Gibson ES-125TDC 1966 - Sunburst

This is a lovely Gibson ES-125TDC factory lefty. This guitar shows play wear but it is in nice shape overall with no breaks or repairs. When we got this it was all original except the bridge and the pickguard were missing. We happened to have an original right handed guard which we flipped over and beveled the edge so it is a correct period Gibson guard and hard to tell that it is not original to the guitar. The guitar did have a non original pickguard installed at one time and there is a small extra screw hole on the top that is hidden but the correct pickguard. We also had an original chrome ABR-1 which we put on. The bridge is mounted on threaded posts which go into the body. Usually in 1966, the bridges mounted on floating bridges. We see no evidence this guitar ever had a floating bridge and assume the posts are original. Gibson switched to bridges mounted on posts for this model around 1967 or 1968 and it is possible this is just an early example of that. Aside from that, everything else is original including the lefty Bigsby. It weighs 5 pounds and 13.6 ounces. It has been pro-setup and comes with a non original hard case.