1991 Gibson Herb Ellis

[citizenk74]

I have a friend with one and it is a mighty fine guitar. Its iconic status is well deserved. Congratulations, and play it in good health!

[citizenk74]

From the 1932 version of "The Mummy". This drummer I play with informs us of this every time we play it.

One of Karloff's finest performances - a classic of the genre!

[grahambop]

From the 1932 version of "The Mummy". This drummer I play with informs us of this every time we play it.

yeah I know that guy.

[lawson-stone]

I ended up replacing the 490R pickup on mine with a seymour Duncan Seth Lover and now I'm totally happy.

I did still love the guitar with the 490R, but had the SDSL in a box and thought, why not? I like it, but I also liked the 490.

This guitar is addictive. You have some really nice archtops, as I do, but somehow with the L5ces, the ES175, I find I reach for the ES165 instinctively most often. It's a jewel. Has a somehow "tighter" tone for me than the 175. It reminds me of that custom guitar Joe Pass had, the one-pickup thinner ES175.

I can't wait to hear more clips of great bop tunes and standards with you playing that guitar. You'll do it proud, and it will serve you well.

[floatingpickup]

Mine has that chunky neck too. My 175 has the normal neck so I still have to get used to it a bit. Why did they cjoose for a chunkier neck profile on the Herb Ellis and not for the regular 175 profile? Did Herb’s old guitar have that profile too?

DB


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I don’t know for sure, but I assume the neck profile was based on Herb’s guitar. His was a 1950’s model, which would have had a chunky neck. I really liked the neck on mine.
Keith

[floatingpickup]

The 490 pickup sounds rich and very "vintage" to me as if you are playing into a Tweed amp, or something similar. I like it !!

I loved the sound of the 490 in mine.
Keith

[Nick71]

Great guitar
Great song
Great playing

[lammie200]

I loved the sound of the 490 in mine.
Keith

Same here. I have a 91. Congrats to Dutch. Mine must be a little later than Dutch's because it has the signature on the headstock. Nice full neck profile but not overly fat. I am really happy that I shed some mediocre guitars to get mine. Prices were still somewhat reasonable when I did. Hard to find them for anything close to less than $3k USD now. I could see the inflation trend about to take place and (only!) paid $1800 for mine.

[Jonathan0996]

Beautiful guitar, Dick. I was just thinking about how you need more guitars.

You make it sing, just as you always do. It's great to hear you. Enjoy it in good health

[Sleeko]

I have a thing for that body shape. Comfortable eh? Enjoy it, very nice find.

[Durban]

the necks on later ES-165 from about late 90's became thinner, my 1991 ES-165 had a thicker neck than my 1992 my 2000 current ES165 has a thinner neck like an ES175

although all are comfy, i dont like thick necks, the 2000 ES165 neck is just right

[Durban]

I remember seeing this record when i was about 12 ish loving that guitar yet not knowing what a Jazz Guitar was.

[davidcellist]

The tune is...Beautiful Love.

[DMgolf66]

Has anyone ditched the tune-o-matic and put in a wooden bridge?

[EllenGtrGrl]

Congrats on the ES-165 DB! As usual, you play some great sounding chord melody guitar. Now I want to take out my "Son of ES-175" Eastman AR380CE Pisano (I got it back from its refret to remove the nickel frets, this past Thursday - yay! ), and give it some quality time. Unfortunately, I have to practice on my Gibson J-35, for playing in the church band in few hours at Saturday mass, so no AR380CE playing time for me.

[grahambop]

The tune is...Beautiful Love.

yes, see the mummy jokes earlier in the thread!

[davidcellist]

I just bought a ES - 165 too - it is a very good instrument.

[jzucker]

i had one of these. Mine might have been a few years older. One weird thing was that the tailpiece cutouts for the ball ends were too wide and the strings would slip through them. I had to take a fragment of a low E string and loop it through the ball ends of all the strings to keep that from happening. I always wondered when their manufacturing caused that issue and when it was fixed. My similar year 175 did not have that issue...

[davidcellist]

Ah the Tailpiece! The single blight on the ES - 165 HE. Compared to the tailpiece on my L5 it looks kinda...well cheap. I am seeking a gold-coloured MIA ES - 175 one atm for the new aquisition.