The guitars pick-guard was made of tortoise-shell style celluloid. The headstock, like the previously mentioned guitars, was unadorned except for the Gibson logo silk-screened in gold lettering across the top. It has it all And if you are looking for a super sweet 12 string, they dont come any nicer than our 2012 (yes, we know its not vintage-but it was sooo nice) Gibson Songwriter Deluxe 12 string. Get your George Thorogood on with a newly set up Gibson ES 125 TDC (Thats thinline, double pickup, cutaway). The unbound solid Honduras mahogany neck was capped with a Brazilian rosewood fretboard which was originally topped with pearloid dot markers. All vintage mahogany and something special. Its market was aimed at country and jazz style players. By 1970 the entire line of Gibsons ES-125 models were discontinued.
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Featuring a vintage-inspired ES-125 hollowbody archtop in a Bone White finish with removable Cobra sticker, new P-90 PRO single-coil pickups, a hand-signed. George Thorogood favored the ES-125CD model. George Thorogood White Fang ES-125TDC Outfit is the premier Epiphone signature model by blues legend George Thorogood and pays tribute to Thorogoods prized original.
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The pickup was now Gibson's P90 dog-eared unit with adjustable pole-pieces. Between 19 Gibson produced 475 ES-125C and ES-125CD full bodied guitars. The back and sides were also made of maple. The body on this guitar was now 16 1/4 inches in width and came with a laminated arched maple top, which became Gibson's standard on it's electric hollow body instruments. In 1940 this changed to Gibson's first pole magnet pickup.īy 1941, the ES-100 was dropped from the line-up and replaced with the Gibson ES-125 model. Originally the pickup on this model was a blade style unit. The strings were held in place by a trapeze tail-piece. The neck was unbound and capped with a rosewood fretboard. The guitars arched top was carved and made of spruce. Within the guitars body were two sound-posts. It's body was bound on the top and bottom. As far as the amp goes, George says he has played through many amps, but often times he plays though a Fender Dual Showman. The ES-100 was two inches shorter than the ES-150, having a body depth of a mere 14 1/4 inches. What amp did George Thorogood use The mid-range ‘honky’ guitar tone comes from a Gibson ES-125 (with P-90 Soapbar pickups), combined with a combo amp that is cranked all the way up.
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