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1970 Gibson ES-175D
Electric acoustic guitar

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Gibson ES-175D description | ES-175 Catalogue appearances

1954 ES-175 | 1966 ES-175D | 1967 ES-175D | 1970 ES-175D | 1974 ES-175D

1970 Gibson ES-175D 1970 Gibson ES-175D 1970 Gibson ES-175D 1970 Gibson ES-175D
1970 Gibson ES-175D 1970 Gibson ES-175D 1970 Gibson ES-175D

Jazz strings suitable for this guitar

D'Addario EJ22 (D'Addario Electric Guitar Strings Jazz Medium)

Thomastik-Infeld JS111 (light flatwound jazz swing electric guitar strings)

D'Addario EXL115W (D'Addario Electric Guitar Strings Blues/Jazz Rock Wound 3rd)

D'Addario EJ20 (D'Addario Electric Guitar Strings Jazz Extra-Light)

Thomastik-Infeld JS110 (flatwound extra light jazz swing electric guitar strings)

D'Addario XLS590 (D'Addario Stainless Steel Electric Guitar Strings Jazz Light)

D'Addario ECG24 (D'Addario Chrome Flat Wound Electric Guitar Strings Jazz Light)

D'Addario EXL115 (D'Addario Electric Blues/Jazz Rock)

D'Addario EJ21 (D'Addario Electric Jazz Light)

D'Addario EHR360 (D'Addario S/Steel Half Round Electric Guitar Strings Jazz Medium)

 1970 Gibson ES-175D

1970 Gibson electric acoustics catalogue

The Gibson electric acoustics catalogue from 1970

This 1970 Gibson ES-175 is a real beauty. The finish would be known as Cherry Sunburst in the 1970s (from 1971?), however at this stage it was just a variety of Sunburst along with the more typical amber to near black burst. Natural and Sunburst are the only options in the 1970 price lists and the 1970 Gibson electric acoustics catalogue. ES-175D shipping figures show 298 Sunburst instruments against 54 Natural for 1970.

Typical 1970 features: three-piece mahogany neck, six-digit stamped serial number with MADE IN USA below it. 1950s style tailpiece, witch-hat control knobs, crown inlay positioned centrally on the headstock.

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 (part numbers 13515 and 13516) and Kluson 320-VP machine heads.

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Gibson Steve Howe Signature ES-175 Guitar
Gibson Steve Howe Signature ES-175 Guitar Vintage Sunburst

Based on the '64 ES-175 that was Steve's first good guitar and the one to which he has returned throughout his long career, this stunning signature model features everything he loves best: maple top, back, and sides, split-parallelogram mother-of-pearl inlays on a rosewood fretboard, full body and neck binding, inlaid ebony bridge base, unique nickel T-trapeze, and 2 '57 Classic humbuckers. Independent volume and tone controls with a 3-way toggle. Deep, rich tone rings out from a full hollowbody with a deep cutaway for easy high-fret access.