The Gibson Memphis ES-175D 1959 has been re-issued for 2016. The classic archtop hollowbody jazz-box has been given a modern touch-up with top grade hardware and figured AAA Maple top, an eleganct venetian-style cutaway and a pair of ’57 classic humbuckers re-create original PAF tone…
The ES-175 has long been the world’s most popular jazz guitar, and the 2016 1959 ES-175D from Gibson Memphis captures the most desirable incarnation in its truest form.
- Body: The classic fully-hollow single-cutaway design
- Fingerboard inlays: Rosewood with split-parallelogram inlays
- Construction: Neck joint and top braces attached with hot hide glue
- Fingerboard binding: Rolled for superb playing comfort
- Truss rod: Historic truss rod
- Pickups: Two MHS humbuckers
- Finish: VOS treated nitrocellulose lacquer
- Top Wood Species: Maple, Poplar, Maple
- Pieces: 3-Ply
- Grade: Vintage Plain
- Binding: Tan
- Back Wood Species: Maple, Poplar, Maple
- Pieces: 3-Ply
- Density: Vintage Plain
- Binding: Tan
- Rims Species Wood: Maple, Poplar, Maple
- Pieces: Single
- Grade: Vintage Plain
- Weight Relief: Hollow body construction
- Average Weight (body only): 1.4084 kg / 3.105 lbs
- Materials Used: Mahogany Headblock & Tailblock, Quartered Adirondack Spruce braces, Fabric rim stays
- Tonal, Resonant, and/or Technical Effect: The sound waves resonate within the hollow airspace of the Maple veneered Body, around the F-holes, and throughout the solid glue joints.
- Body Contour Carve: ES-175 (Hollow)
- Neck Wood Species: Mahogany
- Pieces: 1
- Truss Rod: Historic
- Profile: Soft “C”
- Thickness at Fret 1: 21.717 mm / .855″
- Thickness at Fret 12: 25.40 mm / 1.000″
- Other Materials: Assembly 65 glue
- Average Weight: 471.7361 g / 1.040 lbs
- Peg Head Type: SP-1
- Inlay: Mother of Pearl Crown
- Peg Head Binding: None
- Logo: Mother of Pearl “Gibson”
- Silkscreen: None
- Headstock Angle: 17 degrees
- Tonal, Resonant, and/or Technical Effect: The wood, construction, and headstock pitch all contribute greatly to the tone, aiding this guitar’s exceptional sustain and depth, and yielding a resonance that can be felt right through the body
- Neck Fit Joint Angle: 4 degrees
- Joint Angle Tolerance: 0 deg 0 min 15 sec
- Nut Style: White
- Material: Nylon
- Fingerboard Wood Species: Rosewood
- Pieces: 1
- Fingerboard Radius: 30.48 cm / 12 “
- Frets: 20
- Nut/End of Board: 4.3282 cm / 1.704″ @ nut, 5.588 cm / 2.200″ @ end of board
- Scale length: 62.865 cm / 24.75″
- Binding: Tan
- Side Dots (Color): Tortoiseshell
- Fingerboard Inlays Style: Split Parallelogram
- Material: Aged Celluloid
- Dimensions: Large: 31.75 mm x 21.59 mm / 1.250″ x 0.850″
- Average Weight: 138.3457 g / 4.880 oz
- Number of Pickups: 2
- Rhythm Pickup: MHS Humbucker Alnico III
- Bridge Pickup: MHS Humbucker Alnico II
- Pickup coil: ABS scatter-wound
- Controls: Lead Volume, Lead Tone, Rhythm Volume, Rhythm Tone, 3-way pickup selector, 6-way VariTone
- Tuning Keys Style: Kluson Single Ring Tulip Button
- Material: Body is stamped steel with plastic tulip button
- Weight: 22.6796 g / 0.8 oz
- Tuning Keys Tuning Ratio: 15:01
- Bridge Style: Compensated Top with Rosewood Base
- Bridge Material: V.O.S. Rosewood
- Tailpiece Style: Zig-Zag
- Compensated: No
- Material: Brass
- Plating Specs: V.O.S. Nickel
- Output Jack Style: 1/4″ jack
- Strap Buttons Material: V.O.S. Plastic
- Colors: Vintage Burst, Natural
