This vintage Gibson (and all other guitars) will be displayed at the upcoming Dallas International Guitar Festival, booth 226/228 (Dallas Guitar Traders). Please contact us to set an appointment, or just drop by and say hello!

For sale or possible trade is this beautiful 1955 Gibson ES-175 archtop! This guitar was routed for a second P90 years ago. The original pickup was moved down and an authentic early 1960's Gibson P90 was added in the neck position. The original tone pot was replaced with a blend pot, but the original pot and cap are in the case. The original tailpiece and tuners are also included in the case, but the tail piece needs a small repair if one wished to bring the guitar back to a more original state. 

The guitar plays incredibly well with low action; and despite the pickups being so close to each other, you can get some rather interesting tonal variations with the blend knob. Another option would be to wire the pickups together and use them as a humbucker, adding the tone pot back where the blend currently is. We left it wired the way it is to allow the player to opt for the traditional ES-175 voicing by using just the neck pickup, but a tech could easily re-wire it for the humbucker. 

The condition of the guitar is excellent for its age! The fingerboard is extraordinarily clean, and the frets are in fantastic shape! The action is pretty low with no buzzing, and the neck is straight. The original bridge was replaced with a mid-60's Tune-o-matic bridge for better intonation (original not included). Comes in an original mid-1950’s Ess & Ess case. The case works properly, but does show signs of aging.