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🎧nice story, great chops, and presentation. I have a late 90’s Guild Starfire 2 but it’s no ES-175.

I bought a Gretsch 5420TG on Craigslist. It’s a 2018 made in Korea version with a rosewood fretboard. Black finish with gold hardwear. Electromatic. Bought it in 2022 with a TKL case for $700. I didn’t love the Filtertron pickups. Upgraded to TV Jones Classic. It’s a guitar I’ll keep for life. Sounds and feels fantastic. I love the middle position and playing with the volume balances between the pickups. It’s just great for hard rock, country, blues. Neck pickup with a Tubescreamer pedal has incredible tone. I record with it and it sounds like a $3000 high end Gretsch.

Hello, I am looking at a 1981 Ovation 10 yr Anniversary for an amazing deal. Original owner. It has sat for a few years. He says it does not get a signal even with new battery. They dont have a pre amp do they?

Such a great player.

Beautiful guitar, I've had a dream since I was a child, congratulations on the instrument

Great chops! What amp are you using? Direct, or mic'd? Do you have any instructional videos? I just bought a 2006 Studio Premium Plus in Amber and I love it!

The only reason why I got a studio is because my wife surprised me with it. I won’t lie, I LOVE IT and it got me addicted to Les Pauls and I will ABSOLUTELY be buying a standard too though!! But my studio feels more comfortable and natural than any guitar I’ve owned in the 27 years I’ve been playing!

Nice playing! Perfect tone. In 2002, I bought a one year old L4-CES in wine red. It has the same cutaway as a 175, but ebony fretboard, solid spruce top, and fancy gold everywhere. It felt and plays and sounds like a 175 with flat wound 12s. Love it. But a few weeks ago I saw a 1952 ES-175 with a single P90 pickup and I played it feel in love. It followed me home. Now that guitar doesn’t sound like my L4-CES or your ES-175. It’s a whole different animal. It sends me back to Bluenote and CTI vinyl days. It is also very lively, not like my L4-CES and you can play it with satisfying volume unplugged. They’re great guitars, I totally agree!

Cause it’s a very versatile guitar and can handle distortion like a lot of hollow bodies

Very nice Michael, beautiful guitar, beautiful playing! peace

Iv got modified vintera 1 they say its better than vintera 2 but they haven't got a modified version

Stone jazz for those that might like it.

Great finger work. Love it ❤️🌹🌹🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸🎸❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️🌹❤️

Sounds really great Michael. Love the sound of the 175. Thanks for featuring the backing tracks. 🙏🏼

Love it Michael. So nice great picking ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Sounds great in your hands….

Nice!

Nice picking style. Keep it up.

Erm what the sigma 😮

Dude heard that story a dozen times from you know who. Love you man, I could listen to you all night brother. Peace

The ovations sound great and you are a fantastic player! What strings do you like on these? I am looking at an early 80's 1111.

I’ve always said- if I could only have one guitar… Saw a photo of B B King with a 175 the other day. Add a Bigsby? Rockabilly as well. I agree. The 175 can do just about anything (except julienne fries).

That was beutiful.

That's why I own two 1960's, and a 1070's L-5 ! The 175 is a great sounding guitar and I play it more often than my L-5 ! Cheers !

I was a rock and metal guy back in highschool (circa 2005). Then my buddy lent me his Ibanez ES-175 clone and it was I was instantly hooked. It was the bell-like tones, the hum of the body - that PURITY of sound that got me. Since then I snagged a blonde 1956 ES-175 and a Sadowsky Jim Hall Archtop, which is my main fiddle. I too have love for this lineage of instruments. Thanks for sharing with us. Fine playing, by the way! Very fine indeed. It's tasteful with a great sense of direction and purpose.

Sounds fantastic

Nice got same model but sunburst 😅😅😅. Very nice great

I had two I played with for about 25 years!...an old 1174 model and then a Collector's 1988!...never saw a luthier in their life so that says a lot!...amazing instruments!...

looks like a 335...?? nice jazzy tone.

BEAUTIFUL guitar!!

Steve Howe insegna.😊😊

Could you detail what is modified on your Vintera ? Really nice sound and very nice play !

Love the playing!!! Really nice. I'm going to have to try to learn some of those jazzy licks. I've been wanting to buy one of these guitars, but I hadn't seen a review by a really good player. Now I have. Thank you! Btw, there was another reviewer whose neck pickup wasn't working when he got it.

My wife bought me a ‘91 Studio Lite about 12 years ago. I never really “got it” so it rarely got played. Last year I swapped in some Alnico 2 pickups and man, did it really wake up! Put those god awful hot ceramics in a cheap super Strat style and they sound great in it.

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Thanks Mike, that was beautiful.😉

nicely played man, congrats

I love simplicity. So the Studio was my choice too. Later I went even further and bought Junior.

I miss my studios for the mid 90’s with the ebony fret boards. They just had a thing. I haven’t played recent studio that feels anything like it. The headstock snapped off one and dropped the other one in the studio and cracked the neck slightly. You cant go wrong with an American Gibson or Fender guitar when it comes to resale. I’m still kicking myself for not buying the smoke house studio with binding at $1,100. Back in 2018.

Great combo both and so talented. Keep it going

LP Studios are excellent guitars. I had the 2016 Worn Brown w/next binding & Burstbucker Pros. I loved everything about that guitar & shouldn't have sold it but needed the money @ the time. I played it about as much as my Custom Shop R9 but was less worried about accidentally dinging it, lol. I just bought another Studio but in Wine Red Gloss. Waiting for it to arrive... It's like torture.

That is a great sounding guitar especially for $200. That middle position is almost certainly wired out of phase. I think that’s why you find it spongey. The cool thing is that some early Gibson’s Les Paul’s equipped with p90s were wired this way. Freddie King has a lot of great out of phase sounds on his Hideaway album. Can be a really cool sound in the right context. Maybe not ideal for jazz, though😂

Great playing and great tones!

Very interesting Mike I think that guitar sounds great! In my humble opinion with regards to most instruments much of what comes out has a lot to do with what the musician brings to it.

I'm thoroughly impressed-great job!

Aside from the killer, very useful scale for the darker stuff, the grain pattern on your (ES 137?) is one of the coolest patterns I've seen. Right up there with the bird's eye maple and other spalted woods. Cool vid man.

Spent about 2 hours on this specific lick last night and I still cant get it up to speed. Pat was a monster.

No paro de escucharla!!!

Me encanta esta versión,hermosa guitarra y me conmueve la cantante,abrazos desde Argentina, Nando

Smooth and quick! Love it!