Gibson ES-125TDC Thinline Hollow Body Electric Guitar (1968)
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Gibson ES-125TDC Model Thinline Hollow Body Electric Guitar (1968), made in Kalamazoo, Michigan, serial # 400359, sunburst top, dark cherry stained back and sides finish, laminated maple body, mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, molded plastic hard shell case.
This is a very late example of Gibson's best and most versatile lower-end archtop guitar, from 1968. 366 of these shipped out that year, as the model's sales dwindled and it was discontinued in 1970. This fully hollow thinline model was one of the many casualties of the trend to hyperamplification in that era, as volume went up fully hollow instruments fell out of favor everywhere but in more traditional jazz settings. With the lower stage volumes common today these models have come back into favor with new generations of players.
ES-125TCD is one of Gibson's best such designs, offering two great-sounding P-90 pickups on a thinline single-cutaway body. This one features a dark sunburst finish on the single-bound body (most 60's models were a brighter cherry 'burst) and a slim profile later '60s neck with an unbound rosewood fingerboard. An unusual feature of this later guitar is a Tune-O-Matic bridge mounted directly to the top on posts like an ES-330. Earlier examples used a floating wooden bridge making them less adaptable to lighter gauge strings and comparatively difficult to intonate correctly. This is a very cool guitar, A nice player with a sharper tone than earlier wooden-bridge examples. This ES-125TDC is quite a versatile instrument suitable for a wide range of sounds as long as you leave that 100-watt Marshall at home!
Overall length is 41 in. (104.1 cm.), 16 in. (40.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This is a very clean guitar overall, showing only some light wear and no damage or major repair. The original finish still shines, with some light checking and small dings and chips but really very little playwear. There is some finish patching just to the bottom rim where it looks like perhaps the instrument sat in a damp case and some lacquer flaked away, but this is confined to the back end of the rim. At some point someone mounted a strap button on the upper side of the heel leaving a parched screw hole and some light scarring; there is a strap button on the bottom of the heel now.
All hardware remains original and clean, as it left Kalamazoo in '68. This is a very nice player, a cool example of the original twilight era of this classic Gibson thin body, twin P-90 format. It resides in a modern molded HSC. Overall Excellent - Condition.
This is a very late example of Gibson's best and most versatile lower-end archtop guitar, from 1968. 366 of these shipped out that year, as the model's sales dwindled and it was discontinued in 1970. This fully hollow thinline model was one of the many casualties of the trend to hyperamplification in that era, as volume went up fully hollow instruments fell out of favor everywhere but in more traditional jazz settings. With the lower stage volumes common today these models have come back into favor with new generations of players.
ES-125TCD is one of Gibson's best such designs, offering two great-sounding P-90 pickups on a thinline single-cutaway body. This one features a dark sunburst finish on the single-bound body (most 60's models were a brighter cherry 'burst) and a slim profile later '60s neck with an unbound rosewood fingerboard. An unusual feature of this later guitar is a Tune-O-Matic bridge mounted directly to the top on posts like an ES-330. Earlier examples used a floating wooden bridge making them less adaptable to lighter gauge strings and comparatively difficult to intonate correctly. This is a very cool guitar, A nice player with a sharper tone than earlier wooden-bridge examples. This ES-125TDC is quite a versatile instrument suitable for a wide range of sounds as long as you leave that 100-watt Marshall at home!
Overall length is 41 in. (104.1 cm.), 16 in. (40.6 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 1 13/16 in. (4.6 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 5/8 in. (41 mm.).
This is a very clean guitar overall, showing only some light wear and no damage or major repair. The original finish still shines, with some light checking and small dings and chips but really very little playwear. There is some finish patching just to the bottom rim where it looks like perhaps the instrument sat in a damp case and some lacquer flaked away, but this is confined to the back end of the rim. At some point someone mounted a strap button on the upper side of the heel leaving a parched screw hole and some light scarring; there is a strap button on the bottom of the heel now.
All hardware remains original and clean, as it left Kalamazoo in '68. This is a very nice player, a cool example of the original twilight era of this classic Gibson thin body, twin P-90 format. It resides in a modern molded HSC. Overall Excellent - Condition.