Gibson ES-295 (1952-1958)
Overview
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Product:
- electric guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1952 to 1958
Production of the Gibson ES-295 began in 1952 and ended in 1958. The ES-295 was used by rock and roll legend Scotty Moore, who backed Elvis Presley on the early Sun recordings. The ES-295 had 2 single coil pickups until 1958 when humbuckers were standard. The raised white pickguard bears an etched flower design.
The ES-295 is currently available as part of the Gibson Historic Series Collection.
Specifications (19)
Body
| Body back material | maple body back |
| Body shape features | single cutaway |
| Body sides material | maple body sides |
| Body top material | maple body top |
| Pickguard shape | raised pickguard |
| Soundhole | 2 f-holes |
Fretboard
| Fingerboard material | rosewood fingerboard |
| Fingerboard position markers | parallelogram fingerboard position markers |
General
| Finish colors | gold finish |
| Number of strings | 6 strings |
Hardware
| Hardware color | gold hardware |
| Tailpiece | trapeze tailpiece |
Neck
| Number of frets | 20 fret |
| Peghead (headstock) | black face headstock |
| Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Controls
| Pickup selector controls | 3-way selector switch |
| Tone controls | 2 tone controls |
| Volume controls | 2 volume controls |
Electronics
| Pickups configuration | 2 humbucker pickups, 2 single coil pickups |
