Jazz strings suitable for this guitar D'Addario EHR350 (D'Addario S/Steel Half Round Electric Guitar Strings Jazz Light) D'Addario EJ21 (D'Addario Electric Jazz Light) D'Addario XLS590 (D'Addario Stainless Steel Electric Guitar Strings Jazz Light) D'Addario EHR360 (D'Addario S/Steel Half Round Electric Guitar Strings Jazz Medium) D'Addario EJ22 (D'Addario Electric Guitar Strings Jazz Medium) D'Addario EJ20 (D'Addario Electric Guitar Strings Jazz Extra-Light) Thomastik-Infeld JS111 (light flatwound jazz swing electric guitar strings) Dean Markley 2506B (Dean Markley Nickelsteel Electric - Jazz) D'Addario EXL115W (D'Addario Electric Guitar Strings Blues/Jazz Rock Wound 3rd) D'Addario EXL115 (D'Addario Electric Blues/Jazz Rock)

1966 Gibson ES-175D

1966 Gibson full line catalogue The guitar pictured in the 1966 catalogue is identical to the instrument pictured above. The modern cutaway design provides easy access to the entire fret range. Easy to play and comfortable to hold, the ES-175D produces a brilliant distortion-free tone

The guitar pictured is a typical 1966 Gibson ES-175D. Shipping figures for the ES-175D in 1966 are as follows: Natural - 55, Sunburst - 382.

Typical 1966 features: one-piece mahogany neck, six-digit stamped serial number without MADE IN USA below it. Zig-zag tailpiece and crown inlay positioned above centre on the headstock. The gold bell control knobs with metal inserts are still present, although soon to be replaced with witch-hat knobs.

Other features unchanged from earlier ES-175 versions: maple top, back and sides. Bound front and back, with a bound neck and split parallelogram inlays. Patent number humbucker pickups and Kluson 320-VP machine heads.

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