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2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish

  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
  • 2003 Gibson ES-165 Herb Ellis Archtop Electric Guitar Sunburst Finish
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Description

What makes this guitar special:  A discontinued model featuring a Florentine cutaway, hollow maple body with some really pretty flame figuring.  Gibson's BJB floating humbucker delivers warm, rich tones, but even before you plug it in, the guitar shimmers with a gorgeous natural acoustic resonance.  Professionally inspected & set up by the experts at Cream City Music, so it plays & sounds absolutely amazing!

Cosmetic Condition:  Gently used with some mild play wear throughout - a few tiny nicks & dings, but mostly just surface scratches.

Neck:  Nicely rounded mahogany neck with white binding & black side-dots.  Beautiful dark rosewood fingerboard with mother of pearl double parallelogram inlays.  Frets are in great shape with hardly any wear.  Grover "tulip" tuners are in perfect working condition.  1 11/16" nut width; 24 3/4" scale length.  Neck is straight & truss rod is in perfect working condition.

Body:  Florentine cutaway, hollow maple body with dual F-holes.  Trapeze tailpiece with Tune-O-Matic bridge on a floating rosewood base & gold hardware.  5-ply black pickguard with with master volume control.  Guitar weighs 6 lbs 15.1 oz.

Pickups:  Gibson BJB floating humbucker with gold cover - 6.18K ohms.  Master volume control with gold "top hat" knob mounted to the pickguard.  All electronics are in perfect working condition.

Case:  Original Gibson "alligator" hardshell case included.