This guitar plays well, and this model can sound fantastic for jazz and blues.Īn Epiphone branded hard shell case is included. The neck profile is typical of Gibson’s early 1960’s production, relatively narrow and slim. A single P-90 pickup is in the neck position, with volume and tone controls on the top and an output jack on the side. 1960 Gibson ES-125 Gibson, Acoustic guitar, Electric guitar 1959 Gibson ES 225 - Vintage & Modern Guitars 1960 Gibson ES-125 3/4 Sunburst > Guitars Electric Semi-Hollow Body. The tailpiece is simple, as are the strip-mounted Kluson Deluxe gears with creme buttons. The fingerboard and bridge are Rosewood, which at the time many of these were built was sourced from Brazil. The ES-125T was one of Gibson's 1950s/60s student models - although really a very nice thinline guitar indeed, having no fancy appointments, but being made from essentially the same materials, and using the same construction methods as all Gibson thinlines of the period. These models use Maple laminate for the 16.15 inch wide, 3.5 inch deep body, and Mahogany for the neck and body blocks. 1958 Gibson ES-125T Image Heritage auctions. It’s in very nice shape, with expected but not extreme lacquer checking and normal but minor wear and tear. Here we’re looking at a very nice Gibson ES-125 built during 1961 at the Gibson plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Melody Maker, in particularly, was aimed at student. The ES-125 stayed in production until 1970, but in the 1950’s thinline and cutaway versions appeared as the ES-1235T and ES-125TC, and an extra pickup at the bridge was available in the ES-125 TDC model. This promotional page from the July / August 1960 issue of Gibson publication Gibson Gazette announces the launch of two new guitars that would remain in the Gibson line throughout the 1960s: the solid-body Gibson Melody Maker, and the thinline electric acoustic Gibson ES-125 TC. It appeared as the ES-125 from 1941 to 1943, with wartime restrictions suspending production until 1946. The SKB-20 is the case that SKB recommended for the ES-135 which is very close to the 125. Starting its life as the ES-100, the Gibson ES-125 was built as an affordable quality electrified archtop guitar for jazz and combo guitarists. The ES-125T is approx the same depth as a ES-335, but the neck is set higher off the body.