Gibson EH-125 1941 Brown

Welcome to C note Music on Reverb. Today we have this 1941 Gibson EH-125 in working condition being sold as is. We would have to ak a higher price if we stuck any money into it, so we left that up to the purchaser. The amp does work but there are some scratchy pots and we are assuming some resistors and caps that could be changed in it to really bring it up to snuff. Here is the info we found on a Gibson site describing how this amp came about:

EH-125 1941-’42 (May 20, 1941 Supplement and Catalog BB)
Gibson quickly reverted to its enclosed-back design for the wooden 100’s replacement, the newly named (and improved) EH-125, costing $125 for the Hawaiian set or $65 for the amp alone. The round-shouldered cabinet appears similar to the one used for the 150 amps, save for the “…rich cordoba brown covering.” The large handle was also reinstated and a 12″ speaker replaced the long running 10″, making the 125 more of an inexpensive 150 than an expensive 100.

Electronically, the 125 was based on the twin-6V6-powered 100 it replaced, albeit with a revised circuit. The 6SQ7 mic preamp and 5Y3 rectifier remained, but the 6C5 triode common to both Microphone and Instrument inputs was replaced with another high-gain 6SQ7. A 6J5 single triod replaced the previous 6N7 for the phase inverter function, with Gibson claiming four stages of amplification. Also like the 100, the 12 included three inputs, with the Volume control effecting the mic input only.