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WHY WAS THE GIBSON ES-775 SO SHORT-LIVED?
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12-25-2020 04:34 PM
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Originally Posted by Liam1289
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Jon
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Originally Posted by icr
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Looking at the left hand, I'm not sure that photo is proof of playing.
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Originally Posted by sgosnell
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He knew more than one chord
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I ordered an ES775 when they first came out, I had the guitar for only 6 months; it was very heavy, the wood piece on the tail fell off after a month and I had to glue it back, and the tone was not (in my opinion) as good as the ES175. They are beautiful to look at but if you hold one standing up, you'll know why it didn't last very long in production.
Cheers,
Arnie...
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Here's one for sale on Reverb with the Gibson sticker inside.
Gibson ES-775 Sunburst | Flat Five Music | Reverb
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Originally Posted by wintermoon
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Originally Posted by TH
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Originally Posted by WilliamScott
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Originally Posted by customxke
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Originally Posted by AKA
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
AKA
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I don't give a flying f...
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Originally Posted by Woody Sound
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Reverb has an informative article about those unique "Artist" models that included the "Winged F" headstock inlay...as well as Tim Shaw designed Moog electronics.
When Gibson Put Moog Preamps In Guitars: Les Paul | Reverb News
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Originally Posted by Gitfiddler
And, double luck, I also have an ES Artist, with the same Flying F, both acquired by accident, within three months of each other. My ES Artist is from the first series of 27, made in 1979. I still have the Moog, and it works, but I had her set-up with the continuously fine '57's, regular tone circuit, split-coil, phase and a jazz switch (extra condensator for dark sounds).
Ain't that summin'?
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Originally Posted by SG2000
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The Gibson 775 is my dream guitar.
The 175 has always felt like the perfect guitar in that I like the body size and it has the perfect neck profile for my hands, so with this being simlar to a 175 and having that beautiful headstock inlay...mmm!
The most important thing though is that it would match my Gibson RD artist which also has a 'flying f' inlay.
(I'm in the UK if anyone knows or hears about one for sale)
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Gibson ES-775 1991 - Vintage Sunburst | Reverb
Originally Posted by GordonM
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The slotted block fretboard inlays on the Howard Roberts models (Epi and Gibson) were more delicate. Someone must of changed the bandsaw blade for the ES-775.
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Originally Posted by Easy2grasp
Pedantically yours,
steven
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