A solid player for jazz, swing or blues, the ES-125 remains by far the best value in a true vintage Gibson archtop. It has it all And if you are looking for a super sweet 12 string, they dont come any nicer than our 2012 (yes, we know its not vintage-but it was sooo nice) Gibson Songwriter Deluxe 12 string. Get your George Thorogood on with a newly set up Gibson ES 125 TDC (Thats thinline, double pickup, cutaway). This example is in excellent original condition, without pick, buckle or thumbwear, right down to the original frets. All vintage mahogany and something special. The laminated body offers superior feedback resistance, and the guitar produces a respectable acoustic tone for playing unplugged. The George Thorogood White Fang ES-125TDC is the premier Epiphone signature model by the blues legend and pays tribute to Thorogood’s prized original. With its fat P-90 pickup and fast 24.9″ scale, the ES-125 offered true Gibson quality and playability at an affordable price. Notes: Introduced in 1938 as the ES-100, the ES-125 was renamed in 1941, and remained in continuous production for over 30 years. Vintage correct gold bonnet tone and volume knobs. Hardware: Original P-90 pickup and electronics original nickel trapeze tailpiece original tortoise pickguard original nickel-plated Kluson Deluxe tuners, original compensated rosewood bridge. What brand and model guitar does George Thorogood play Wiki User. Materials: Solid Honduras mahogany neck, arched maple back and sides, solid Brazilian rosewood fingerboard and bridge. Both the thinline and the regular models would be discontinued by the 1970s. It would later add options for double P-90 pickups and a sharp cutaway, referred to as a florentine cutaway, similar to the ES-175. In the mid-1950s, the ES-125T was introduced, which was an entry-level thinline archtop electric guitar based on the original ES-125. The unbound rosewood fingerboard initially sported pearl trapezoid inlays later, it would have dot inlays. THIS GUITAR IS OVER 60 YEARS OLD AND LOOKS GOOD. HERE IS A COOL RARE VINTAGE GIBSON ES 125 TC ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC GUITAR WITH PLENTY OF TONE. When reintroduced in 1946 it had the larger 16.25″ wide body that the ES-150 had. 61 GIBSON ES 125 tc ES125 150 175 225 335 acoustic electric vintage guitar 60s GIBSON ES 125 TC VINTAGE ACOUSTIC ELECTRIC ARCHTOP GUITAR.
The pre-war model, discontinued in 1942, had a smaller 14.5″ body. It had one P-90 single-coil pickup in the neck position, a single volume control and a single tone control. Introduced in 1941 as the successor to the ES-100, the ES-125 was an entry-level archtop electric guitar.