#1956 GIBSON ES 125 TV#

I think it would have been a more popular guitar if it had the same neck as a 335.РІР‚Сњ Although the 330 went to a longer 19th-fret neck like the 335 in РІР‚в„ў68, the original shorter neck gave less access to the upper registers.Р”Р‡rankly, IРІР‚в„ўm not sure why Gibson made a shorter neck for the 330, but they did. It joins the body at the 16th fret, rather than the 19th-fret join of the 335. РІР‚СљThe 330 has the same body dimensions as the 335, but it was not anywhere near as popular and it was cheaper. Speaking to Guitarist from his Nashville vintage guitar store, Gruhn Guitars, George is celebrating 50 years in the business this year. РІР‚СљThe ES-335 came out in 1958 (it was developed in РІР‚в„ў57, but they didnРІР‚в„ўt ship any until РІР‚в„ў58), and the ES-330 was not released until РІР‚в„ў59,РІР‚Сњ veteran guitar dealer and guitar author George Gruhn tells us. The P-90 loaded, Tune-o-matic-bridge/trapeze-tailpiece-equipped ES-330 electric archtops arrived somewhat in the shadow of their semi-acoustic, dual-PAF-humbucker-toting ES-335/345/355 double-cutaway siblings.Р”Р„s per all double-cutaway electrics of the time, the ES-330РІР‚в„ўs single-bound body is constructed from laminated maple with a pressed arched top sporting two f-holes, and although comparisons are inevitable - primarily based on body shape/dimensions (being 19-inches long, 16-inches wide and 11РІРѓвЂћ4-inches deep) - there are some major differences that set the ES-330 a world apart. However, the 243РІРѓвЂћ4-inch scale-length of the ES-225T and ES-225TD were just 13РІРѓвЂћ4-inches deep and itРІР‚в„ўs these thinline dimensions that would soon become part of the template for GibsonРІР‚в„ўs revolutionary double cutaway thinline range - including the ES-330, ES-335, ES-345, ES-355 and Trini Lopez Standard models.

With a short 231РІРѓвЂћ2-inch scale length both the Byrdland and ES-350T measured 21РІРѓвЂћ4-inches deep. The thinline concept immediately proved popular and the range was quickly expanded to include the dual P-90-equipped ES-225TD in 1956 (РІР‚ВDРІР‚в„ў denotes РІР‚ВdualРІР‚в„ў pickups). Developed in collaboration with guitarists Billy Byrd and Hank Garland, the L-5-inspired Byrdland sat at the top of the pecking order next to the mid-priced laminate body ES-350T (РІР‚ВTРІР‚в„ў denotes РІР‚ВthinlineРІР‚в„ў), while the ES-225T was offered as a less fancy alternative.

These single cutaway hollowbody electric archtops were something of a compromise between GibsonРІР‚в„ўs 3 3/8-inch-deep ES archtops and their slim solidbody electric guitars. The single cutaway hollowbody electric archtops were something of a compromise between GibsonРІР‚в„ўs 3 3/8-inch-deep ES archtops and their slim solidbody electric guitarsР”Вuring this time, GibsonРІР‚в„ўs owners CMI continuously pushed Ted McCarty for new electric-guitar designs, and in July 1955, the first thinlines were unveiled at the NAMM show in Chicago.

#1956 GIBSON ES 125 TV#

In 1952, Gibson unveiled their first solidbody electric guitar, the Les Paul Model (Goldtop) and the range soon widened to include the Junior, TV and Custom in 1954, followed by the Special in 1955.Р”В®vidently, the 1950s were a period of great innovation at Gibson as new musical styles and tastes emerged, and, for the first time in the companyРІР‚в„ўs history, in 1954 the total number of electric guitars shipped exceeded that of acoustics. Such was the unprecedented success of the electric guitar generally that GibsonРІР‚в„ўs newly appointed president, Ted McCarty, expanded the idea to include not only a further two ES models in 1949 - the Florentine/pointed cutaway ES-175 and triple pickup ES-5 - but also electrified versions of their flagship Super 400 and L-5 archtops, the Super 400CES and L-5CES (released in 1951).

1956 gibson es 125