Write a user review Buy used No classified 2,599.80 average used price Product presentation Description 1 Forums. The guitars pick-guard was made of tortoise-shell style celluloid. Gibson ES-125 TDC 1 / 178 1 / 178 All user reviews for the Gibson ES-125 TDC Hollow Body/Semi Hollow Body Electric Guitar from Gibson. The headstock, like the previously mentioned guitars, was unadorned except for the Gibson logo silk-screened in gold lettering across the top. The unbound solid Honduras mahogany neck was capped with a Brazilian rosewood fretboard which was originally topped with pearloid dot markers. The pickup was now Gibson's P90 dog-eared unit with adjustable pole-pieces. The back and sides were also made of maple. The body on this guitar was now 16 1/4 inches in width and came with a laminated arched maple top, which became Gibson's standard on it's electric hollow body instruments. In 1940 this changed to Gibson's first pole magnet pickup.īy 1941, the ES-100 was dropped from the line-up and replaced with the Gibson ES-125 model. Originally the pickup on this model was a blade style unit. The strings were held in place by a trapeze tail-piece. The neck was unbound and capped with a rosewood fretboard. The guitars arched top was carved and made of spruce. Within the guitars body were two sound-posts. It's body was bound on the top and bottom. You get those classic P-90 tones, wonderful Gibson craftsmanship and playability alongside that mighty Bigsby! You can’t ask for much more than that in a guitar.The ES-100 was two inches shorter than the ES-150, having a body depth of a mere 14 1/4 inches. The included case is non-original but lined and of good quality. Overall the guitar is in very clean condition throughout with no belt buckle rash on the back and only a couple of dings in the finish. In conjunction with the roller bridge, the Bigsby vibrato unit makes getting those classic 60’s guitar ‘twangs’ a breeze. The guitar wouldn’t have had the Bigsby as an original feature so somewhere in its history someone has had this professionally added on and it’s really brought a new dimension to the guitar and the P-90 sound. Everything from a raunchy blues growl to the darkest of jazz tones is possible here and it feels very expressive to play.
This is a fairly loud guitar with a great deal of presence even without being plugged in, however once you’re amplified, you can hear what all the fuss is about with the classic P-90 sound. The Florentine cutaway allows very comfortable access to upper registers on the fingerboard and chords and single-line soloing are all a treat to play. The single piece mahogany neck is beautifully finished throughout and with plenty of life left in what we believe are the original jumbo frets. The thinline body shape of the ES-125 TDC makes it a very comfortable guitar for both composing on the sofa at home or no-holds-barred live work and it won’t give you the backache some guitars do after an hour or two on stage. The rich smoky sunburst finish and twin P-90 single coils immediately catch your eye upon opening the case and as we discovered, this guitar really does play as good as it looks.
The guitar looks sensational with a Bigsby and it just oozes 60’s vintage glamour as a result.
Whilst it’s no secret that we have a particular passion here at JGG for Gibson ES-125s, some instruments just stand out from the crowd and this particular guitar really caught our attention with its added Bigsby vibrato tailpiece.
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