Very Good condition, 7/10, Made in USA, including original Ess&Ess hardcase, the nut is 39,94mm wide on this guitar, so 1 9/16" which is typical for Gibson from 1965-1969, single pickup version with the original (and un-opened but dented cover) Patent Sticker humbucker in the neck position, comes with 2 pickguards, both repro (non original), one is in the case and another one on the guitar now, original black MR49x (last number not visible in my pics, but we can check, either MR491 or MR490) pickup ring, currently sporting 2pc silver top knobs but the original witch hats are in the case, only slight fret wear in the original low/wide frets, untouched electronics including the enclosed Switchcraft outputjack and cased pots (we haven´t removed the pots cases to check dates, due to fear of damaging the guitar), since the serial number doesn´t give the entire truth regarding year of manufacturing in the 1960´s we have to go by specs to date this guitar in the best way possible: this guitar has features serial number 096870 which is typical of early 1967 (090000-099999), has witch hat knobs which are typical of the era 1967-1971, has the oval orange label with Union Made and Kalamazoo, MI which is typical of the era 1964-1971, has double ring double line Kluson Deluxe tuners which are typical of 1964-1969, has the dot over the i and open b and open o in the logo which is typical of 1951-1967, has the rounded G in the logo which became more square in 1967, more info from Wikipedia:

The Gibson ES-175 (1949–2019) is a hollow body jazz electric guitar manufactured by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. The ES-175 became one of Gibson's most popular guitar designs.

History

In 1949 the ES-175 was introduced by the Gibson Guitar company. It experienced immediate success and became one of Gibson's most popular guitar designs. In Adrian Ingram's book The Gibson ES175: Its History And Players he states that Gibson sold 37,000 of the guitars in its first fifty years of production. The first ES-175s were released with a sunburst finish and a retail price of $175.[1]

From 1949 to 1953 ES-175s had one P-90 pickup. On July 31, 1953, Gibson released a two pickup version of the ES-175 with a "D" (175D) for double pickup.[2]

Gibson discontinued this model in 2019.[3]

Specifications
The 175 was designed as a hollowbody electric archtop featuring a single florentine cutaway. The fretboard inlays were double parallelograms and the headstock featured inlays of the Gibson logo and 'crown'. The body was 3.375 in (8.57 cm) and it was 16.25 in (41.3 cm) at the lower bout.[1] The guitar had a maple laminated top, back and sides, with a set-neck made of mahogany. The florentine cutaway on the 175 was seen as an improvement over the Venetian cutaway that Gibson had been using on guitars.[4] The cutaway and the amplification of a jazz guitar allowed players to use the uppermost frets on the neck during performances.[5] The 175 had a floating wooden bridge and a trapeze tailpiece.[6]

The first versions had one single-coil P-90 pickup which was set close to the neck: there were two controls for volume and tone. In 1957 the ES-175 was offered with a choice of one or two of Gibson’s new Humbucker pickups.[6] It was the first of Gibson's electric Spanish guitars to be outfitted with Gibson's new PAF humbucker.[7]

Reception
The guitar was one of Gibson's most successful models. The single pickup version was discontinued in 1971, but Gibson continued to produce the 2 pickup version.[8]