NVGD - 1957 ES-175 Sunburst

[wernerg]

When you cross Steve Howe with Pat Metheny and throw in a little Joe Pass ... you will get this: a 1957 ES-175 equipped with a single, non-stickered PAF. This purchase was "enabled" by Forum brother Michael Minnis, and was acquired from John Stewart at www.myjazzhome.com - a wonderful, trusted transaction. If anything, the condition of the instrument was understated, with the only replacement part being the bridge (original bridge in case).

John Stewart owned and played this guitar for a number of years, and at some point entered in an email exchange with the late Andre Duchossoir. Andre was kind enough to research and authenticate the guitar as "registered at the end of May 1957 (between May 20th and May 31st)".





Serial # A25639 - FON: U 9061 19





Behold the exquisite and granular weather checking that no razor artist will ever to match:





Once she landed at my home, she immediately made friends with other members of the family:




Once again, thank you Michael Minnis and John Stewart! Forum members, if ever you are in the market for a new or vintage archtop, I highly recommend www.myjazzhome.com!

I will post more pictures once weather in the rainy Pacific Northwest improves and the sun comes out ;-)

 

[seafood]

really cool old Gibson....and everything about it is just right!!!!! congrats....enjoy...and have fun

 

[Midnight Blues]

Very nice! Congrats, HNGD

and play her in good health!

 

[jb_abides]

Congrats on this fine specimen.

 

[Grog]

Congrats on a beautiful guitar!! She is in good hands………

 

[wernerg]

my friend Grog! So nice to hear from you. It's been too long! How is "my" Les Paul Jumbo doing?

 

[Grog]

Your Jumbo is aging nicely! Plays well with its “Low Impedance” brothers…………..

 

[Any Name You Wish]

Beautiful. I hope to own a nice ES175 some day as I delve more into fingerstyle jazz guitar. Does it have a bone nut?

 

[charliechitlins]

Beautiful.
I got a killer deal on a '58 awhile ago.
I assumed I would flip it at a substantial profit and finance the guitar I really wanted, but it might just BE the guitar I really wanted.
The PAF is sublime, and offers a surprising amount of treble.
I'm mostly a neck and middle position guy (get your mind out of the gutter, pal!), and I thought this guitar wouldn't have what it takes to cut through the mix.
I THINK it does, but my band didn't survive the plague and a geographical move, so I still have to gig it before I decide if it's a keeper; but I strongly suspect it is.
Congrats.

 

[charliechitlins]

So many of these have been robbed of their parts...pickups, of course...tuners next...then truss rod covers.
If yours are original, you're doing very well, indeed.
So many of the folks who are in favor of Les Paul "conversions" don't care to think about the guitars that were stripped of their original parts.