All these models were gradually phased out at the end of the 60s.As implied by its designation the ES-125T is merely an ES-125 with a thinner body. By 1960 two versions with a Florentine cutaway, the ES-125TC and TCD, were released as a replacement for the ES-225T and TD discontinued the previous year. In 1957 a 3/4 size and a dual pickup version became available, but they never gained the same popularity as the ES-125T. "The ES-125T was introduced at the end of 1956 as a budget model to complement the range of thinline electrics. The tailpiece is an interesting and totally original factory-fitted variant, being the one normally used at the time on the three-quarter size ES-140. The color is a wonderful two-tone Sunburst - quite different from the three-tone Sunburst that was introduced on this model in 1959. This guitar is in near mint (9.25) condition, with virtually no finish checking. Rosewood bridge with pre-set compensating saddle and original factory-fitted ES-140-style trapeze tailpiece with vertical ridges on cross-bar. Two controls (one volume, one tone) on lower treble bout. One black P-90 pickup with an output of 8.38k. Closed-back 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 medium jumbo frets and inlaid pearl dot position markers. and has a nice, fat nut width of 1 11/16 inches and a standard Gibson scale length of 24 3/4 inches. This wonderful two-tone Sunburst ES-125T weighs just 5.50 lbs. One of the First "Thinline" Guitars Produced