Description
Lovies Guitars is offering up this Rare #49/50 Gibson Custom Shop EDS-1275 Double Neck Signed by the one and only Don Felder (The Eagles) in an Aged Polaris White Finish! In 2010 Gibson unveiled their tribute to Don Felder’s work on “Hotel California” with the new Don Felder “Hotel California” EDS-1275 double-neck. The guitar features Felders modifications and era-correct hardware. This guitar features a solid mahogany body in custom-aged Polaris white nitrocellulose finish. Both necks are three-piece maple with rosewood fingerboards and feature Kluson-style tuners and rounded “Felder” neck profiles. The guitar features Tune-o-matic bridges and custom-designed claw tailpieces. The pickups are a Burstbucker #1 and #2 for each neck with one tone and two volume controls, a three-way pickup selector switch, and a second neck-selector toggle switch. The guitar features two 1/4″ output jacks, like the original Felder modified so that the 12-string neck could be routed through a Leslie rotary speaker cabinet.
One of the most recognizable tone monsters of rock, the Gibson Double Neck of the ’60s and ’70s was created in the image of the popular SG solid-body but adapted to the needs of this extreme design. Following the 1977 specs, the Don Felder “Hotel California” EDS-1275 from Gibson’s Custom Shop begins with a select one-piece mahogany body, and two necks carved from three pieces of maple each for added strength that this guitar demands. To ensure the neck/body joints remain stable, the neck is set further into the body than that of an SG Standard, with a joint at around the 15th fret. The headstocks of both necks are back angled, a detail that increases string pressure in the nut to improve resonance and sustain, and each carries a set of Kluson tuners.
Other hardware includes a pair of Tune-o-matic bridges, and the chunky top-mounted claw tailpieces that were custom-made for the EDS-1275 model in the ’60s and which are still known for their solidity and sustain. Taking all that sizzling Felder-style tone to the max is a quartet of Gibson’s Burstucker humbucking pickups, with the chromed covers removed on the 6-string pair. Some of the most accurate PAF-style pickups available today, these are constructed with the original grade of 42-gauge enamel wire and Alnico II magnets, but each coil is gently wax potted to prevent microphonic squeal during high-volume playing. From thick, warm and throaty in the neck position, to singing and aggressive in the bridge, these pickups offer the full spectrum—from wail to jangle—that these two necks can throw at you.
All this sonic goodness is run through a control setup that mirrors Felder’s own performance modifications, including the addition of a second output in place of the original bridge-pickup tone control, to enable the 12-string neck to be routed independently to a Leslie rotating speaker cabinet to produce Felder’s trademark “Hotel California” tone. With a guitar like this, the look is as iconic as the sound. Gibson’s Custom Shop nails it in this department with an “Aged Polaris White” finish in nitrocellulose that is carefully faded, and the entire guitar is aged to echo the look of Felder’s EDS-1275. Each of the two rosewood fingerboards carries accurate split parallelogram inlays and minimal headstock adornment. Put it all together, and it’s a dead ringer for one of the most distinctive guitars in rock history.
This iconic Axe is in Excellent Aged Condition and does not include a COA, however, it does include a letter from Gibson that confirms the Authenticity of this instrument. All Original- NO Breaks, Cracks or Repairs! Includes a Hard-Shell Case!!!!!!
WEIGHS in at: 12.55 lbs
6-String Neck:
.858” at the 1st
1.062” at the 12th
12-String Neck:
.868” at the 1st
1.028” at the 12th
Nut Width: 1 11/16” (both necks)
Serial: #49/50
SKU: 3387
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