TMMoremanly Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hi All, As I said in the topic, I am a trumpet player but I am fascinated by hollow body guitars. Since I retired I have been learning to repair musical instruments, mainly wind instruments. I look for pre 1965 instruments to rehab and get in good working order in order to get them into the hands of kids/students so they don't have to rent or buy new. Anyway, I recently came across a 1956 Gibson ES-125 that seems to be in excellent condition. Every once in a while I manage to acquire an instrument that I hopefully will make a little money on to help fund my repair activities. I have done some research on on-line sales of '50s vintage ES-125s, I have not found a great deal of info so I am hoping maybe some of you Gibson fans could give me some value opinions. Thank You All Very Much, Ray Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Hi Mr Zee and welcome to the forums.... Many folks hereon are enthusiasts of hollow body archtops of various sizes and specs The ES125 is probably 'on the way up' at the moment as a collector's item Helped a little by James Bay and his interesting vintage Epiphone 'equivalent'..... The Godin 5th Avenue is possibly the nearest modern take on that design I have and cherish a reissue ES225 which is quite different but shares some DNA with the ES125 Value wise is guess work....:blink: IMO $1000 would probably be an optimistic sale price for a pristine, fully set-up example Depends on interest and demand for what is a niche guitar.... V Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Megafrog Posted February 20, 2017 Share Posted February 20, 2017 Welcome to the boards. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TMMoremanly Posted February 22, 2017 Author Share Posted February 22, 2017 Hi Mr Zee and welcome to the forums.... Many folks hereon are enthusiasts of hollow body archtops of various sizes and specs The ES125 is probably 'on the way up' at the moment as a collector's item Helped a little by James Bay and his interesting vintage Epiphone 'equivalent'..... The Godin 5th Avenue is possibly the nearest modern take on that design I have and cherish a reissue ES225 which is quite different but shares some DNA with the ES125 Value wise is guess work....:blink: IMO $1000 would probably be an optimistic sale price for a pristine, fully set-up example Depends on interest and demand for what is a niche guitar.... V Thanks so much for your insight. Ray Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pesh Posted February 23, 2017 Share Posted February 23, 2017 Welcome to the forums Ray! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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