• Aria Pro II PE-175 Herb Ellis vs. Gibson L5/ES-275/50's ES-175

    From Greg D@21:1/5 to All on Mon Apr 17 13:13:56 2017
    Why did Aria built Herb Ellis's PE-175 guitar in the late 1970's thru early 1980's? Well, HE wanted the Gibson '50's ES-175 if I'm right. But Gibson wouldn't work with Herb Ellis's guitar needs. At 1991, Gibson came up to ES-165, but before HE quite the
    Aria and using the ES-175.

    What's the difference between:

    1) Aria HE PE-175 tailpiece (Herb Ellis) same as #2
    2) Gibson L5 tailpiece same as #1
    3) Gibson ES-275 tailpiece closer to L5, sorta
    4) Gibson ES-175 tailpiece by itself

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    Looks like:

    1) Aria HE PE-175 body (Herb Ellis) #1,#2,#3
    2) Gibson L5 body
    3) Gibson ES-275 body
    4) Gibson ES-175 body by itself

    Ok, the body depth is 3.5" with #1 & #4, but #1, #2, & #3 looking the same place.

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    Check these...

    #1, #2, & #3 is closer to #4

    1) Aria PE-175 HE
    - Gold plated steel hardware
    - Hollow archtop
    - Body depth: 3.5” thick
    - Body shape: the L-5 shape
    - Frets: 19
    - Worth: -

    2) Gibson L5
    - Gold plated steel hardware
    - Hollow archtop
    - Body depth: 2 3/8” (2.38/2.50”)
    - Body shape: the L-5 shape
    - Frets: 20
    - Worth: $12 grand

    3) Gibson ES-275
    - Gold plated steel hardware
    - Hollow archtop
    - Body depth: Medium-depth (2.25/2.75”)
    - Body shape: the L-5 shape
    - Frets: 22
    - Worth: $4.5 grand

    4) Gibson ES-175
    - Nickel steel hardware
    - Hollow archtop
    - Body depth: 3.5” thick
    - Body type:
    - Frets: 19 years before; 20’s now
    - Worth: $7 grand

    Anyway, who owns #1 or/and #2, #3, #4?

    Greg D










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