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11-29-2015, 09:50 PM
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Thanks, HHP! It looks a bit different from the ES 125T that I had seen personally, and even from the Epi versions I've seen online. That's the best guess I've heard so far. Much appreciated!
cotten Last edited by cotten; 11-30-2015 at 12:05 AM. 
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11-29-2015, 11:36 PM
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looks more like an es 120t to me. a budget es125 with melody maker pickup. see this link for pics.
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11-30-2015, 07:11 AM
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That guitar is definitely a Gibson ES-120T, with its famous "hound's ear" pickguard / electronics case. It was Gibson's lowest-grade hollowbody guitar in the early 1960's. It only had the one visible f-hole and a single Melody Maker single-coil pickup. Despite its low position in the Gibson-pecking order it was made to Gibson's standards. It has a lively and surprisingly loud acoustic tone and thanks to its low-powered pickup a unique sound when plugged in. They are terrific guitars and you never know who you might see playing one:
 I have the Epiphone version which was called "The Granada." It too was made in the Kalamazoo Gibson plant in 1963. My parents bought it new for me as a graduation present in 1964. This thing is beyond wonderful, and has never even needed a truss rod adjustment In the 51 years I have owned it. Personally I like the cream colored pickguard better, but YMMV. 
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11-30-2015, 06:06 PM
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the es120t, and the epiphone version, will have a very unique sound since that pickup was only used in solid body guitars otherwise.
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11-30-2015, 08:20 PM
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Thanks, my friends. Another friend was considering buying the one in that first picture, but against it. He's a rank beginner, and thought an inexpensive nylon string guitar would be easier on his fingertips, and since the Gibson sold for nearly $700, on his wallet as well.
cotten
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12-01-2015, 09:44 AM
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Beat me to it, I have a 1963 Gibson 125T on lay-a-way and the sucky part is it's missing the pickguard. An original one is $300-$400 and a replica is around $60.
Has the one P90, volume and tone knob. What do you guys who own these early guitar have for strings? James Bay uses a jazz set I believe D'Addario 13-56 electric with his 1966 Epi Century.
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12-01-2015, 12:55 PM
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Brought back memories, Cotten. Definitely a Gibson 120T--I'm thinking the T stood for "Thin." It was the 125T's baby brother, having a melody maker single coil rather than a dog-eared P 90.
I had a Granada. Wish I still did, but such is life.
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12-01-2015, 04:12 PM
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