Gorgeous satin black Epiphone ES-175 Premium from 2014. A true joy to play. The green Epiphone tuners have been replaced with some better looking black and white ones and the gold reflector knobs have been replaced with black/silver reflectors. It looks awesome and plays better. The original "ES-175 Premium" truss rod cover will be included in the sale.
There are a few surface scratches from normal play and wear, mostly on the pickguard. There are a couple of flaws that you should know about the neck. Both are pictured for your review. 1) There's a ding right below the neck/head joint on the treble side of the neck. 2) There is a flake of black paint missing from around the 6th fret on the bass side.
I'm knocking out about a third of my collection right now to focus on some other projects around the house.
This item is also listed on eBay.com. First come, first served. If it sells there, I will end this listing.
ES-175 Premium Epiphone is proud to present the Epiphone ES-175 Premium, a faithful new reissue of what many consider the most famous electric archtop in popular music, heard on classics from jazz to rock in the hands of pioneers like Joe Pass, Scotty Moore, and Wes Montgomery. Epiphone’s long history of innovation began with designing archtop guitars. And now, Epiphone steps up its game again with the new ES-175 Premium featuring Gibson USA '57 Classic pickups and a vintage-inspired "aged" Lacquer finish that will make you think you're playing a 50's original but at a price anyone can afford. The Roots of A Legend The ES-175 was introduced in 1949 as a mid-size, more affordable version of the venerable L-5, the very first modern archtop and the inspiration for the best Gibson and Epiphone archtops of the jazz era. The original ES-175 was truly a modern guitar that anticipated a new era of jazz and pop music that was hotter, louder, and constantly stretching musical boundaries. The ES-175 was the first archtop with a Florentine (sharp) cutaway. And by 1957, it came with the innovative and now standard humbucker pickup. The ES-175 quickly the preferred model for both jazz players and rock and rollers with a background in jazz, especially for guitarists looking for the “Wes Montgomery” L-5 sound at a lower cost. The new Epiphone ES-175 Premium is just like the original--a fully hollow jazz box that’s easy to hold, easy to play and affordable. And with the addition of Gibson ’57 Classic pickups, the Epiphone ES-175 Premium is versatile enough for any genre with cool crisp archtop tone from its all-maple construction and killer humbucker pickups.
PRODUCT FEATURES
- Faithful reissue of classic archtop
- Gibson USA 57 Humbuckers
- Aged-style lacquer finish
SPECIFICATIONSFinishVintage-Inspired, "aged" LacquerTop MaterialLaminated MapleBody MaterialLaminated MapleNeck MaterialSolid MahoganyNeck ShapeSlimTaper™Neck JointGlued-In, Set NeckScale Length24.75"Fingerboard MaterialRosewood with parallelogram inlaysFingerboard Radius12"BindingBody
FingerboardNut Width1.68"HardwareNickelMachine HeadsEpiphone Deluxe TunersNeck PickupGibson USA '57 Classic HumbuckerBridge PickupGibson USA '57 Classic HumbuckerControls2- Volume
2- TonePickup Selector3-way Epiphone All-metal toggle on traditional rubber grommetBridgeFloating Rosewood Base with "Tune-o-Matic" Bridge; PinnedTailpieceTraditional "Zig-Zag" TrapezePickguard3-Ply: Black/White/Black
