1955 Gibson ES-295 gold

Good condition, 6,5/10, Made in Kalamazoo, MI, USA, including hardcase, this is a guitar that was purchased in the US and eventually came to Sweden in the 1960s with a Swedish musician who played with Arne Domnérus, Rune Öfwerman, Georg Riedel (all the great Jazz cats in Sweden at that time) and after his passing the guitar was inherited and finally now in our care, gold lacquer finish, laminated maple body; mahogany neck with rosewood fingerboard, lots of checking and worn finish, and a repair around the output jack, t, all original parts, more info: Finished in gleaming gold overall with a cream-colored floral decorated pickguard, the 295 has been long recognized as one of the most iconic guitars of the 1950s. The model is equipped with double P-90 pickups with white plastic "dog ear" covers and the classic four-knob tone/volume control array with amber "hatbox" knobs and switch tip. The top is triple-bound; the back and fingerboard are single-bound. The 19 fret rosewood fingerboard has double parallelogram inlays; the headstock has a pearl crown and "Gibson" inlay. The guitar features all gold-plated hardware including the adjustable patent pending "Les Paul" trapeze style bridge/tailpiece with the strings looping over, a defining element in its powerful tone. Other than this bridge, the ES-295 is essentially a flashier ES-175D featuring the same laminated maple body and mahogany neck of that model with the eye-catching finish of an all gold Les Paul. The idea originated with Les himself, who ordered an all-gold ES-175 as a presentation piece in 1951. Gibson built 1,770 ES-295s between 1952 and 1958, and they are one of the company's most recognizable 1950s classics. This is one of 166 ES-295s sold that year. The ES-295 was launched in 1952 before the rock revolution it seemed ideally suited for took hold. It is most famously the electric played by Scotty Moore on Elvis Presley's iconic Sun records, and so often considered the ultimate Rockabilly guitar. The classic 1950s Ersel Hickey photo that epitomizes the Rockabilly aesthetic features him with his ES-295 and drape suit, the quintessential bopper. The all-gold showboat ranks along with the Gretsch 6120 as the quintessential "Cool Cat's" guitar and a timelessly great-playing/sounding and of course looking instrument to boot! Overall length is 40 3/4 in. (103.5 cm.), 16 1/16 in. (40.8 cm.) wide at lower bout, and 3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) in depth, measured at side of rim. Scale length is 24 3/4 in. (629 mm.). Width of nut is 1 3/4 in. (44 mm.).