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1974 Gibson ES-175D

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Model: 1974 Gibson ES-175D This 1974 ES-175D is one of 578 AUCTION
Pickups: Two Gibson Humbuckers ES-175Ds in sunburst finish RRAuction
Scale: 24 3/4" (compared to 193 Natural) made in
Body: Maple top back and sides that year, and had a 1974 Ready to
Neck: Three piece laminate recomended retail price of $600. It rock?
mahogany. 20 frets. Width at nut 1 is typical of Gibson's early 70s 175s; VINTAGE
11/16" the tailpiece is the original early GUITAR
Hardware: Chrome-plated. Gibson 50's style, after 12 or so years of AUCTION
tune-o-matic bridge, bail tailpiece. the zig-zag version (for comparison RRAuction
Individual closed-gear Kluson 320- see a (1960s ES-175), and control Ready to
VP tuning keys knobs are Gibson witch-hats. rock?
Pickups (part numbers 13515 and VINTAGE
13516) are Gibson 'patent numbers' (so named because of the patent GUITAR
number sticker on the underside) and tuning-keys are Kluson model 320- AUCTION
VP. The free-floating compensated rosewood adjustable bridge was still in RRAuction
use (as it had been since 1949) although this was soon to be replaced with
Crestwood
a tune-o-matic in 1977/78.
Astral II
The stamped six-digit serial number on this guitar was used from 1961 up VonUuilrika
until 1975 (later in some instances) and is also repeated on the label in the

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soundhole. From early 1970, MADE IN USA was also stamped below the
serial number, and this is one of the first features used when dating old
Gibsons. Gibson serial numbers are notoriously unreliable in the early
1970s, and tend to be of less use when dating an instrument than looking
at the guitars features.

With respect materials, nothing has changed since the very begining. This Rare "stell
guitar still has a maple top, back and sides, with a mahogany neck, adjustable
although the neck has gone from a one-piece to a three-piece laminate, neck" teisco
around 1969/70. Front and back bound, with a bound neck and split gen gakki
parallelogram inlays. Towards the end of the seventies and into the hollow body
eighties there were bigger changes afoot; first, a laminate maple neck in
1976 (have a look at a 1979 ES-175D), changing back to mahogany, but
with additional mahogany back and sides in 1982.
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Flatwound
strings
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Fat fuzz

woodsman
small effects
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This ES-175D has a nice three-tone burst though

with comparatively thin red area; contrasting
nicely with the chrome-plated bail-type tailpiece
and humbuckers.

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1974 Gibson ES-175D Electric Guitar

This guitar has a rosewood bridge saddle and

base - this would be upgraded to a tune-o-matic
by the end of the decade. Controls are topped
with witch hat knobs with silver inserts, to match
the other chrome hardware.

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1974 Gibson ES-175D Electric Guitar

Florentine cutaway detail and five-ply

scratchplate. The ES-175D has a bound front,
back and neck.

Heel detail. The ES-175 had a body depth of 3

3/8". The burst pattern on the body reverse
largely follows the pattern on the body top.

Three-piece mahogany neck. Headstock rear

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holds the serial number and MADE IN USA stamp.

Machine heads are individual closed gear Kluson
320-VP with plastic buttons.

The pickups were selected by a three-way switch

position on the top bout of the guitar - selecting
neck (up), bridge (down), or both (middle)
pickups. Note the double parallelogram position
marker inlays on the rosewood fretboard.

The ES-175D in original mid-seventies Faultless case #515 - at this stage

with magenta plush lining

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1974 Gibson ES-175D Electric Guitar

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