![]() ![]() This 1948 Gibson ES-125 is in incredible shape given its age. D (Double Pickup) models included a 3 position toggle switch to select each pickup individually or both pickups simultaneously. Gibson 1948 ES-125 Heres a guitar you dont see everyday. 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. The original had 6 Alnico slug pole pieces. In 1950 the P90 transitioned to 6 adjustable poles between two Alnico 5 bar magnets. Trapeze tailpiece Single bound top and back Pearloid circular fingerboard inlays Silkscreen logo Sunburst finish 1948 Dot fingerboard inlays 1950 Plain tailpiece P-90 pickup with adjustable poles Pickups and Components The ES-125 was equipped with one P90 pickup. The ES-125 was equipped with one P90 pickup. One non-adjustable P-90 pickup with "dog ears".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. Both the thinline and the regular models would be discontinued by the 1970s. Email Sugaree Licks any additions or corrections to Release Date. Are you using ES-125 just to refer to the trapeze style with a wire bail and cast metal crosspiece Those are available (including Gibson style repros) from all the usual sources-StewMac, Allparts, Amazon, etc. With its clear P-90 pickup and fast 24 1/2' scale, the ES-125 was the firm's most popular electric archtop, offered true Gibson quality and playability at an affordable price. 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. That does not look like an ES-125 sunburst or an ES-125 tailpiece. Introduced in 1938 as the ES-100, the Gibson ES-125 was renamed in 1941, and remained in continuous production for over 30 years. 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. ![]()
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