[911dean]

As some of you recall I had been looking at a modern Gibson ES 175 w/P90's and eventually settled on a telecaster type guitar. Well, the planets aligned and I picked up a sweet 1955 Gibson ES 175D and thought I'd share.

I came across this guitar on the auction sight a couple of months ago and was very drawn to it's vibe, but knew it was overpriced. My curiosity got the best of me and I made a call to get a little info. I found out the guitar was on consignment as part of an estate and it was indeed overpriced but an exceptional instrument with some serious mojo along with a need of a fret job and general service. Long story short, I ended up getting it for 25% less than the original asking price, after a few days of negotiations. It turns out the guitar was owned by Lee Silva actor, lounge act and author.

The day after I received it is was dropped off at Schroeder Amplification and Tim reassured me that this was one spectacular ES 175 with some seriously worn frets. There was a reason it looks the way it does and it was Lee's last remaining guitar. Tim did his magic on it with new frets, nut, electronics service and correct appearing tuners as the originals were replace in the 60's with very early grovers. I got it back yesterday after 6 weeks and have about 5 hours on it and absolutely love it. I don't see my other guitars getting much use.