If I had my choice I would most likely try to find a 330 with some "issues" over a 125 for the same money. This 225 was a particulary good one, sounded amazing but still didn't feel like the quality of the 330. You can see the superior fret access on the '59 ES-330. Crafted with premium woods, fitted with American pickups and circuitryeven American-made toggle switches and Grover tunersthey’re made at a special.
#1962 GIBSON ES 125 VALUE SERIES#
The Elite series are guitars that approach custom shop perfection. This '57 ES-225 (below) is a trapeze model but still the same basic guitar as a 125. The Epiphone Elitist 1963 ES-335 Dot Electric Guitar is a beautifully-made, sweet-sounding and easy-playing instrument. The 330 also has the bridge posts "anchored" in the top rather than on a loose floating wooden bridge base like the 125.Ĭompare the difference in this pic. Someone may say the build quality is the same but i've never felt a 125 that had the quality "feel' of some 330's. Could be my imagination but 330's always seem to feel more like a "real" guitar. The three or four I had over the years had terrible neck sets and lousy overall playability. Get home and auto insurance quotes online or find a local. There are some really good 125's, I've played one. Nationwide offers insurance, retirement and investing products that protect your many sides. I don't know about internal bracing and quality of plywood but 60's 125's always feel "cheap" compared to a 330. Though this is just one of many iterations of the ES-125 model, the thinline Gibson ES-125T played an important role in. The ES-125T was a thinline archtop that sported only one pickup: Gibsons famous P-90. I find ES-225's sound better across the board than 125's but mainly because the 50's P-90's are so incredibly good. Based on the original ES-125, the Gibson ES-125T electric guitar provided an entryway for guitarists to dive into the world of archtop guitars. Love Gibson, but for its worth om looking to trade towards something pretty decent and some cash. and worth more than any instrument ive owned. The ES-225 is basically the same guitar as the 125, just earlier and transitioned to the 125 in 1959. I have a ’67 Gibson Cherry Sunburst B 25 that took me a lot of help and research to identify its year etc.
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Otherwise both can sound amazing, both can sound unspectaculer. Vintage 1971 USA GIBSON Les Paul Triumph Bass Guitar Pickup Surround. The 125 can be a little tiresome due to poor upper access. Some Gibson price lists incorrectly suggest that this pickup is a humbucker. Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required.The 330 has MUCH better fret access.
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Over the course of the 70s, the Japanese output improved dramatically, and in many ways these early 70s models are a low point for the brand.
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These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration.
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The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. By the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price).