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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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