Please contact us for current US pricing. The neck has Gibson’s ‘normal’ mid-50’s carve, with a full-feeling roundness, 1-11/16” nut and 24/75” scale. 1955 Gibson ES-225 introduction specs: Much like a slightly fancier 1960's ES-125TC with different tailpiece. Collectibility Rating: one pickup models: C, two pickup models: C (the models preceeding the ES-125tc and ES-125tdc). Frets and set-up are excellent, the bridge fit is great, and the pickup and wire harness are original and unmodified. Gibson ES-225 Thinline Fully Hollow Electric Archtop.
The tuners have been changed and there is a little bit of CA glue on the back binding near the neck heel, but it’s otherwise quite straight. This one is mostly original and pretty clean. In 1951, King had his major hit with a cover of Lowell Fulson’s Three O’Clock Blues. From the FON (Factory Order Number) we were able to determine that the guitar was made in 1955. It sounds great with no fuzz/buzz, which is amazing when considering its age. Hollow body electric with amazing tone even when its not plugged in. Technically, the ES125 is a budget jazz box, but it’s a bit more raw and dirty sounding than most jazz players want a guitar to be, and they tend to sound their best though a low-power tube amp with plenty of speaker overdrive. The ES-5 came in blonde and sunburst, but B.B.’s was a blonde, with a trio of volume pots and a black pickguard. This 1955 Gibson ES-125 looks and plays great. These guitars might not be the best choice for garage band rock, but they sure sound great playing blues and rootsy melodic stuff.
After all the many thousands of electric guitars that have come and gone through our doors, we still get really excited by a nice ES-125.
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