The Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis is an Archtop guitar manufactured by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in Nashville Tennessee. By March 2013, it was no longer in production.
17-483: The single-pickup ES-175s were first introduced in 1949 but were discontinued around 1971 although small custom runs including the ES-175CC (with a Charlie Christian reproduction pickup) were made. Herb's original 1953 ES-175 originally came with a single P-90 pickup in the neck position. This was replaced with Gibson humbucker in order to address some feedback issues. The ES-165 debuted in 1991 (first model shipped
34-525: A .022 microfarad ceramic disc capacitor.) In 2004 the 490R humbucker was replaced with a Gibson BJB Floating humbucker and the tone control was removed. The volume was moved to the surface of the pickguard. On all variants the pickguard is a three-ply black/white/black beveled pickguard. Finally, instead of having the Gibson logo and crown inlaid on the headstock, a gold Gibson logo was stenciled with Herb Ellis' signature stenciled below it. The reason for putting
51-524: A body shape (such as the flying V guitar ) which does not intrude into the upper neck area. Some manufacturers denote instrument models with cutaway using the suffix C , such as the Gibson L5 C or the Maton CW80C . There are two main types of cutaways: Venetian and Florentine . A Venetian cutaway has a rounded bout. A Florentine cutaway has a sharp bout. The terms probably originate with
68-491: A trapeze tailpiece. The first versions had one single-coil P-90 pickup which was set close to the neck: there were two controls for volume and tone. In 1957 the ES-175 was offered with a choice of one or two of Gibson’s new Humbucker pickups. It was the first of Gibson's electric Spanish guitars to be outfitted with Gibson's new PAF humbucker. The guitar was one of Gibson's most successful models. The single pickup version
85-411: A two pickup version of the ES-175 with a "D" (175D) for double pickup. Gibson discontinued this model in 2019. The 175 was designed as a hollowbody electric archtop featuring a single florentine cutaway . The fretboard inlays were double parallelograms and the headstock featured inlays of the Gibson logo and 'crown'. The body was 3.375 in (8.57 cm) and it was 16.25 in (41.3 cm) at
102-601: The Gibson Guitar Corporation and probably do not reflect historic instrument-making practices of Florence and Venice . A less common third type is the squared-off cutaway, used on the Selmer-Maccaferri guitar and some nylon-string guitars . Instruments with only a lower cutaway are known as "single cutaway" instruments, and guitars with both are called "double cutaway". These terms are sometimes shortened to "single cut" (such as in
119-415: The 14th fret. The width at the nut is 1 11/16 inches. The bound fingerboard is rosewood with parallelogram markers. The early variant of this guitar features what Gibson refers to as a "rounded Jazz profile". This would be somewhat thicker than the standard neck dimensions. This neck profile would be changed to the standard profile in 2004. The body is fully hollow with two internal lateral braces. Like
136-419: The ES-175, it measures 16" across the lower bout and 3½ inches deep at the outer rims. Unlike Herb's original 1953 ES-175, the top and back laminate material consist of a figured maple top followed by poplar and another maple laminate. The original model would have been made of plain maple/ basswood /maple. Hardware includes a zigzag trapeze tailpiece and Tune-O-Matic bridge mounted on a rosewood base. While
153-504: The Gibson Guitar company. It experienced immediate success and became one of Gibson's most popular guitar designs. In Adrian Ingram's book The Gibson ES175: Its History And Players he states that Gibson sold 37,000 of the guitars in its first fifty years of production. The first ES-175s were released with a sunburst finish and a retail price of $ 175. From 1949 to 1953 ES-175s had one P-90 pickup. On July 31, 1953, Gibson released
170-528: The Tune-O-Matic bridge is branded as a Gibson part, the zigzag tailpiece is not and is most likely not an American-made part. There have also been several reports of this tailpiece failing at the hinge. All models of ES-165 feature gold plated hardware including "Tulip" Grover tuners (branded either as Gibson or Grover). The ES-165 was originally released with a single 490R humbucker, one volume control (300k Linear taper) and one tone control (500K audio with
187-523: The Zephyr Regent guitar. Similar in size and construction to the ES-165, it differs in having a laminated mahogany back and sides and dot inlays on the fingerboard. ES-175 The Gibson ES-175 (1949–2019) is a hollow body Jazz electric guitar manufactured by the Gibson Guitar Corporation . The ES-175 became one of Gibson's most popular guitar designs. In 1949 the ES-175 was introduced by
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#1732801604032204-457: The lower bout. The guitar had a maple laminated top, back and sides, with a set-neck made of mahogany. The florentine cutaway on the 175 was seen as an improvement over the Venetian cutaway that Gibson had been using on guitars. The cutaway and the amplification of a jazz guitar allowed players to use the uppermost frets on the neck during performances. The 175 had a floating wooden bridge and
221-485: The model name for a solid-body electric guitar called the "PRS Singlecut", produced by the Paul Reed Smith company) or "double cut". As well as the more common lower cutaway, many instruments have an upper cutaway, sometimes smaller than the lower one, or sometimes about the same size. This is mainly seen on electric guitars , as the reduction in body size resulting from a double cutaway would be detrimental to
238-426: The signature on the headstock instead of the trussrod cover was that Herb Ellis often removed the cover to install a Van Eps String Damper .In the 2004 variant the inlaid logo and crown return with Herb Ellis' name embossed on the trussrod cover. The earliest ES-165s shipped did not have Herb Ellis' signature on the headstock. This was added only after November, 1991. In 1999 Gibson's Epiphone product line presented
255-509: The sound quality of an acoustic guitar. Double cutaways allow the thumb as well as the fingers to move past the neck-body join. In addition, the strap button on double cutaway guitars is typically positioned on the end of the upper horn, further up the neck than on guitars without a cutaway. This improves the instrument's balance when played with a strap. A double cutaway also facilitates left-handed use of right-handed instruments. In some Gibson guitars, models with two cutaways are abbreviated with
272-412: Was February 27, 1991), as Gibson 's tribute to longtime ES-175 user Herb Ellis . It featured a Gibson 490R humbucker and a single tone and volume control mounted directly to the top. In 2004 the humbucker was replaced with a Gibson BJB Floating humbucker and the tone control was removed. The volume was moved to the surface of the pickguard. This guitar features a 24¾" scale neck with 20 frets, joined at
289-476: Was discontinued in 1971, but Gibson continued to produce the 2 pickup version. Venetian cutaway A cutaway on the guitar construction is an indentation in the upper bout of the guitar body adjacent to the guitar neck , designed to allow easier access to the upper frets . Cutaway bodies are mainly of interest when discussing acoustic guitars and semi-acoustic guitars ; virtually all solid body guitars either have at least one cutaway , or have
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