willypaul Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 In 1958 I took all my money from delivering newspapers for years and bought a new ES125, serial number 48329. This was set up as left handed from the factory. Can anyone advise how many left handed factory guitars were made?? willypaul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brundaddy Posted January 9, 2014 Share Posted January 9, 2014 Great question, and I'm surprised nobody has chimed in (I have no idea). Is yours a sunburst? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
clayville Posted January 13, 2014 Share Posted January 13, 2014 I'm way late to this, but here's what I've got from the reference shelves: My well-worn copy of "Gibson Electrics - The Classic Years" by A. R. Duchossoir doesn't mention lefties of this model at all, but says there were 1,528 full-depth ES-125's shipped in 1958. There were also 1,202 ES-125T (thinlines) that year, 332 ES-125 3/4's (the three-quarter sized version) and 320 ES-125TD's (double pickup thinlines). My older copy of Gruhn's Guide to Vintage Guitars doesn't mention lefty version either... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willypaul Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 Thank you for the shipping information. Gibson has no record on how many custom left handed guitars were made. Their records are very bad. When they looked up the s/n, they believe it was shipped in 1962. I assured them that they are incorrect and it was shipped in 1958. Yes, it is a hollow body sunburst. Bill Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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