Respectively retailing for $189.50 and $225.00, the two models were priced below their 330 counterparts. The ES-125TC and ES-125TCD first appeared in the Novemprice list but were not shipped in quantities until 1960. "The budget-priced 330s instantly proved good sellers and their shipments in 1960 significantly exceeded those of the combined 335-345-355 models.But the alleged 330/225 substitution did not hold water for long and a new single cutaway thinline guitar was soon marketed as a direct successor to the 225. Duchossoir, Gibson Electrics - The Classic Years, p. Eventually, the model was phased out in 1970" (A.R. At first the two pickups cutaway model proved less popular than the single pickup 125TC, but beginning in 1965 this trend was reversed and the TDC outsold the TC. By mid-61 the designation was changed from TCD to TDC in Gibson catalogs. "The ES-125TCD is the dual pickup version of the ES-125TC and like the ES-125TD it is equipped with a pair of P-90 pickups, four controls and a 3-way toggle switch for pickup selection. Housed in the original Gibson black hardshell case with yellow plush lining (8.00). The back and sides are a lovely rich Cherry color.
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This guitar has had a professional neck re-set and is in excellent plus (8.75) condition There are a few tiny marks on the body and some very minor finish checking on the top. Rosewood bridge with pre-set compensating saddle and nickel trapeze tailpiece with raised diamond on cross-bar. Gold plastic bell-shaped "Bell" knobs with metal tops. Four controls (two volume, two tone) on lower treble bout plus three-way pickup selector switch on upper bass bout.
Two very hot black P-90 pickups with outputs of 8.10k and 7.98k. Closed-back single-line Kluson Deluxe strip tuners with white plastic oval buttons. Headstock with gold silk-screened "Gibson" logo. Single-bound laminated maple body, one-piece mahogany neck, and rosewood fretboard with 20 jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. and has a nice, fat nut width of slightly over 1 11/16 inches, a medium neck profile and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. Having said this, there are a lot worse guitars out there, and as well as being historically important, the 1820 bass can certainly provide the goods when required.This forty-five year old thinline venetian cutaway guitar weighs just 5.60 lbs.
Over the course of the 70s, the Japanese output improved dramatically, and in many ways these early 70s models are a low point for the brand. These new Epiphones were based on existing Matsumoku guitars, sharing body shapes, and hardware, but the Epiphone line was somewhat upgraded, with inlaid logos and a 2x2 peghead configuration. The Matsumoku factory had been producing guitars for export for some time, but the 1820 bass (alongside a number of guitar models and the 5120 electric acoustic bass) were the first Epiphone models to be made there. By the end of the 1960s, a decision had been made to move Epiphone guitar production from the USA (at the Kalamazoo plant where Gibson guitars were made), to Matsumoto in Japan, creating a line of guitars and basses significantly less expensive than the USA-built models (actually less than half the price).