1958 Gibson ES-175 - Bound Headstock?

[wintermoon]

this is a pretty darn nice looking one w/one of the nicest backs I've seen on a vintage 175.
and it's another one w/bound headstock and painted f-holes..
on closer inspection it almost looks like there's a white overlay under the black overlay and the edge of the black was scraped at an angle to reveal the white, like an original Stromberg

1957 GIBSON ES-175 N D PAF's Natural Very Clean ALL ORIGINAL with OHSC ES175ND | eBay

[skiboyny]

That's a beauty for sure. I've often wondered how quickly something like this moves at 9500.?? Even as a collectable I wonder if there is much of a market for it especially given the state of archtops right now..

this is a pretty darn nice looking one w/one of the nicest backs I've seen on a vintage 175.
and it's another one w/bound headstock and painted f-holes..
on closer inspection it almost looks like there's a white overlay under the black overlay and the edge of the black was scraped at an angle to reveal the white, like an original Stromberg

1957 GIBSON ES-175 N D PAF's Natural Very Clean ALL ORIGINAL with OHSC ES175ND | eBay

[wintermoon]

That's a beauty for sure. I've often wondered how quickly something like this moves at 9500.?? Even as a collectable I wonder if there is much of a market for it especially given the state of archtops right now..

Even though archtops are down I'm surprised this is still for sale. This is about what a sunburst 50's PAF ES-175D sells for in this condition, let alone blonde.
Surely someone will come along and rape it for the parts

[M-ster]

When is he gonna cut that hair? Looked super ridiculous back then and just terrible now.

It's official - we've become our parents!

[D'Aquisto Fan]

Even though archtops are down I'm surprised this is still for sale. This is about what a sunburst 50's PAF ES-175D sells for in this condition, let alone blonde.
Surely someone will come along and rape it for the parts

I agree, Wintermoon. I think this is a very good price for this vintage 175 in blonde. Especially if one could negotiate a slightly better deal.

[floatingpickup]

Even though archtops are down I'm surprised this is still for sale. This is about what a sunburst 50's PAF ES-175D sells for in this condition, let alone blonde.
Surely someone will come along and rape it for the parts

Parting out such a beautiful jazz guitar would really be a shame, but it might happen. The parts are worth a lot of money. Someone should buy it just to save it from the paf pirates.
Keith