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Epiphone ES-175 - $400 (camarillo)
condition:
excellent
make / manufacturer:
Epiphone
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For materials and construction, the ES-175 Reissue has a laminated maple top, back and sides, along with a 243/4″-scale mahogany neck. The fingerboard is rosewood and sports 20 frets, along with the 175’s classic “split parallelogram” inlays. The nut width is 1.68″, and both the body and neck are bound.
Excellent shape and works perfectly....list Price: $832 list (approx. $500 street)
The guitar’s hardware is chrome, including the tuners (while the Gibson has Kluson pearloid tuners), and the zig-zagged tailpiece is also a different design from the elegant original. Add to that the Epiphone headstock and the big Epi “E” on the pickguard, and you have most of the cosmetic differences between the two guitars covered.
Other features of note are the Alnico V Classic humbuckers, gold tophat knobs (two Volume and two Tone) and a lovely vintage-sunburst finish.
Unlike some Epiphones, which can have chunky necks, the ES-175 Reissue’s is slim and fast. This, coupled with its low fretboard action and light strings, suggests the Reissue will appeal to rockers, while jazzers and blues players may install heavier flatwound strings in a jiffy. One cool aspect of the ES-175 design is its extra-deep body, which has a large heel at the 15th fret.
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