The main difference between these two models is that the TC was equipped with a single P-90 pickup, as compared to the TCD model, which came with two pickups. A year later, the model was beefed up with two P-90 pickups and was called the ES-125TD. It had most of the same features, but whittled the depth of the body a little bit, from three-and-a-half inches to three-and-one quarter inches. In 1956, the company began updating the es 125 with the introduction of the Gibson ES-125T. The metal, as well as other materials used to make this guitar, was in short supply, so the Gibson instrument factory did its’ part for the war effort - by making airplane skids and parts for submachine guns, notes. Production was halted during World War II, beginning in 1942. There’s also a bit of history behind this guitar. The package is topped off with a Brazilian rosewood fretboard. The body is lightweight and carved from maple, while the neck is carved from Honduran mahogany. Thorogood has plenty of room for innovation since the ES-125 is equipped with a single volume potentiometer (which controls the guitar’s volume and tone) and gold-tinted bonnet-style knobs.Īnd this is a guitar with a beautiful look and feel to it. I’ve tried a ton of other guitars, and none of them work for me, so that’s the only guitar I want to play.” “When I played it, 1,000 ideas popped into my head.
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It’s a semi-hollow body, and the strings were elevated off the body, and it had a very nice sound with the P90s, so when you put it in open tuning, there was a very, very full sound.”Īnd it wasn’t long before inspiration struck. They said that to play it, I would have to buy it. “I said, ‘I’d like to try that guitar,’ and they wouldn’t even let me touch it. So he decided he wanted to put this guitar to the test.
When I got back into town after traveling a lot and needed a guitar, I went to the shop and looked up, and the guitar was still there. It was at a shop, way up at the top of the shelf - that’s where they put the good stuff so nobody steals it. “I was playing primarily acoustic guitars, and I needed an electric, and this was a guitar that everybody wanted. If you have the time, I’ll try to consolidate it into 1,000 words or less,” he said, laughing. “It’s a very good story, and I’m glad you asked.
The interviewer asked him what made him fall in love with the ES-125. This is a guitar with a rich, throaty sound, and that’s what drew George Thorogood in. Introduced in 1941 as a replacement for the Gibson ES-100, the Gibson ES-125 featured a lavishly arched maple top which became a mainstay for these light, hollow-body electric guitars.įavored by musicians like Radiohead’s Thom Yorke, George Thorogood, and BB King, this guitar kept things simple.
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