The Gibson ES-175D was formally introduced in 1953 as the Double P-90 pickup version of the single-pickup ES-175. Informally, a few were shipped in 1951 and 1952 but without the ‘D’ designation. This guitar came onto the scene in 1949 as a single pickup archtop with a sharp Florentine cutaway, Maple laminate body construction, Mahogany neck and Rosewood bridge and bound fingerboard.
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Built during 1968, we’ve nicknamed this beautiful aged-blonde Fender Telecaster ‘Don’ in reference to the letters once affixed to the top. Over time, the blonde finish darkened to a lovely butterscotch tone and when the letters were removed, the lighter finish remained. The Fender Telecaster has proven to be an excellent illustration of design fitting its purpose, and for nearly 75 years this model has been built and sold with really only minor variations.
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MORE →This very nice, all original condition Fender Stratocaster 1965 sports a three-tone Sunburst finish and Brazilian Rosewood fingerboard, and comes complete with its original case, bridge cover, trem arm, strap, hang tags and booklet!
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MORE →The Gibson ES-135H Thinline was the ‘Humbucker’ equipped version of the ES-135, a single-cut Semi-Hollow Archtop built in Memphis from 1991 to 2004. Many of these models used P-100 pickups – a stacked humbucker with the outline of a P-90. Some models used a stop tailpiece, others as seen here a standard Tune-O-Matic and Trapeze tailpiece combination. The tuners used here are Grover Roto-Matics with metal keystone buttons.
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MORE →The Tokai Love Rock HLS-70 is a very good representation of a late 1950’s Les Paul Standard, with the H indicating it was a special run for Hibiki, the Japanese Tokai distributor. Tokai has been building the Love Rock models since the 1980’s, originally in Japan but since the mid 1990’s in Korea and China.
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MORE →Built from 1999 to 2002, the Gibson Les Paul Junior Lite sports an LP Special Double Cut style body and a pair of hum-cancelling P-100 pickups, in a Red finish. This is a great little rock or country guitar. The Les Paul Special was introduced in 1955 as a single-cutaway guitar to provide a lower cost model in the Les Paul line, and it immediately took a place in the rock arsenal. In 1958, it received a major makeover with the double-cut (DC) body design, which provides unrestricted access to all the frets.
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