A jazz box outside and a semi-hollow workhorse inside, the Gibson Memphis ES-275 Thinline Figured 2019 combines the elegant silhouette of a thinline Gibson jazz box with a thermally engineered chambered maple centerblock and quarter-sawn Adirondack spruce bracing to create an incredibly lightweight and versatile semi-hollow body archtop. The rounded single-cut body allows for easy access to all of the “C”-profile neck and its dark rosewood, 22-fret fingerboard. The Memphis Historic Spec II humbucking pickups with Memphis Tone Control Premiere wiring offer glorious, golden vintage tone and an expanded control array that seems as limitless as the depth of the AAA figured maple veneer.
About Gibson Memphis:
Luthier Orville Gibson founded the Gibson Mandolin-Guitar Mfg. Co. Ltd. in Kalamazoo, MI in 1902. Its original aim was to make mandolins and mandolin-family instruments. Over the last 100-plus years, Gibson Brands, Inc., as it is now known, has since evolved into the world’s premier manufacturer of semi-hollow and hollow body electric guitars, as well as a celebrated portfolio of innovative solid-body and acoustic models.
If Beale Street could talk, it might tell you about Gibson Memphis. Producing all of Gibson’s semi-hollow and hollow body guitars, the Gibson Memphis facility is the heart of the blues.
Serial #: 12618715
Weight: 6lbs 13.1oz
Top: 3-ply AAA Figured Maple/Poplar/Maple
Back: 3-ply AAA Figured Maple/Poplar/Maple
Rim Material: 3-ply AAA Figured Maple/Poplar/Maple
Centerblock: Thermally Engineered Chambered Maple
Bracing: Thermally Engineered Quarter Sawn Adirondack Spruce
Binding: 3-ply Tan/Black/Tan
Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Neck: Quarter Sawn Mahogany
Neck Profile: Rounded “C”
Fingerboard: A Grade Dark Rosewood
Inlays: Celluloid Split Parallelogram
Nut: Bone
Frets: Medium Jumbo – 18% Nickel Silver
Nut Width: 1.687″
Scale Length: 24.75″
Fingerboard Radius: 12″
Number of Frets: 22
End of Board Width: 2.241″
Hardware Finish: Nickel
Bridge: ABR-1 with Titanium Saddles
Tailpiece: Aluminum Stopbar with Locking Studs
Tuners: Kluson Supreme Single Ring Tulip Button
Pickguard: 5-Ply Black
Knobs: Black Speed Knobs
Switch Tip: Cream
Switchwasher: N/A
Truss Rod Cover: Black/White
Neck Pickup: MHS II Humbucker Rhythm
Bridge Pickup: MHS II Humbucker Lead
Controls: MTC Premiere : 2 volumes, 2 tones, 1 toggle switch, hand-wired with matched 550K potentiometers and orange drop capacitors
Strings: .010, .013, .017, .026, .036, .046
Case: Hardshell
Other: Certificate of Authenticity, Gibson Strap, Gibson Polish Cloth, Gibson Multi-tool, Gibson Pick Holder