Vince Q Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 I very much want a 175. I'm not a collector, nor do I have very deep pockets, so I'm not at the point where I'm ready to plunk down $5k for a 1950s ES-175, a newer used one would do nicely. Problem is (and I know I'll be called a heretic) I don't care for humbucker pick-ups: There's so much output that they seem to overpower the natural tone of the wood in either a solid body or archtop. Even my Les Pauls have either mini humbuckers or P90s. My question is, if I were to buy a newer production 175 with a humbucker, would changing out the pick-up for a P-90 or, even better, a Charlie Christian-style pick up leave huge gaps between the new pick-up and the old routing for the humbucker? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 5, 2018 Share Posted April 5, 2018 You can get a P-90 in a humbucking housing - Gibson call it the P94 and there are several other makes now. I have a 2013 ES175 with P94s, great sounds! A Charlie Christian pickup is a very different shape though. There were some ES175CC's made in the late 70s, you might find one but I think anyone who owns one is hanging on to it! Note also the late 80s ES 165 (AKA Herb Ellis model) which was a 175 with a single neck pickup, you can easily find these on ebay for instance. 1978 ES175CC (not mine!! :( ) Nice, eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vince Q Posted April 7, 2018 Author Share Posted April 7, 2018 There was a gorgeous 175CC that sold last week on ebay for $3,150, which I consider to be a good price for this guitar. Didn't have the dough or else I would have snagged it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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