1956 Gibson ES-295

$6,750.00

  • Year: 1956
  • Manufacturer: Gibson
  • Model: ES-295
  • Case: Original Hard
  • Color: Sunburst
  • Condition: Excellent
  • Description: Yes, it really is an original Sunburst ES-295! This incredibly rare guitar weighs just 6.50 lbs. Reminiscent of the ES-175, with the same sharp-edged single Florentine cutaway and pearl split-parallelogram inlays, this wonderful guitar has a 16-inch-wide laminated maple body. One-piece medium to thick mahogany neck and rosewood fretboard with 20 original small frets. Two hot white P-90 pickups with outputs of 7.54k and 7.73k. Original clear plastic pickguard back-painted in cream and embossed with a gold floral design. Les Paul combination bridge/tailpiece. Original hardshell case. We have never seen another Sunburst ES-295, other than the 1953 example at the Eric Clapton sale ("A Selection of Eric Clapton's Guitars in Aid of the Crossroads™ Centre") at Christie's New York on June 24, 1999, which fetched $24,150. When we purchased this guitar, it had a later black plastic pickguard, but we managed to find an original one which had at one time been fitted on a three pick-up ES-5. We have now installed this pickguard on to the guitar. (00436)