Gibson ES 175 Question

[Jasper6120]

Hey everyone

Does anyone know the exact dimensions of the early 1950's Gibson ES 175's?

 

I have a VOS '59 ES 175 and it looks to be a slightly different shape to all other es 175s I have seen. The dimensions are:

Upper bout: 288 mm

Waist: 238 mm

Lower Bout: 405 mm

Width: 86mm

 

The '59 shape looks a bit narrower in the upper bout and a bit wider in the waist than the earlier 50's ones. Would I be right in saying this? Strange question I know, but the information would be extremely helpful to me.

 

Cheers

 

J

[milod]

As far as I can tell - although I'm no expert on the subject - the 175 body remained the same basics except for the neck/peghead at several points in time. That excludes, of course, changes in pups, etc.

 

L5Larry may know more... He usually does. <grin>

 

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[Jasper6120]

From what I've seen, every 175 seems to be slightly different. Even ones in the same year. For example, some es 175s have the binding join the neck right on the 14th fret, while others (of the same year and spec) join the neck at halfway between the 14th and 15th fret. I know the shape of the top is a bit different. Even Gibsons faithful recreation of the 1952 es 295 has a pickup riser on the neck pickup to compensate for the curvature in the top (which the originals didn't have). The cutaway, and curve of the back is also different. Not a recreation, in my mind, but hey, at least they managed to paint it the right colour!

 

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[L5Larry]

L5Larry may know more... He usually does. <grin>

 

Sorry, I have no hands-on personal knowledge or experience with 175's.