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Gibson ES-125
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The Gibson ES-125 is an electric guitar model produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.
Introduced in the early 1940's, the ES-125 was essentially an entry-level archtop electric guitar, equipped with one P-90 single-coil pickup and simplistic controls. The body styling was also quite basic with very little decoration and no cutaway. The unbound rosewood fingerboard initially sported pearl trapezoid inlays; later, it would have dot inlays.
In the mid-1950's, the ES-125T was introduced, which was an entry-level thinline archtop electric guitar based on the original ES-125. It would later feature two P-90 pickups and a sharp cutaway similar to the ES-175. Both the thinline and the regular models would be discontinued by the 1970s.
Notable players of the ES-125 and ES-125T models include Johnny Winter and George Thorogood.
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Available: 1941 to 1970 Collectibility Rating: D- (Maybee a student model, but very well sounding among players that use them).
1946 ES-125 specs: 16 1/4" wide, approximately 3.5" thick body, one non-adjustable P-90 pickup with "dog ears", pickup in neck position, tortoise grain pickguard, trapeze tailpiece with raised diamonds, single bound top and back, pearloid traezoid fingerboard inlays, silkscreen logo, sunburst finish.
1950 ES-125 specs: dot fingerboard inlays, plain tailpiece, P-90 pickup with adjustable poles.
ES-125 discontinued 1970. Note thinline ES-125T (T = Thinline), ES-125TC (C = Cutaway), ES-125TCD (D = Double p90 pickups) versions available starting in 1956 and 1960, respectively.