Uploaded January 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
Another somewhat obscure Gibson model, but with some amazing historical significance. The Daddy of the ES line, the thinking electric that got it all started.
"The ES-225 was originally introduced in 1955 as the ES-225T, a thinline hollowbody guitar featuring a Florentine cutaway, the Les Paul combined bridge and tailpiece (also used on the Les Paul from 1952 to 1953 and on the ES-295), a laminated pickguard, and a single P-90 pickup mounted in an unusual position midway between the bridge and the end of the fingerboard. From 1956 the ES-225TD, a twin pickup model with conventional pickup positioning, was also available.Both models had a tobacco sunburst finish, with more expensive natural finish models (ES225TN and ES-225TDN) also available from 1956."
After these, the 330, 335 and the rest of the Thinline hollow and semi-hollow Classics all came along!
I feel lucky to have a couple of these models!
Another somewhat obscure Gibson model, but with some amazing historical significance. The Daddy of the ES line, the thinking electric that got it all started.
"The ES-225 was originally introduced in 1955 as the ES-225T, a thinline hollowbody guitar featuring a Florentine cutaway, the Les Paul combined bridge and tailpiece (also used on the Les Paul from 1952 to 1953 and on the ES-295), a laminated pickguard, and a single P-90 pickup mounted in an unusual position midway between the bridge and the end of the fingerboard. From 1956 the ES-225TD, a twin pickup model with conventional pickup positioning, was also available.Both models had a tobacco sunburst finish, with more expensive natural finish models (ES225TN and ES-225TDN) also available from 1956."
After these, the 330, 335 and the rest of the Thinline hollow and semi-hollow Classics all came along!
I feel lucky to have a couple of these models!
