ES 175 BB anyone own one or tried one?

[mhillier]

I cant find a review anywhere but saw a blue one that looked really nice online.

Any one on here tried or own one?

What do you think of them?

 

By the way my name is Matt, Im new to the forum.

Ive been an Epiphone player for about 11 years.

I have a '97 Riviera and a 96' Emperor and I really rate them both.

My other guitars include yamaha SGV, Squire jagmaster, Danelectro U2 and Burns bison bass.

 

Cheers.

[Biff]

Welcome!

 

fwiw, check out this old post...

[fc4cdf]

I have a Zephyr Regent,same guitar but with neck pup only. I was looking for a warm jazz tone so I didn't mind not having the bridge pup. I use heavy gauge flatwounds on it which makes it a little harder to play. The stock pup will be replaced soon with a Tom Short Humbucker.

 

 

 

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[carverman]

I haven't tried the Epi version of the ES-175, (yet), but I absolutely love the

Gibson version of the ES-175..and played 3 of them last year at the

Gibson factory in Memphis and the Showcase in Nashville.

I pondered on the steep asking price after playing a couple and decided

to think it over, and walked out with tears in my eyes instead of happy smiles.

I since have acquired a couple of Emperor IIs to fill the gap, and they are

not too bad approximations especially with GFS vintage 59s and t-o-m bridge.

 

As far as I'm concerned, the ES-175 tone is very unique, especially if you are

after mellow jazz sounds. A lot of jazz masters play ES-175s on their recordings.

I don't use the bridge p_up by itself, only in blended mode with

the tone rolled off, toggle in the middle toggle position, so the

bridge pickup gets very limited use. The type of bridge will also have an effect on the

tone, (t-o-m or ebony) along with the choice of strings.