Gibson Elvis Dove Acoustic Electric Guitar with Case, Ebony

Built to the King’s 

Gibson Acoustic is proud to offer the Elvis Dove, an acoustic-electric guitar modeled after Elvis Presley’s customized 1969 Gibson Dove. Given to Elvis by his father, Vernon, in 1969, the King played this guitar regularly in concert from 1971 to 1975. Now guitarists everywhere can experience the tone and styling of a legend. The GIBSON Custom Shop Artist Collection Elvis Dove (AMSSEDEB) acoustic/electric guitar 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, right out of the included hardshell case.

Crafted From Premium Tonewoods
The Elvis Dove features a solid Sitka spruce top and flame maple back and sides, yielding a bold yet crisp acoustic tone. The spruce top provides articulate highs and tight bass, while the maple back and sides add warmth, depth and projection. Together, these tonewoods capture the full, resonant tone that the King favored.

State-of-the-Art Electronics for Powerful Amplification
With LR Baggs’s VTC pickup system, including an under-saddle piezo transducer and soundhole-mounted preamp, the Elvis Dove is ready to rock any stage. The VTC system delivers the guitar’s natural acoustic tone through amplification with excellent dynamics and a full frequency range. Simply plug in and experience the same powerful, compelling tone that Elvis shared with millions of fans. As with all things Elvis, this Dove is dripping with style: the stark ebony finish highlights the mother-of-pearl dove inlays in the bridge and gold-plated Grover Keystone tuners on the headstock. An LR Baggs VTC under-saddle pickup rounds this Dove out, all adding up to an axe worthy of the King himself!

Features
Spruce top and maple body
Mahogany neck with Round profile
Rosewood fingerboard and bridge
L.R. Baggs VTC

Specifications

• Body
• Body type: Dove
• Top wood: Solid Spruce
• Back & sides: Maple
• Neck
• Neck shape: Rounded
• Nut width: 1.725″
• Fingerboard: Rosewood
• Neck wood: Mahogany
• Scale length: 25.5″
• Number of frets: 20
• Bridge: Rosewood
• Saddle & nut: Bone
• Electronics
• Pickup/preamp: L.R. Baggs
• Other
• Tuning machines: Keystone waffleback
• Orientation: Right-handed
• Number of strings: 6-string
• Case: Hardshell Case
• Country of origin: United States