whole lot, my right hand will never get carple tunnel. Anyway, thanks for the reply. It's definitely a keeper, and I've always been a round wound (up) kind of guy.
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I caught that one.
Also, if you ever lose your keys, that would be a great place to look..
Kidding aside, that is a really great guitar. I don't know what they did, but the recipe for that guitar yields perfection. The guitar never bottoms out. Whatever you can do, the 175 can take. And with 13's, you probably will enjoy it acoustically.
JD
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Man that is one very sweet old guitar there young fella !! WOW that is clean as a cats ass...
Big
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Joe, Originally Posted by Max405
It's going to be a tough week. I won't have her to hold and fondle while I play with Angle Eyes, and all of those other cool tunes, while my wife listens in on our conversations. I took it to Mike Lull to do the frets and board. Those original frets are really hard to take. Skinny little things. I mean, it played like lightening and sounded great, but, I have a hard time with some of those upper frets making half diminished full bar cords. At my age, my hands don't like to work so hard pressing to get a clean 6 note cord, especially when I like to play for several hours a day. You know what I mean. It comes home on the 20th, and Lull is a master. He's also going to do a new bone nut. The bigger frets will give a slightly wider playing field, and he'll get it to perfection.
Regarding the acoustics, that part is amazing. I can't believe it has the voice it has. Then you plug her in, and whoa-aah! .13's are the answer. I can't imagine playing on lighter strings.
Thanks Joe! I'll keep an eye out for that one you're looking for!
Hey Mike, Originally Posted by BigMikeinNJ
This guitar was a complete accident. Almost a karma thing. It just appeared in front of me and asked me to take her home. I was looking at something completely different when the guy said, hey, I might have something else you'll be interested in. It wasn't advertised. This guy, now my big friend and jamming buddy, must have known how much I'd fall in love, hard, after I mentioned playing a '50's 175 and couldn't stop thinking about it. It's actually cleaner than my dogs jewels, which he polishes several times a day.
Cheers, Thanks!
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Actually, I really was asking, because I'm not sure. But if you google "ES-175" and "P-90" images, none of the pics have the grommet. But If you google "ES-175" and "PAF," you see the grommet. That was the basis for my assumption. The only reason I'm suddenly interested is because I just bought my first 2-pickup archtop (ES-275) and it has the grommet. Originally Posted by skykomishone
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The rubber grommet was introduced in '60-'61 I believe.
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Here is one on a '59, if the seller has the date correct. Originally Posted by customxke
http://www.webuyguitars.org/store/pr...?prod=g7es3001
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My googling eyes seem to pin it at around 1959, not sure exactly when within that slice of time. Originally Posted by customxke
I have to agree with Woody. But, I always expect nothing to be absolute with these guitar things.
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