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Gibson Trini Lopez Deluxe
Electric acoustic guitar
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PART 1 Trini Lopez Deluxe description |
PART 2 1965 promotional sheet |
PART 3 catalogue appearances
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Gibson Trini Lopez Deluxe - Gibson, the workingman's guitar
Gibson advert featuring Gibson artist Trini Lopez, playing his signature model, the Trini Lopez Deluxe.
Trini Lopez at work for Gibson and Reprise records | 
Gibson Trini Lopez Deluxe - Trini Lopez
Now, skilled Gibson craftsmen and Gibson's electronic engineers have combined to create a Trini Lopez model guitar that is just as exciting as the young artist who inspired it. In the Thin Body Standard or the Full Body Deluxe, the Trini Lopez Model Gibson is a beautifully crafted, superbly sensitive instrument. |
Promo sheet for the Gibson Trini Lopez Deluxe from around 1964/1965 - when the model was introduced.
The Trini Lopez Deluxe and Trini Lopez Standard were shipped from 1964 until 1971, with the Standard outselling the Deluxe by a ratio of roughly 6:1.
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The following description is taken from the 1970 Gibson catalogue
TRINI LOPEZ DELUXE - Artist Model
Styled for today's guitarist, the Trini Lopez Deluxe features a deep modern double cutaway and exceptional electronic response. Exquisitely fashioned in curly maple with cream binding and shell pickguard.
FEATURES: Curly maple top, back, rims with cream binding and bound "diamond" sound holes. Slim, fast, low action mahogany neck joins body at the 17th fret with diamond shaped pearl inlays and adjustable truss rod. 20 fret ebony fingerboard. Two balanced tone humbucking pickups with standby switch. Rosewood bridge base and chrome- plated Tone-O-Matic bridge. Chrome-plated machine heads. Special chrome pickguard. 17" wide, 21" long, 3" deep; 24 ¾" scale, 20 frets.
TL-D Trini Lopez Deluxe - Cherry Sunburst Finish
605 - Faultless plush-lined case
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Shipping Figures
| Model \ Year | 1964 | 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | total |
| Trini Lopez Deluxe |
| Trini Lopez Standard |
*in 1971, shipping figures do not distinguish between the Deluxe and Standard, merely stating that 33 Trini Lopez guitars were shipped
The guitars that Trini Lopez was pictured with differ slightly from the versions pictured in the Gibson cataloges. The first guitar (below left) has an upturned headstock - different from all other pictured Trini Lopez Deluxes. Perhaps this is one of the 2 Deluxes manufactured in 1964. The guitar on the right has the same headstock as the catalogue images, however it is fitted with a very different scratchplate
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| Trini Lopez with Trini Lopez Deluxe - from the Winter 1965 copy of Gibson Gazette | Trini Lopez with Trini Lopez Deluxe - from the 1967 Vol. 1 of Gibson Gazette |
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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. |
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