Gibson ES Series
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The Gibson ES series of semi-acoustic guitar
(hollow body electric guitar) are manufactured by the Gibson Guitar Corporation
. The letters ES stand for Electric Spanish, to distinguish them from Hawaiian-style guitars which were played flat on the lap.
Semi-acoustic guitar
A semi-acoustic guitar or hollow-body electric is a type of electric guitar with both a sound box and one or more electric pickups. This is not the same as an electric acoustic guitar, which is an acoustic guitar with the addition of pickups or other means of amplification, either added by the...
(hollow body electric guitar) are manufactured by the Gibson Guitar Corporation
Gibson Guitar Corporation
The Gibson Guitar Corporation, formerly of Kalamazoo, Michigan and currently of Nashville, Tennessee, manufactures guitars and other instruments which sell under a variety of brand names...
. The letters ES stand for Electric Spanish, to distinguish them from Hawaiian-style guitars which were played flat on the lap.
Series includes
- ES-5Gibson ES-5The Gibson ES-5 is a guitar produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation as part of the ES, or "Electric Spanish" series of guitars. The ES-5 was intended to be an electric version of their popular Gibson L-5 acoustic jazz model. The ES-5 was introduced in 1949, and offered several innovative...
- ES-100Gibson ES-100The Gibson ES-100 is an archtop electric guitar produced from 1938 to 1941 by Gibson. It was re-introduced as the Gibson ES-125 in 1946....
(produced from 1938 to 1941; re-introduced as ES-125) - ES-120
- ES-125Gibson ES-125The Gibson ES-125 is an archtop, hollow body electric guitar model that was produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.-Model history:Introduced in 1941 as the successor to the ES-100, the ES-125 was an entry-level archtop electric guitar. It had one P-90 single-coil pickup in the neck position,...
(1941 to the 1970s) - ES-135Gibson ES-135The Gibson ES-135 is a semi-hollow body electric guitar made by the Gibson Guitar Corporation. Originally introduced in 1956, it was discontinued in 1958...
(produced from 1956 to 1958; then discontinued and produced again from 1991 to 2002) - ES-137Gibson ES-137The Gibson ES-137 is a semi-hollow-body guitar which is manufactured in Gibson's Memphis factory. It is a relatively new design in Gibson's ES line which is not based on a vintage instrument, as many of Gibson's instruments are....
- ES-140
- ES-150Gibson ES-150The Gibson Guitar Corporation's ES-150 guitar is generally recognized as the world's first commercially successful Spanish-style electric guitar. The ES stands for Electric Spanish, and it was designated 150 because it cost $150, along with an EH-150 amplifier and a cable.After its introduction in...
- ES-165Gibson ES-165The Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis is an Archtop guitar manufactured by the Gibson Guitar Corporation in Nashville Tennessee, currently still in production .The single-pickup ES-175s were first introduced in 1949 but were discontinued around 1971 although small custom runs including...
- ES-175Gibson ES-175The Gibson ES-175 is an electric guitar manufactured by the Gibson Guitar Corporation, currently still in production. It is a 24 3/4" scale full hollow body guitar with a trapeze tailpiece and Tune-O-Matic bridge...
- ES-225Gibson ES-225The Gibson ES-225 is a thinline hollowbody electric guitar model produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation between 1955 and 1959. It is notable as the first thinline hollowbody guitar produced by Gibson.-Model history:...
- ES-250Gibson ES-250The Gibson ES-250 was the second edition of the Gibson ES-150 amplified guitar, though released in several different versions. It had 17" body width and a 21" body length. It had a curly maple back and a spruce top with a maple neck and rosewood fingerboard...
- ES-295
- ES-300
- ES-320
- ES-325Gibson ES-325The Gibson ES-325 is a thinline hollowbody electric guitar model produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.Though similar in appearance to the popular Gibson ES-335 semi-hollow guitar, the ES-325 was a fairly different guitar in construction and sound...
- ES-330Gibson ES-330The Gibson ES-330 is a thinline hollowbody electric guitar model produced by the Gibson Guitar Corporation.Though similar in appearance to the popular Gibson ES-335 semi-hollow guitar, the ES-330 was a fairly different guitar in construction and sound...
- ES-333Gibson ES-333The Gibson ES-333 is a semi hollow body electric guitar made by Gibson Guitar Corporation.The ES-333 is quite similar to the Gibson ES-335, but varies from the ES-335 in the following ways:...
- ES-335Gibson ES-335The Gibson ES-335 is the world's first commercial thinline arched-top semi-acoustic electric guitar. Released by the Gibson Guitar Corporation as part of its ES series in 1958, it is neither hollow nor solid; instead, a solid wood block runs through the center of its body...
- ES-339Gibson ES-339The Gibson ES-339 is a semi-hollow body guitar which is manufactured in Gibson's Custom Shop. The guitar is the size of a regular solid body guitar, but has the sound of a semi-hollow body guitar.-Options:...
- ES-345
- ES-347
- ES-355
- ES-359
- ES-775 (made from 1990-1993, with higher quality components than the ES-175, while still using laminate wood)
- ES-1275
- ES-Artist