Gibson EDS-1275 Double Neck

The Gibson EDS-1275 is a doubleneck Gibson electric guitar introduced in 1958 as a special-order custom instrument.

The original models, produced between 1958 and 1962, were basically twin-necked hollow-body instruments, with dual cutaways similar to the ES-175; these models are quite rare. In 1962, the EDS-1275 was changed to a solid-body design resembling the SG model; this version of the doubleneck is the most common and the best-known among players and collectors. It is interesting to note that while Rickenbacker is usually credited with developing the first production model electric 12-string guitar in 1963, the EDS-1275, which has a 12-string neck, was put into production in 1958, 5 years prior to the introduction of the Rickenbacker 12.

The guitar features two volume and two tone control knobs, a three-way pickup-selector switch, and a three-way neck-selector switch. It has chrome hardware, vintage tulip tuners, pearloid split parallelogram inlays, a black pickguard, twenty frets per neck (bound with single-ply white binding), a nut width of 1.68 inches, Nashville TOM bridges, stop-plate tailpieces and 490 Alnico® and 498 Alnico (T) humbucking pickups. The scale length is 24¾ inches, the body is made of solid mahogany, with necks of three-piece maple, topped with rosewood fingerboards.

In addition to the Heritage Cherry finish (of Jimmy Page’s 1275), this guitar was also made in alpine white (with gold hardware), tobacco burst (in the early 1970s), and ebony (with chrome or gold hardware).

Gibson stopped making this guitar some time in the 1980s and didn’t start making them again until the early 1990s, at which time they started marking the serial numbers on the back of the 6-string headstock instead of the twelve-string headstock.

The EDS-1275 is now only available in cherry or alpine white through the Gibson Custom Shop and is no longer a regular production model.

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