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daveinspain

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aside from the price(!) the main diffs, aside from some of the bling and cosmetics, the Brydland is a thinner body from the 175, about half the thickness (but still all hollow) and the body size in general is bigger than the 175.

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Byrdland is made of solid woods, es 175 is laminate - hence the massive price difference. Byrdland has an ebony board, ES 175 has rosewood. Byrdland is wider at the lower bout by an inch so will feel bigger, although it's body depth is thinner. The byrdland also has a shorter scale length - very short compared to an ES 175. Gibson say not many solid wood carved top archtops are made per year due to the scarcity of the woods involved - hence you are paying a premium for the finest archtop you can get if you purchase a L4, Byrdland, L5, Super 400 or Citation. (135's, 137's, 175's etc are all laminated).

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They have pretty much nothing in common.

A Byrdland is closer to an L5 with its 17 inches bout and carved spruce top, but has a thinner body and a shorter scale.

A better guitar to compare to the 175 but with a carved spruce top would be the L4

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The Byrdland was created as a top dollar jazzer with a short scale to facilitate the playing of 'impossible' stretchy chord voicings... :blink:

 

Has a hard core fan base for good reasons... [thumbup]

 

Also favoured by the 'wild man' of rock Ted(The Nuge) Nugent...who, some would say, takes a guitar of delicacy and subtlety and drives/beats it to within an inch of it's life.... :blink:

 

Byrdlands are, as implied, the crème de la crème for a specialised clientele.... [thumbup]

 

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