About Me
I am a doubleneck and was introduced in 1958. My model was popularized by Jimmy Page, who used it when playing live performances of "Stairway to Heaven" so he need not pause to switch from a 6- to a 12-string guitar.In the beginning of the song, he used my bottom 6-string neck for the Intro and First Verse. He then switched to my top 12-string neck for the First Bridge, Second through Fourth Verses and Bridges, and the Fifth Verse. The Interlude, Extended Guitar Solo, and Chorus were then played with my bottom neck.I was introduced as a special-order custom instrument. The original models of me, produced between 1958 and 1962, were basically twin-necked hollow-body instruments, with dual cutaways similar to my cousin, the ES-175. His models are quite rare. In 1962, I was changed to a solid SG-style body; this version of the double-neck is most common and well-known among players and collectors.I feature 2 volume and 2 tone control knobs, a 3-way pickup selector switch, and a 3 way neck selector switch. I have single- ply white binding, chrome hardware, vintage tulip tuners, pearloid split parallelogram inlays, a black pickguard, 20 frets, a nut width of 1.68 inches, Nashville TOM bridges, stop-plate tailpieces and 490 Alinco (R) and 489 Alinco (T) humbucking pickups. My sexy body is 24 3/4 inches long, made of solid mahogany, the neck material maple, and the fretboard rosewood.The single-ply binding on me is only on my necks; the bodies are unbound. In addition to the Heritage Cherry finish of Jimmy Page's 1275, this guitar was also made in alpine white (with gold hardware), tobacco burst (in the early 70s), and ebony (with chrome or gold hardware).Gibson stopped making duplicates of me some time in the 1980s and didn't start making more of me again until the early 1990s, at which time they started marking the serial numbers on the back of my 6-string headstock instead of my 12-string headstock.
