Nitro blemish on a vintage Gibson - value?

[Max405]

As always, great stuff MG.

[Gabor]

Can't be Biily's. I am blessed to have his '64 ES-175 SP!
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“Well, it is not mutual, said the 175 in herself”

I thought the essence of the 175 character is the PU placement (besides of the extra body depth and the wood).
Maybe I was wrong, but regardless of the tone, this seems to me a bit disrespect.

[Little Jay]

Yeah, my 1950 ES-125 also had some blemishes when I bought it:



Glad it did.... who wants to pay $10,000 for a guitar that you will take on the road and that you will play at concerts, bars, pubs, whatever... ?

[Tal_175]

Can't be Biily's. I am blessed to have his '64 ES-175 SP!
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So does that ES 175 sound noticeably different than ones with standard pickup placement?

[Easy2grasp]

Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat! You moved the neck pickup???

I love it.

Billy had the pickup moved because he didn't like it being under his preferred picking position on his guitar.

[Easy2grasp]

So does that ES 175 sound noticeably different than ones with standard pickup placement?

This is difficult to quantify firstly due to the nature of ES175's all sounding slightly unique, and Billy's guitar being very resonant perhaps from all the extra glue when it was put back together after he crushed it when he fell with it in the later years of his life. Also he had a different neck put on it in the 1960's (another drunken accident?) and it became 25 1/2 inch scale.

[Greco]

I have to ask...Who is/was "Billy" ?

I assume he was a famous jazz guitarist?

Thanks

[Little Jay]

I have to ask...Who is/was "Billy" ?

I assume he was a famous jazz guitarist?

Thanks

Billy Bauer

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[Greco]

Billy Bauer
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Here he is playing the 175:
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This is the least I can do to contribute. Apologies to the OP for the derail.

[wintermoon]

Billy Bauer

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Here he is playing the 175:


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that's Bucky Pizzarelli, Howard Alden, Herb Ellis, and Billy Bauer playing his D'Angelico Excel
Easy's guitar is Billy Bean's old 175

[omphalopsychos]

This is the least I can do to contribute. Apologies to the OP for the derail.

What derail? I only come here for the music.

[Gabor]

Just for the record Jonathan Kreisberg also plays the 175

[Easy2grasp]

Billy Bean gets his guitar back after Seth Greenberg had it repaired for him. Billy Bean (musician) - Wikipedia
And with Charlie Ventura playing bebop on his Epi Zephyr. Sorry to hi-jack the thread Omph. Just had to let more peeps know about Billy Bean (undoubtedly influenced by Billy Bauer). You have a super bad-ass guitar. Long live Es-175 enthusiasts!

[Little Jay]

Oops, I mixed up Billy Bean with Billy Bauer, sorry.....


I have this album, very nice:


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[vinlander]

Ouch! that brace broken right at the weak kerfed point...