The Vintage ES-175D (1957-1969) Holly-Body by Gibson

With a fully hollow body and sharp Florentine cutaway, the Gibson ES-175 stands out as an all-time iconic jazz guitar. The ES-175 has seen some variation over the years, with different pickup and hardware configurations coming in and out of the Gibson lineup. Those with the ES-175D model number indicate the use of two pickups, and an N denotes a natural instead of sunburst finish. Although the ES-175 is noted as a jazz guitar, it has also been embraced by rock players like Yes' Steve Howe who has a signature model.

• Hollow-body electric guitar
• Production period: 1957–1969
• Laminated maple/poplar/maple body
• Single Florentine cutaway
• Mahogany set neck
• Brazilian rosewood fingerboard (1957–1969)
• Split parallelogram pearloid inlays
• 20 frets
• 24.75" (628.7 mm) scale length
• 1.69" (42.9 mm) nut width
• Medium "C" neck profile (varied slightly by year)
• Two Gibson PAF humbuckers (1957–early 1960s; later Patent Number humbuckers)
• Controls: 2 Volume, 2 Tone
• 3-way pickup selector switch
• Floating rosewood bridge with adjustable Tune-o-matic (varied by year)
• Trapeze tailpiece (Bigsby optional on some models)
• Kluson Deluxe tuning machines
• Nickel hardware (gold on some custom versions)
• Gloss nitrocellulose lacquer finish
• Available finishes: Sunburst, Natural, with limited custom colors available by special order