Memphis

Gibson ES335 Dot Neck Thinline Electric Sunburst, 1959

On February 14, 2020 /

This Gibson ES335 Dot Neck Thinline, built during 1959 features the now standard construction – Maple laminate top, back and sides, Maple center block, Mahogany neck and bound Rosewood fingerboard. For these early models, the Rosewood used was sourced from Brazil – at the time, this was an extremely common wood and used on even low cost instruments. This guitar was originally shipped with a Bigsby tailpiece; this was removed, put in the case, and replaced with a stop tailpiece.

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Shopworn Gibson ES Les Paul Pelham Blue, 2016

On February 14, 2020 /

We’ve previously listed this now shopworn Gibson ES Les Paul in Pelham Blue, built during 2016 at the now-closed Memphis plant. Since then, it’s suffered a small bit of finish damage near the pickup selector switch, and we’re offering it at a reduced price. One guitar bumped into another while being replaced on the rack, and the resulting dent broke out a small amount of the Pelham Blue finish.

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Gibson Super 400 Archtop Guitar Natural, 1948

On February 10, 2020 /

The Gibson Super 400 features a large body – 18 inches wide – with a solid, carved Spruce top, Figured Maple sides, solid, carved Figured Maple back and a Maple neck with, at this point, an multi-bound Ebony fingerboard. In 1949, Rosewood was used for Super 400 fingerboards. The bridge is also Ebony. Here, the top is braced with parallel tone bars, but some years had an X brace system.

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Gibson Les Paul Standard Desert Burst, 2008

On February 5, 2020 /

Finished in a nitrocellulose lacquer Desert Burst sunburst, this Gibson Les Paul Standard was built at Gibson’s Nashville plant and dates to June 12th, 2008. It features a chambered, weight relieved Mahogany body with lightly flamed Maple cap, Mahogany for the asymmetrical-profile neck and Indian Rosewood for the bound fingerboard.

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Gibson ES-125D Archtop Electric Non Cutaway Sunburst, 1957

On February 5, 2020 /

The Gibson ES-125D is a rare version of a pretty common instrument. The entry-level ES-125 was very popular, but had only a P-90 pickup in the neck position until, and for only, 1957. Introduced in 1941 and offered until 1970 with production suspended between 1943 and 1946, the ES-125 was an ideal guitar for many genres.

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Gibson Memphis ES345 64 Reissue Sea Foam Green, 2016

On January 30, 2020 /

Here’s a beauty from the now-closed shop – a Gibson Memphis ES345 64 Reissue thinline archtop electric in an unusual Sea Foam Green finish! This was a limited edition model for the 2016 year. Introduced in 1958 as a midpoint between the groundbreaking ES-335 and upscale ES-355, the Gibson ES-345 featured the same core construction as the two bracketing models. A thinline body built with Maple laminate and a solid Maple center block, routed for pickups, and a Mahogany neck with Rosewood fingerboard are common to the three models (except for the ES355’s Ebony fingerboard with Mother of Pearl block markers).

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Memphis

Gibson ES335 Dot Neck Thinline Electric Sunburst, 1959

Shopworn Gibson ES Les Paul Pelham Blue, 2016

Gibson Super 400 Archtop Guitar Natural, 1948

Gibson Les Paul Standard Desert Burst, 2008

Gibson ES-125D Archtop Electric Non Cutaway Sunburst, 1957

Gibson Memphis ES345 64 Reissue Sea Foam Green, 2016

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