Like all the aforementioned guitars, it was available in either Sunburst or Natural finishes as standard (the latter designated with an ‘N’ suffix). Measuring 18 inches across and decked out with large fancy inlays, multiple-ply binding and gold-plated hardware from top to bottom, this model was the largest and dearest of Gibson’s archtop family. With a design that originated from the 1934 Super 400 acoustic archtop, the Super 400CES was introduced in tandem with the L-5CES in 1951 and represented the pinnacle of Gibson’s ingenuity and craftsmanship. Gibson Super 400CES (Image credit: Future) In 1958 these were supplanted by PAF humbuckers. The dual-pickup L-5CES was originally fitted with P-90s prior to the arrival of Alnico pickups in 1953. Furthermore, its fancy appointments and stylish ebony fretboard go on to place it in a different class to the plainer, rosewood-endowed ES-5 altogether. The L-5CES may share the same body dimensions as the ES-5, but with its carved spruce top and solid maple back and sides its construction is fundamentally different. More accurately, the L-5CES was derived from the single-cutaway L-5C (previously known as the L-5P or L-5 Premier). Subsequently, in 1951 the L-5CES was introduced, surpassing the ES-5 on all fronts as the L-5’s electric sibling. Script error: No such module "Labelled list hatnote".Although Gibson initially claimed that the ES-5 was to be “the supreme electronic version” of the L-5, it was soon decided that a more faithful design was required in order to appeal to the upper echelons of the rapidly expanding electric guitar market. ES-125TCD (D = Double p90 pickups) florentine cutaway produced from 1960-1970.ES-125TC (C = Cutaway) florentine cutaway produced from 1960-1970.ES-125TD (D = Double p90 pickups) non-cutaway produced from 1957-1964.ES-125T (T = Thinline body) non-cutaway produced from 1956-1969.
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ES-125CD Full depth body, double pickup (P-90) with florentine cutaway produced from 1965-1971.ES-125C Full depth body with florentine cutaway produced from 1965-1971.ES-125D Full depth, non-cutaway body with double p90 pickups (very rare only a small number produced in 1957).ES-125 Full depth, non-cutaway archtop with single P-90 pickup produced from 1946-1970.D (Double Pickup) models included a 3 position toggle switch to select each pickup individually or both pickups simultaneously. 022 microfarads was used for the tone circuit. Volume and tone controls were 500k Audio taper pots. This pickup is, however, not as short as those found on an ES-330TD which has the pickup mounted flush to the end of the fingerboard.Ĭoils were wound to approximately 10,000 wraps although DC resistance of these pickups can vary greatly Since the fingerboard sits flush to the body (as opposed to an ES-175) the ES-125 requires a shorter neck pickup than a typical dogear. The ES-125 also used a tapered dogear cover for their neck position pickups with a thickness of 4/16" on the treble side and 5/16" on the bass side. The model used for the ES-125 has a string spacing on the neck pickup of 1 15⁄ 16" from high E to low E. In 1950 the P90 transitioned to 6 adjustable poles between two Alnico 5 bar magnets. The original had 6 Alnico slug pole pieces. The ES-125 was equipped with one P90 pickup. One non-adjustable P-90 pickup with "dog ears".Both the thinline and the regular models would be discontinued by the 1970s. It would later add options for double P-90 pickups and a sharp cutaway, referred to as a florentine cutaway, similar to the ES-175. In the mid-1950s, the ES-125T was introduced, which was an entry-level thinline archtop electric guitar based on the original ES-125. The unbound rosewood fingerboard initially sported pearl trapezoid inlays later, it would have dot inlays. When reintroduced in 1946 it had the larger 16.25" wide body that the ES-150 had. The pre-war model, discontinued in 1942, had a smaller 14.5" body. It had one P-90 single-coil pickup in the neck position, a single volume control and a single tone control. Introduced in 1941 as the successor to the ES-100, the ES-125 was an entry-level archtop electric guitar.
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