A Gift for the King, a Gift from the King of Rock & Roll

The Gibson Elvis Dove 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.

SPECIFICATIONS

BODY

Body Styles : Square Shoulder
Body Shape : Dove
Body Material : Maple
Top : Sitka Spruce
Back : Maple
Side : Maple
Bracing : Traditional Hand Scalloped X-bracing
Binding : 5-ply Top, 3-ply Back, Single ply Fingerboard
Body Finish : Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer

NECK

Profile : Rounded
Scale Length : 647.7 mm / 25.5 in
Fingerboard Material : Indian Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius : 304.8 mm / 12 in
Fret Count : 20
Frets : Standard
Nut Material : Bone
Nut Width : 43.815 mm / 1.725 in
Inlays : Mother of Pearl Parallelograms
Joint : Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue

HARDWARD

Finish : Gold
Bridge : Rosewood Dove with Mother of Pearl Dove Inlays
Saddle Material : Bone
Tuning Machines : Keystone Waffleback
Pickguard : Vintage Dove Shape, Plain Black with White Bevel
Truss Rod : Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover : Black, Vertical "ELVIS"
Bridge Pins : Tusq
Strap Buttons : Gold

ELECTRONICS

Under Saddle Pickup : LR Baggs VTC
Controls : Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone
Output Jack : 1/4" Endpin Jack
Preamp : LR Baggs VTC

MISCELLANEOUS

Strings Gauge : .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
Case : Gibson Hardshell