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1953 Gibson
"ES-295" 16"
Archtop Electric

  • called the "first rock & roll guitar"

  • model played by Scotty Moore on Elvis' first hit
        "That's All Right"

  • "Les Paul gold" metalflake colored body, neck
        and peghead back

  • 5-ply laminated maple top & back; solid maple
        sides

  • two P-90 single coil pickups with ivory colored
        Royalite covers

  • Honduras mahogany neck with rosewood
        fretboard

  • split parallelogram fretboard inlay

  • triple parallelogram gold tailpiece

  • pearl script "Gibson" and "crown" peghead inlay

  • creme 3-ply binding on top; single-ply on back &
        fretboard

  • creme pickguard with floral design

  • "hatbox" speed knobs

  • adjustable rosewood bridge

  • old professional refinish

  • Kluson tuners with keystone buttons

  • introduced 1952; discontinued 1959 (after the
        solid bodies caught on)


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