Guest mgoetting Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 These are what I think are the differences. Please add or correct. Thanks. 550 - 17" body 575 - 16" 550 - 25.5" scale 575 - 24.75" 550 - ebony 575 - rosewood Woods otherwise the same 550 - anchored bridge 575 - not 550 - full inlays 575 - dots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
111518 Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Big difference is the 550 is laminated, 575 carved solid maple. 550 also has a maple neck, 575 mahogany Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
111518 Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 Big difference is the 550 is laminated, 575 carved solid maple.550 also has a maple neck, 575 mahogany (missed edit window) Just speculation, but seems to me, based on Heritage's number system, that the 575 is related to the 175, except of course that it is solid instead of laminated, and the 550 is related to the es-350, which was Gibson's laminated 17" guitar in the late 40s/50s, and survived in the thinline version (350T) into the 60s, and has been reissued several times since. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest mgoetting Posted July 4, 2010 Share Posted July 4, 2010 I missed a big one. 550 - 3" body, 575 - 2.75 " body Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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