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Gibson ES-175 Steve Howe Signature Cutaway Archtop Sunburst, 2002

On January 22, 2018 /

The Gibson ES-175 is a fully hollow, archtop electric guitar. As such, in a situation like an arena stage with rock band volumes, it should feed back to the point of detonation, but Howe made it work. Since the late 1940’s, Gibson has used maple laminates on guitars like this because of its improved feedback rejection compared to the solid maple and spruce used on acoustic archtops.

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Gibson ES-345 TD Left Hand Conversion Refinish, 1979

On January 22, 2018 /

The Gibson ES-345 TD is the mid level in the thinline ES series, but sometimes it has been hard to find a left handed version. Consequently, players take various approaches to accomodate the orientation, from simply adapting technique to flipping the guitar over. Here, the controls were moved to the other side of the top and the bridge shifted to intonate properly.

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Gibson CS-336 F Figured Thinline Archtop Electric Guitar Cherry, 2004

On January 19, 2018 /

While it has strong visual similarities to the popular ES-339, the Gibson CS-336 has significant differences in construction. Instead of using separate materials for the top, back and sides, the CS-336 has back and sides carved from a single block of mahogany.

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Gibson Custom Tal Farlow Electric Archtop Guitar, 2001

On January 17, 2018 /

The late Tal Farlow was one of the great, influential American jazz guitarists and his signature Gibson archtop electric attests to his skill and the size of his hands! The Gibson Tal Farlow, unlike most other Gibson archtops, uses a full 25.5 inch scale length neck on a full 17 inch wide body.

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Gibson ES-335 Figured Top Vintage Burst, 1998

On January 15, 2018 /

This lovely Gibson ES-335 dates to November 16th, 1998 and sports a classic Vintage Burst finish. It is in largely original condition though it has been refretted with Stainless Steel fretwire – this should last a very long time.

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Gibson Les Paul Classic Vintage Sunburst, 2008

On January 12, 2018 /

The Gibson Les Paul Classic Vintage has been produced over several periods – from 1990 to 1998, then from 2000 to 2008, and currently since 2014. For this example, the model features a weight-relieved or partially chambered body, nicely figured top and a bound headstock. This example dates to a fairly warm Thursday, September 4th, 2008 and was built at the Gibson plant in Nashville, Tennessee. It features a nicely flamed maple top with a dark vintage sunburst finish in gloss nitrocellulose lacquer, and the standard Les Paul construction of mahogany body and neck with bound rosewood fingerboard. The head is also bound, a feature otherwise generally found only on the Les Paul Custom. Specific to this model, there are custom routes placed strategically in the body to reduce weight and provide resonance.

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Tennessee

Gibson ES-175 Steve Howe Signature Cutaway Archtop Sunburst, 2002

Gibson ES-345 TD Left Hand Conversion Refinish, 1979

Gibson CS-336 F Figured Thinline Archtop Electric Guitar Cherry, 2004

Gibson Custom Tal Farlow Electric Archtop Guitar, 2001

Gibson ES-335 Figured Top Vintage Burst, 1998

Gibson Les Paul Classic Vintage Sunburst, 2008

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