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1979 Gibson ES-175D
 | | The 1978 Gibson catalogue also shows the ES-175CC - the Charlie Christian model, with one single coil Charlie Christian pickup |
This 1979 ES-175D is one of 839 shipped that year. It had a 1979 recomended retail price of $849, plus $109 for a case.
The ES-175D changed somewhat in the mid/late 1970s. First, around 1976, the mahogany neck was replaced by a three-piece maple one, with volute for added strength. Then the hardware was upgraded: a compensated rosewood bridge was replaced with a tune-o-matic in 1977/78, and the tuning keys were switched to Schallers, as shown here. Check out a 1974 ES-175D, which has none of these features.
The serial number system had just changed too, to the eight-digit system in use today. From early 1970, MADE IN USA was also stamped below the serial number, and in this case the word SECOND is also present; denoting a finish flaw or similar minor defect that was found when the instrument went for it's final checks.
Other than the neck, body materials are unchanged. This guitar still has a maple top, back and sides, front and back binding, and rosewood fingerboard and split parallelogram inlays.
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