Gibson Elvis Dove Acoustic Guitar, Ebony

The Gibson Elvis Dove is based on a customized 1969 Gibson Dove that was gifted to the King of Rock and Roll by his father, Vernon Presley, and that Elvis played in concert regularly from 1971 until 1975, including during the 1973 satellite-televised 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 a mahogany neck capped with a rosewood fretboard. It also comes equipped with modern LR Baggs VTC electronics with an under-saddle piezo pickup and soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls, making it stage-ready.

Specifications:

• String Type: Steel
• Number of Strings: 6
• Body Shape: Elvis Dove
• Left-/Right-handed: Right-handed
• Color: Ebony
• Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
• Top Wood: Sitka Spruce
• Back & Sides Wood: Maple
• Binding: 5-ply Top
• Neck Wood: Mahogany
• Neck Shape: Rounded C
• Radius: 12"
• Fingerboard Material: Indian Rosewood
• Fingerboard Inlay: Mother-of -Pearl Parallelograms
• Number of Frets: 20
• Scale Length: 25.5"
• Tuning Machines: Grover Keystone with Gold buttons
• Bridge Material: Rosewood with Mother-of-Pearl Dove inlays
• Nut/Saddle Material :Bone/Bone
• Nut Width: 1.725"
• Electronics: LR Baggs VTC
• Strings: Gibson, .012-.053

Features:

• Modeled after the Gibson Dove that Elvis regularly played live with during the early- to mid-1970s
• Sitka spruce top with maple back and sides deliver a punchy tone that can cut through a band mix
• Sturdy mahogany neck that's topped by a stunning rosewood fingerboard, studded with mother-of-pearl parallelogram inlays
• Sleek black-on-black aesthetics, with an ebony finish and black pickguard
• Stunning 5-ply binding around the top, 3-ply back binding, and 1-ply fingerboard binding
• Mother-of-pearl dove inlays on the bridge pop out against the dark finish
• Gorgeous gold-plated Grover keystone tuners
• LR Baggs VTC under-saddle pickup for stage-ready plugged-in tones