I will say this - P90s on a completely hollow body are about as close to heaven as I’ll ever get.
#GIBSON ES 125 THINLINE FULL#
The full depth version could be compared to a P90 175. The thinline version is directly comparable to an ES-330 or Casino. It’s hollow, so you learn to work with feedback - although, since I use small amps and low gain, I’ve never had an issue. This is my absolute favorite electric guitar, it covers everything from jazz to blues to, say, AC/DC should that interest you. Mine started its life as a 125T (thinline, no cutaway, one pickup) but someone added a cutaway and when I got it I added the bridge pickup - it had been so abused it had no collector’s value anyway. The full-depth cutaway versions are rare.
I believe (but am not certain) all non-cutaways, regardless of depth, are single pickup. There are full depth and thin line versions, with and without cutaway, and one or two pickups. They are also very, very light and easy on the back. It may have been a ‘student’ guitar but (imho) they are excellent. On July 15, 1957, both the ES-125 and ES-125T retailed at $145.00.An inexpensive guitar back in the day so it's not going to be like a 335. The first six ES-125Ts were shipped from the factory in 1956, but the model was not manufactured in quantities until 1957, when 889 were produced. Duchossoir, Gibson Electrics - The Classic Years, p. A total of 9,277 ES-125T were produced between 19" (A.R. By 1958 the T-version outsold the full body 125 shortly before peaking in 1959 with 2,072 instruments.The family of thin-bodied 125s accounted for a substantial portion of the thinline instruments shipped in the late 50s and early 60s.
All these models were gradually phased out at the end of the 60s.As implied by its designation the ES-125T is merely an ES-125 with a thinner body. By 1960 two versions with a Florentine cutaway, the ES-125TC and TCD, were released as a replacement for the ES-225T and TD discontinued the previous year. and has a nice, fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. In 1957 a 3/4 size and a dual pickup version became available, but they never gained the same popularity as the ES-125T. One of the First 'Thinline' Guitars Produced This wonderful two-tone Sunburst ES-125T weighs just 5.50 lbs. "The ES-125T was introduced at the end of 1956 as a budget model to complement the range of thinline electrics. The tailpiece is an interesting and totally original factory-fitted variant, being the one normally used at the time on the three-quarter size ES-140. The color is a wonderful two-tone Sunburst - quite different from the three-tone Sunburst that was introduced on this model in 1959. This guitar is in near mint (9.25) condition, with virtually no finish checking. Rosewood bridge with pre-set compensating saddle and original factory-fitted ES-140-style trapeze tailpiece with vertical ridges on cross-bar. Two controls (one volume, one tone) on lower treble bout. One black P-90 pickup with an output of 8.38k. Closed-back Kluson Deluxe strip tuners with white plastic oval buttons.
Headstock with gold silk-screened "Gibson" logo. Single-bound laminated maple body, one-piece mahogany neck, and rosewood fretboard with 20 medium jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. This wonderful two-tone Sunburst ES-125T weighs just 5.50 lbs. One of the First "Thinline" Guitars Produced
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