My first Gibson

[wintermoon]

Right. But they first appear in a 175 in the ‘58 catalog, and only in the D. The single PU 175 still has a P90 in the picture. 1958 was a transition year, so they may have put PAFs in 175s made later in the year. I think the catalog says the single PU version has a HB despite the illustration. I’ll dig it out and check.

Don't go by Gibson catalogs, they're frequently incorrect/inaccurate. The ledgers and experience are the best sources.

[Stringswinger]

Right. But they first appear in a 175 in the ‘58 catalog, and only in the D. The single PU 175 still has a P90 in the picture. 1958 was a transition year, so they may have put PAFs in 175s made later in the year. I think the catalog says the single PU version has a HB despite the illustration. I’ll dig it out and check. [EDIT: That’s what it says.]

I have seen and played a few 57 ES-175's (both one and two pickup versions) that had humbuckers. My understanding is that it was a mid year switch and that there are also 57 175's that have the P-90's.

[bluejaybill]

Like the 175, the real Jersey beefsteak tomato is another sweet classic that’s no longer readily available. As much as I hate sounding like my father, we’ve lost a lot of the joy that we used to take for granted in daily life. I hope the best of today’s guitars (and everything else) will be appreciated and valued enough to keep them around.

Now that I think of it, I haven’t seen a Bermuda onion in many years either. They were sweeeeet!

Living in Cali these many years, the things I miss from NJ are the awesome tomatoes and corn. We used to go to a local farm stand for those.

Not sure they still grow those things there any more.

For years the tomatoes in Campbell's tomato soup were all grown in NJ.

[Mick-7]

Why do the conversations in this forum often digress into discussions about food? Are there a lot of starving musicians here?.... oh wait, of course there are, this is a jazz guitar forum!

[nevershouldhavesoldit]

Living in Cali these many years, the things I miss from NJ are the awesome tomatoes and corn. We used to go to a local farm stand for those. Not sure they still grow those things there any more.

They still do, but we didn’t get them in our Philly suburban stores. Jersey is still the #5 producer of tomatoes in the
US, but I don’t know about corn any more. As farming got tougher, a lot of local farmland was sold for development.

This year, we’ll drive down to the Vineland area and buy tomatoes from a farm stand. The season starts in July.

[Doctor Jeff]

The corn in the Midwest is awesome, but hard to get good tomatoes unless you grow them yourself or get them from the farmer’s market in season.

My dad and grandma grew the best tomatoes you would ever taste down in north GA back in the day. They competed with each other for whose was best. OMG one bite was the taste of summer in an instant.

[Cunamara]

Ah, nothing like a nice fresh vine ripened tomato, sliced with just a light sprinkle of coarse sea salt and some balsamic reduction. Summer on a plate! Especially if paired with corn on the cob from the grill and a Pryes Miraculum...