Hollow Body / Single Pickup Question

Creed_Clicks

I'm liking more and more single pickup electric guitars. I spied this one on this video, but can't make out what make it is.
The single P90 looks to be on the middle of the body as opposed to being a neck pickup which is what you see on most of these types currently.
It looks to be in a similar position to the old 335 style single pickup Gibsons but it's a Jazz box style body.
I'm guessing tone differences due to position would be very different to the neck pickup ones...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j_S-A3GrBm4

stickyfiddle

Gibson ES-125 TC ? 

EDIT - TC, not TCD - the D is "double pickup", which this plainly isn't. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson_ES-125

Jalapeno

Looks like some kind of ES125T.  It's a dog-ear P90, not that uncommon and it seems to vary that Gibson put the single pickup in the traditional neck position or halfway between neck & bridge.  Middle placed pickups are probably a bit brighter than at the neck.

EDIT deleted the D

KKJale

An ES225T, isn't it? Combined bridge/tailpiece. 

stickyfiddle

KKJale said:

An ES225T, isn't it? Combined bridge/tailpiece. 

ding ding ding

Good shout - I think this is probably right. 

Creed_Clicks

Thanks folks. Were Gibson the only company making these types? Any current brands doing something similar / knockoffs ?

stickyfiddle

The Godin Kingpin springs to mind, or Epiphone Century (non-cutaway) or an older Sorrento (cutaway, but 2x pickups)

Matt_McG

Epiphone have that James Bay thing, and Eastman do a single pickup non cutaway thinline.

Jalapeno

D'Angelico do something similar too

Creed_Clicks

Floating bridge nightmares !

Creed_Clicks

If only someone would reissue the Casino with the one pickup in the middle, it would be great!

Sassafras

Don't know about Blind Blind Blind, more like Dull Dull Dull. Wishing I'd gone Deaf Deaf Deaf,

Creed_Clicks

Sassafras said:

Don't know about Blind Blind Blind, more like Dull Dull Dull. Wishing I'd gone Deaf Deaf Deaf,

whatever floats yer boat.

smigeon

Creed_Clicks said:

Thanks folks. Were Gibson the only company making these types? Any current brands doing something similar / knockoffs ?

Eastman do one as well: the AR371CE. I have one and love it - especially since I swapped the pickup for an Irongear Blues Machine humbucker. It's a very "alive" guitar and I think the fact that it just has the one pickup interfering with the vibration of the top has a lot to do with that.

Creed_Clicks

Really getting into one pickup guitars lately! I have a partscaster one pickup tele and love it, just one pickup to work with