1957-2016 Gibson ES-175D Archtop Hollow Body

The Gibson ES-175 was introduced in 1949 was the 1st hollowbody electric archtop featuring a single florentine cutaway, and one single-coil P-90 pickup at a price of $200 (equivalent of ~$2700 today).  Vintage ES-175's currently sell for as much as $35,000.

In 1957 the ES-175 was offered with a choice of one or two of Gibson’s new Humbucker pickups and was the 1st of Gibson's electric guitars to be outfitted with Gibson's new PAF humbucker.

ES-175 Key Milestones

1949-71 ES-175
        ○ (1949–1957) One single-coil P-90
        ○ (1957–1962) One PAF humbuckers
        ○ (1962–19xx) One Patent # humbuckers

1953-16 ES-175D MSRP $150 (equivalent to $3400 in 2024)
        ○ (1953–1957) Two single-coil P-90s
        ○ (1957–1962) Two PAF humbuckers
        ○ (1962–19xx) Two Patent # humbuckers
        ○ (2001-07) ‘64 Steve Howe Signature ES175

The M5 Guitar is a 2014 Epiphone ‘57 ES175DN Premium SN 1405213222, and is a detailed re-creation of the famed Gibson archtop from the 1950s.  Like its forebearer, this guitar's throaty, silky tone emanates from its fully hollow laminated-maple body finished with Nitrocellulose lacquer.   loaded with a pair of Gibson USA '57 Classic humbucking pickups

•   Top Material: Laminated Maple
•   Body Material: Laminated Maple
•   Neck Material: Solid Mahogany
•   Neck Shape: SlimTaper C
•   Neck Joint: Glued-In, Set Neck
•   Scale Length: 24.75"
•   Fingerboard: Rosewood with parallelogram inlays
•   Fingerboard Radius: 12"
•   Binding: Body, Fingerboard
•   Nut Width: 1.68"
•   Hardware: Nickel
•   Machine Heads: Grover 18:1 machine heads
•   Neck Pickup: Gibson USA '57 Classic Humbucker
•  Bridge Pickup: Gibson USA '57 Classic Humbucker
•  Controls: 2- Volume, 2- Tone
•  Pickup Selector: 3-way
• Bridge: Floating rosewood base w/tune-o-matic ; pinned
• Tailpiece: traditional "Zig-Zag" trapez
• Pickguard: 3-ply: Black/White/Black
• Finish: Vintage-Inspired, "aged" lacquer