1988 Gibson ES-175D

This 1988 Gibson ES-175D is a beautiful example of the height of Gibson artisanship. The Gibson ES-175 Electric Guitar debuted in 1949. With a comfortable body size and stylish pointed cutaway, it quickly became the most popular guitar of the jazz world. Binding on the top, back, and fretboard, combined with a trapeze tailpiece and parallelogram fretboard inlays, provides a big touch of class. Traditional Gibson design and 2 PAF humbuckers dish out huge helpings of tone.

Body: Maple top with  Mahogany sides and back in Sunburst finish.

Neck:  Solid mahogany neck, solid rosewood fingerboard, dual-parallelogram mother of pearl fingerboard inlay and thistle peghead inlay,  triple bound top, bound back,  24.75” scale length,  1.68” nut width.

Pickups/Hardware:  Gibson PAF style humbucking pickups and electronics, beveled 5-ply pickguard, gold bonnet knobs, Rosewood adjustable compensated bridge with chrome Tunematic bridge included in case, Kluson Deluxe single ring tulip key tuners, trapeze tailpiece with raised-parallelogram crossbar; compensated tune-o-matic bridge

Cosmetics: This guitar is in great shape. It has light surface scratches on the body. The back of the neck is clean, and the frets show minimal wear. The back has light buckle rash. Overall, this guitar plays very well and sounds fantastic.

Playability: Our in-house guitar tech has inspected, setup, and restrung this instrument with a new set of strings. The neck is straight, the truss rod is fully functional, and the action has been setup low and comfortable.

Weight: 7 lbs. 5 oz.

Case: This guitar ships with a hard shell case, professionally packaged, and fully insured.