Hi everyone -
New poster, user and new owner of an old ES125 here, asking some questions to those that are in the know.
I've recently acquired the below ES125. I see a serial number through on of the F holes in the body; what I can read reads: Y5022____7. There appears to be some missing characters between the last "2" and the last character of "7".
From what I can tell on my own, this appears to be a 1953 model? The tuners that came with the guitar were missing pegs on all one side; so I've replaced them with tuners purchased from Reverb that were claimed to be from a '53 ES125 also - but are considerable smaller than the pegs that were on the guitar when I bought it.
Just looking to validate the age, and get some semblance of valuation of the instrument. From what I can tell, everything else on the instrument appears original. I've put new strings on it, and it plays very nice, and even the electric facilities work! Amazing quality.
Thanks very much in advance for anyone's input.