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*Gibson's first 1930's Electrics (APR 23) Really enjoy adding pieces and hope that each item will help to shed more light on the early years of Gibson.in the meantime, enjoy the site and let me know what you think in the comment Over the long-haul, I have managed to collect lots of Gibson pre-war ephemera and historical items. This site will continually be updated over the next few years. The interesting fact is that theĮS-100/125 has a very colorful background and this page attributes the beginning of the ES-125. To sum up, the ES-125 turned out to be a very popular student model throughout the 1950's until production ceased in the 1960's. Once the war was over Gibson started designing new electrics, including the newer ES-125, ES-150 & ES-300.all outfitted with a newer plastic covered P-90 Visit the war and music supplies tab to get an idea about the war's effect on not just Gibson, but the entire music industry. The Gibson instrument factory was thrust into the war effort, as well (making airplane skids and submachine gun parts).īecause metal was scarce as well as most other materials used in guitar production, Gibson electrics were put on hold until after the war. Shortly after, the country became active in the war effort. entered WWII on December 8, 1941.just one day after the bombing of Gibson electrical instrument production ceased somewhere around 1943 due to the war. Shortly after the new EH-100 appeared in the October 1, 1940's Supplement to Catalog AA, the price was raised and it was named the ES-125 for the complete guitar,
The ES-100 derived its name from the price of the guitar & case, $55.00, plus the EH-100 amplifier $55.00 for a total of $110, or rounded down to just The Gibson ES-125 started out as the 1938 Electric Spanish, ES-100.
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