merciful-evans Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 This is the model that looks like a ES-175 but has a single pickup at the neck. There's of these for private sale in the uk at the moment for less than £1,600. Its a 1992 model (apparently). Looks nice and the price seems pretty good. I just checked out an enquiry about one of these (Australian e-bay sale) in the Custom Area. The OP seemed interested for more general use such as overdriven blues. I had to smile at the sentence "Would love some feedback on this one". Well I'm sure he would. :) For a higher end model, I'm surprised that it had a silkscreened headstock logo. https://www.gumtree.com/p/guitar-instrument/all-original-1992-gibson-es-165-herb-ellis-guitar.-archtop-jazz-electro-acoustic-guitar.-es-175./1227813066 If I were to check this out, I would worry about authenticity. I am not a Gibson expert. Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Versatile Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Looks OK.... I had that same model around '93-'94..... As far as I am aware it never sold well for some reason Personal issues were the wiring upgrade needed from new....and the vibration buzzes from top mounted P/U The later ones had a floating neck mounted P/U for that reason.... It may be possible to do a serial no. check to verify provenance.... I have enjoyed these Florentine jazzers ever since.... Much prefer my current ES225 and ES137..... Good Luck....!! V PS Personal opinion is it is not sufficiently a classic to warrant that price.....:blink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
merciful-evans Posted April 9, 2017 Author Share Posted April 9, 2017 Do you think that price is high? I checked the serial number on this site, but that only looks like a guide TBH. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cody78 Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Looks authentic to me too. The price seems good for these models as I've seen them listed higher in the past few years. I almost bought a used one from Guitar Village a few years back and that was listed at £1799 at the time. I'd go for that one you've found if I was in the market at the moment and if I had the spare cash. I've only ever tried the floating pickup version - it was a wine red one brand new and cost £2199 about 5 or 6 years ago. Lovely guitar, but I ended up getting a 175 instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted April 9, 2017 Share Posted April 9, 2017 Looks very nice. Easy enough to damp out pickup rattles etc. Several on ebay which would cost you more! Good luck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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