To me it looks like it is silkscreened and not a sticker, but according to ( ) the TCD model came out only in 1960, whereas wikipedia ( ) says that ES-125TCD (D = Double p90 pickups) versions available starting in 19, respectively. What puzzles me though is the Gibson logo.
#1948 vintage gibson es 125 serial number
Looks like a 32, and i'll be able to read the rest of that number when she's here.Ĭoncerning the date of manufacture it should be a 61 or earlier since the FON was used and there is no serial number on the headstock from 1941-1961. The guitar is right now in transit but after checking the pickup shots he sent to me i spotted a number at the edge of one of the F-holes. Though prices have gone up over the years (in Europe, expect to pay over 2000-2500 bucks these days), it is still a reasonable price among all the insane vintage pricing that I see all over the place for Gibson ES guitars like the the ES 175, 300 and the 350.Following my previous post and some research concerning my newly bought ES-125TCD, I figured there is actually a number stamped in the guitar that the seller did not seem to find. The bottom line is that the 125 is the best vintage Gibson ES buy these days. Sure, a P90 175 is a fancier guitar but that's about it. Last year, I compared my 125 with an early 1950s 175 side by side and thought it sounded pretty similar. No cutaway, no fretboard inlays, fewer bindings etc. The 125 was an entry level archtop at the time but the differences with the more expensive 175 are largely cosmetic. It's very much like a 1950s P90 equipped Gibson ES 175 but at half the price.
So why do I think the 125 is the best vintage Gibson buy? That's easy. I have some fine guitars but the 125 certainly holds its own In the meantime I have had my guitar tech do a complate overhaul of the guitar and I play it with great satisfaction. Still, the 1964 one certainly rings all the right bells with me and the lighter, early 1960s sunburst of the top I like definitely better than the very dark burst you see on early 1950s models. So I kind of liked it even better than the earlier 1951 model but of course a comparison only exists in my mind because I cannot play them side by side anymore.
Light, responsive and IMHO even better sounding. My new 1964 ES 125 was in fact very much like the 1951 one. I had to pay 1800 bucks for it and |I knew it needed some fretwork and some other other maitenance. My daughter drove me to Amsterdam and we both felt it was the right thing to do. I gave it to my daughter who sold it later fo fund a foreign trip - and still regrets it to this very day! I always missed that guitar and to set things right I purchased a 1964 model in 2017. Unlike my other, more modern laminate guitars, you could actually play it unamped and it would still sound good. It was very light, very responsive and it sounded great. I paid about 1200 euros (2500 pre euro Dutch guilders) for it at the time and it was my first "vintage" instrument. I had seen Martijn van Iterson play one many times and his sound and playing blew me away. The first one, the 1951 model, I purchsed in 1998. So I've had two Gibson ES 125 guitars over the years. You can find the Pass etude with tabs here and the Nunes etude here. The first 2 choruses are Joe Pass, the last chorus Warren Nunes. So I did a guitar nerdy thing yesterday and I played two etudes in straight eights over the old vid with my current 125, so some 13 years later. The guitar I was playing was one I no longer have, a 1951 Gibson ES 125. I came across and old blues comping video that I made in 2006.
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