Chicago Music Exchange | 3 years ago
Your boy Nat Murph is back to do what he does best with this beautiful 1950s Gibson ES-295, finished in a gorgeous, lightly checked gold, and all-original save for some expert jack plate and pickguard repairs. Throw the poor lad 10p and subscribe, won’t you?
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More about the ES-295:
The ES-295 was introduced in May 1952 as an upscale version of the ES-175. It shared the same specifications as the ES-175, except it came in Gibson's Bullion Gold and featured a combination trapeze bridge/tailpiece with strings looping over the bridge, rather than a floating bridge. It also featured a clear plastic pickguard, back-painted in cream and embossed with a gold floral design. The ES-295 prototype was built in 1951 by Gibson at the request of Les Paul, who wished to present a gold ES-175 to a wounded veteran.
Discontinued in 1959, it was reissued in 1994 with the earlier P-90 pickup design, as opposed to humbuckers it had been equipped with since 1957, and a Bigsby vibrato tailpiece, replacing the original trapeze tailpiece design.[6] Epiphone released a Korean made ES-295 model, also with P-90s and a Bigsby. Gibson Memphis released a recreation of a 1952 ES-295 with P-90s and original trapeze tailpiece design, offered in Bullion Gold and a limited edition Sixties Cherry stain.
Notable ES-295 players include Mary Ford, who played one while touring with Les Paul in the early 50s, Scotty Moore, who used an ES-295 as his primary guitar for most of the Sun recordings with Elvis Presley, and Geordie Walker of Killing Joke.
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