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Gibson ES-175 Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst, 2012

On January 29, 2023 /

Introduced in 1949 and discontinued in 2019, the Gibson ES-175 was for decades the standard instrument for electric jazz guitarists. The Gibson ES-175 followed the construction pattern established through years of experience in the developing electric guitar field using laminate Maple top, back and sides for feedback rejection.

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M. Sakurai No.5 Classical Guitar, 1976

On January 27, 2023 /

Masaki Sakurai is the nephew of the late, renowned Japanese luthier Masaru Kohno, and as customary, is the heir to the Kohno shop. The M. Sakurai No.5 was one of his early instruments designed and built during his apprenticeship beginning in 1976. The M. Sakurai No.5 classical guitar is based closely on Kohno designs, and construction of these early models would have been closely supervised by Kohno himself.

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Manuel Rodriguez e Hijos Model D Rio Madagascar Spruce Top, 2007

On January 25, 2023 /

The Manuel Rodriguez e Hijos line comes from celebrated Spanish builder Manuel Rodriguez, as affordable quality production models. These guitars, now discontinued, were built in a larger Rodriguez-owned shop in Esquivias, about 45 minutes south of Madrid.

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Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean 6119 Walnut, 1967

On January 25, 2023 /

Currently named the ‘Tennessee Rose’, the Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean 6119 first appeared in 1958, and for 1961 gained the closed, thin ElectroTone body. Chet Atkins had been urging Gretsch to take steps to reduce feedback on their hollow body designs, especially after Gibson introduced the center-block ES335 in 1958.

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Gibson ES-135 P100 Tobacco Burst, 1996

On January 16, 2023 /

Built from 1991 to 2003 in Memphis, the Gibson ES-135 P100 was a single florentine cutaway, semi-hollow thinline with a pair of P100 hum-cancelling pickups. From 1956 to 1958, the ES-135 existed as a renamed ES-130, a full-depth, single-cutaway archtop with one or two P-90 pickups. The ES-130 was introduced in 1954, renamed in 1956 to the ES-135, and discontinued in 1958.

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Gibson ES-175 Archtop Electric Sunburst, 1964

On January 13, 2023 /

From its launch in 1949 until it was finally discontinued in 2017, the Gibson ES-175 Archtop Electric was the benchmark guitar for working jazz guitarists. The Gibson ES-175 archtop electric was in production for such a long time because it does exactly what many jazz and rock guitarists needed it to do.

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Laminate

Gibson ES-175 Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst, 2012

M. Sakurai No.5 Classical Guitar, 1976

Manuel Rodriguez e Hijos Model D Rio Madagascar Spruce Top, 2007

Gretsch Chet Atkins Tennessean 6119 Walnut, 1967

Gibson ES-135 P100 Tobacco Burst, 1996

Gibson ES-175 Archtop Electric Sunburst, 1964

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