Overview
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- acoustic guitars
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Dates of manufacture:
1997 to 1998
2014
The Gibson Doves In Flight model is a version of the Gibson Dove with extra ornamentation. The 2014 version of the Gibson Doves in Flight has 28 individually engraved dove inlays—seven on the headstock, 16 on the fingerboard, three on the pickguard, and two on the bridge—each with its own original design, and all hand-cut from abalone pearl. This model was available from the Gibson Custom Shop for a limited time in 1998 (with 250 models made) and again in 2014. The 1998 model had parallelogram fingerboard inlays but the 2014 model had dove fingerboard inlays and more dove inlays on the pickguard.
Specifications (27)
General
Finish colors | natural finish, red finish |
Finish material | nitrocellulose finish |
Graphics | artwork on pickguard |
Made in | USA |
Binding | multi-ply binding |
Number of strings | 6 strings |
Scale length | 25.5 inches scale-length |
Body
Body back material | cherry body back, flamed maple body back |
Body shape features | square shoulders |
Body sides material | flamed maple body sides |
Body style | dreadnought-size body |
Body top material | spruce body top |
Pickguard material | tortoiseshell pickguard |
Soundhole rosette | abalone rosette |
Soundhole | round soundhole |
Neck
Body fret | Neck joins body at 14th fret |
Neck material | maple neck |
Neck width | 1.58 inches wide at nut |
Number of frets | 20 fret |
Nut | bone nut |
Peghead (headstock) | black face headstock |
Tuner layout | three-each-side |
Hardware
Bridge | ebony bridge |
Tuners | Grover tuners |
Fretboard
Fingerboard inlay material | abalone fingerboard inlay material |
Fingerboard material | ebony fingerboard |
Fingerboard position markers | dove fingerboard position markers, parallelogram fingerboard position markers |