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Les Paul's 1959 Doubleneck

citson

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So... Les Paul's website recently uploaded his guitar collection and there's something I've never seen before: an SG shaped doubleneck (similar to the EDS-1275 launched in '63). But this predates the SG! Was this the world's first look into the updated Les Paul model? And it's a guitar from Les himself!

The description on the website reads: "1959 Gibson Doubleneck 6 and 12 string highly modified with mic input on upper cutaway"

1959-Gibson-Doubleneck-6-and-12-string-highly-modified-with-mic-input-on-upper-cutaway-scaled.jpg
 

Flogger

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That's what they all looked like until 63, unless you had a 6 tenor/ 6, or a bass/guitar model, or a 6 string/mandolin model.
 

brandtkronholm

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So... Les Paul's website recently uploaded his guitar collection and there's something I've never seen before: an SG shaped doubleneck (similar to the EDS-1275 launched in '63). But this predates the SG! Was this the world's first look into the updated Les Paul model? And it's a guitar from Les himself!

The description on the website reads: "1959 Gibson Doubleneck 6 and 12 string highly modified with mic input on upper cutaway"

1959-Gibson-Doubleneck-6-and-12-string-highly-modified-with-mic-input-on-upper-cutaway-scaled.jpg
Here's a picture library of 1958-1962/3 Custom EDS instruments from Gibson: (Scroll down!) [Note: They were hollow and had carved spruce tops!]
https://www.abalonevintage.com/gibs..._double_mandolin_doubleneck_hollowbody_sg.htm
 

goldtop0

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Was there much of a weight difference between the spruce '50s ones and the SG style '60s/70s models.
 
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