The pickup was now Gibson's P90 dog-eared unit with adjustable pole-pieces. The back and sides were also made of maple.
The body on this guitar was now 16 1/4 inches in width and came with a laminated arched maple top, which became Gibson's standard on it's electric hollow body instruments. In 1940 this changed to Gibson's first pole magnet pickup.īy 1941, the ES-100 was dropped from the line-up and replaced with the Gibson ES-125 model. Originally the pickup on this model was a blade style unit. The strings were held in place by a trapeze tail-piece. The neck was unbound and capped with a rosewood fretboard. The guitars arched top was carved and made of spruce.
Within the guitars body were two sound-posts. It's body was bound on the top and bottom. The ES-100 was two inches shorter than the ES-150, having a body depth of a mere 14 1/4 inches.
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