The Gibson 175: Its History and Its Players [Paperback]

Adrian Ingram (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007

Debuting in 1949 and in continuous production ever since, the ES-175 is one of the most versatile and famous guitars in music history. The first Gibson electric to feature a Florentine cutaway, the ES-175 was also one of the first Electric Spanish guitars to be fitted with P.A.F. humbuckers and is prized for its playability, craftsmanship, and full rich tone. The list of players who have utilized the ES-175's distinctive sound reads like a who's who of historic and contemporary jazz, rock, blues and fusion, players such as: Joe Pass, Kenny Burrell, Joe Diorio, Toots Thielmans, Wes Montgomery, Pat Martino, Herb Ellis, Howard Roberts, Jimmy Raney, blues great B.B. King, progressive rock musician Steve Howe and fusion pioneer Pat Metheny. Scotty Moore played an ES-295, essentially a dual P90 equipped, all gold ES-175 on the Sun Sessions with Elvis Presley. Written by noted author/guitarist Adrian Ingram, contents include: the complete history of the 175, The Players, a beautiful ES-175 Color Gallery, Chronology, Shipping Totals, and more. This book is a must for every guitar player and enthusiast or collector.

Product Details

• Paperback: 86 pages
• Publisher: CENTERSTREAM (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1574242237
• ISBN-13: 978-1574242232
• Product Dimensions: 11 x 8.7 x 0.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 12.8 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #318,786 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Not quite there, April 27, 2009

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This review is from: The Gibson 175: Its History and Its Players (Paperback)

This is considered the best book on the ES-175 and there is some justification for that, it traces the history, gives insights into the design features and how they evolved, contains numerous photographs and has comments from major artists who employed this guitar regularly as their instrument of choice. However, it reads now as quite dated, probably not having been edited since the mid-1990s, so more recent designs are missing. Further, paragraph closing sentences are chopped off in one or two places and specific details in the text such as instrument measurements are left as "?" presumably under the assumption that they would be filled in at proofing, which clearly did not happen, making for a sloppy delivery of the author's efforts. Still, if you want to get familiar with the instrument, this is as good a place as any to start. A little pricey for what you get but, how true that is of anything Gibson.

0 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Part of the history of jazz, February 8, 2008

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This review is from: The Gibson 175: Its History and Its Players (Paperback)

This is a good book for one of the most classic jazz guitar of all time. Photos in black/white and color, and a history of the guitar. With the same format as in the same book publisher dedicated to the Gibson L-5 and Gibson 335.