Archtop

Gibson ES-137 Silver Top Thinline Archtop, 2002

On August 15, 2023 /

This is a very nice condition and unusual early Gibson ES-137 Silver Top model dating to March 29, 2002 at Memphis Tennessee; this model was built from 2002 to 2015. The Gibson ES-137 was launched in 2002 and combines the looks of the ES-175 and the performance practicalities of the ES-335 lineup. The body shape is very much like the ES-175, but the body is a thinline style with a solid center block.

Used

Price: $2,000.00 CAD

Gibson ES-175D Archtop Electric Sunburst, 1955

On July 28, 2023 /

The Gibson ES-175D was formally introduced in 1953 as the Double P-90 pickup version of the single-pickup ES-175. Informally, a few were shipped in 1951 and 1952 but without the ‘D’ designation. This guitar came onto the scene in 1949 as a single pickup archtop with a sharp Florentine cutaway, Maple laminate body construction, Mahogany neck and Rosewood bridge and bound fingerboard.

Vintage

Price: $8,999.99 CAD

Gibson ES-175T Thin Archtop Electric Natural, 1976

On July 3, 2023 /

The Gibson ES-175T is based on the classic full bodied ES175, but with sides just over half the thickness. This model appeared in Gibson Catalogs from 1976 to 1979. Before being discontinued, approximately 333 were shipped in the Natural finish seen here, Wine Red, and Sunburst.

Vintage

Price: $4,500.00 CAD

Cromwell G-4 Archtop Guitar by Gibson, 1935

On June 30, 2023 /

The Cromwell G-4 archtop guitar was built by Gibson from 1935 to 1939 and sold to various retailers and catalog distributors. Inside this guitar, visible through the bass F-hole is a well-preserved yellow label reading ‘New York Band Instrument Company’ indicating that it was sold by that company, at the time a large music store in New York City, but gone by 1950.

Vintage

Price: $2,150.00 CAD

Gibson ES-135H Semi-Hollow Archtop Red, 2003

On June 28, 2023 /

The Gibson ES-135H was the ‘Humbucker’ equipped version of the ES-135, a single-cut Semi-Hollow Archtop built in Memphis from 1991 to 2004. Many of these models used P-100 pickups – a stacked humbucker with the outline of a P-90. Some models used a Trapeze tailpiece, others as seen here a standard Tune-O-Matic and Stop Tailpiece combination.

Used

Price: $2,500.00 CAD

Gibson Super 400 CES Archtop Electric Sunburst, 1973

On June 23, 2023 /

Here is a lovely sunburst Gibson Super 400 CES Archtop Electric, Union Made during 1973 at the Gibson plant in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The Super 400 initially appeared in 1934 as an 18 inch wide acoustic, non-cutaway archtop guitar aimed at professional guitarists playing in big bands.

Vintage

Price: $11,500.00 CAD