Gibson ES-125
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| Gibson ES-125 | |
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 A 1955 Gibson ES-125 with a P-90 |
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| Manufacturer | Gibson |
| Construction | |
| Body type | archtop electric |
| Woods | |
| Fretboard | rosewood |
| Hardware | |
| Bridge | rosewood |
| Pickup(s) | one P-90 |
| Colors available | |
| sunburst | |
The Gibson ES-125 is an archtop, hollow body electric guitar model that was produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
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[edit] Model history
Introduced in 1941 as the successor to the ES-100, the ES-125 was an entry-level archtop electric guitar. It had one P-90 single-coil pickup in the neck position, and a volume control and tone control. The pre-war model, discontinued in 1942, had a smaller 14.5" body. When reintroduced in 1946 it had the larger 16.25" wide body that the ES-150 had. The unbound rosewood fingerboard initially sported pearl trapezoid inlays; later, it would have dot inlays.
In the mid-1950's, the ES-125T was introduced, which was an entry-level thinline archtop electric guitar based on the original ES-125. It would later add options for double P-90 pickups and a sharp cutaway similar to the ES-175. Both the thinline and the regular models would be discontinued by the 1970s.
[edit] Notable ES-125 players
[edit] Specifications
[edit] 1946
- 16 1/4" wide
- approximately 3.5" thick body
- scale length ?
- nut width ?
- one non-adjustable P-90 pickup with "dog ears"
- pickup in neck position
- tortoise grain pickguard
- trapeze tailpiece with raised diamonds
- single bound top and back
- pearloid trapezoid fingerboard inlays
- silkscreen logo
- sunburst finish
[edit] 1950
- dot fingerboard inlays
- plain tailpiece
- P-90 pickup with adjustable poles
[edit] Models
- ES-125T (T = Thinline)
- ES-125TC (C = Cutaway)
- ES-125TCD (D = Double p90 pickups) versions available starting in 1956 and 1960, respectively.
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