Gibson Elvis Dove

Gibson Elvis Dove

Is based on a customized 1969 Gibson Dove that was given to the King of Rock and Roll by his father, Vernon Presley, and that Elvis playec icert regularly from 1971 until 1975, including during the 1973 satellite-telev Aloha From Hawaii concert. In 1975, Elvis gifted it in mid-performance to an astonished audience member at a concert in Asheville, North Carolina. The Gibson Elvis Dove features a solid Sitka spruce top, solid maple back and sides, and mahogany neck capped with a rosewood fretboard. It also comes equipped with modern L Baggs VTC electronics with an under-saddle piezo pickup and indhole-mounted volume and tone controls, making it stage-ready, right out of included hardshell case.

Specifications:

• Square Shoulder Dove Body
• Maple Body
• Sitka Spruce Top
• Maple Back and Sides
• Traditional Hand Scalloped X-Bracing
• 5-Ply Top, 3-Ply Back, Single Ply Fingerboard Binding
• Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Body Finish
• Rounded Neck Profile
• 647.7mm Scale Length
• Indian Rosewood Fingerboard
• 304.8mm Fingerboard Radius
• Mahogany Neck
• 20 Standard Frets
• Bone Nut
• 43.815mm Nut Width
• Mother of Pearl Parallelograms Inlays
• Compound Dovetail Neck-to-Body Joint; Hot Hide Glue
• Gold Finish Hardware
• Rosewood Dove with Mother of Pearl Dove Inlays
• Bone Saddle
• Keystone Waffleback Tuning Machines
• Vintage Dove Shape, Plain Black with White Bevel
• Adjustable Truss Rod
• Tusq Bridge Pins
• Gold Strap Buttons
• LR Baggs VTC Under Saddle Pickup
• Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone Controls
• LR Baggs VTC Preamp