EDS-1275 Double neck
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Jimmy Page used this iconic guitar to play the acoustic and electric parts of 1971’s “Stairway to Heaven” in concert without needing to change instruments. The double-neck instrument also served for the six- and twelve-string parts of “The Rain Song,” “Celebration Day,” and “The Song Remains the Same.”
Technical Description:
Mahogany body and necks, rosewood fingerboards; 24 ¾ in. scale length; cherry red finish; set twelve- and six-string necks with pearloid split parallelogram inlays and white binding; two humbucking pickups per neck, three-way pickup and neck selector switches, two master volume and two master tone controls; chrome tune-o-matic bridges, pickup covers (12-string neck only), and Kluson tuners, clear and black plastic knobs, large black and white plastic three-ply pickguards; truss rod covers inscribed “CUSTOM,” inlaid mother-of-pearl Gibson logos on headstocks
Technical Description:
Mahogany body and necks, rosewood fingerboards; 24 ¾ in. scale length; cherry red finish; set twelve- and six-string necks with pearloid split parallelogram inlays and white binding; two humbucking pickups per neck, three-way pickup and neck selector switches, two master volume and two master tone controls; chrome tune-o-matic bridges, pickup covers (12-string neck only), and Kluson tuners, clear and black plastic knobs, large black and white plastic three-ply pickguards; truss rod covers inscribed “CUSTOM,” inlaid mother-of-pearl Gibson logos on headstocks
Artwork Details
- Title: EDS-1275 Double neck
- Artist: Gibson (American, founded Kalamazoo, Michigan 1902)
- Artist: Jimmy Page (British, Heston, born 1944)
- Date: 1971
- Geography: Kalamazoo, Michigan, United States
- Medium: Mahogany, rosewood, nickel, plastic, mother-of-pearl
- Dimensions: Length: 40 in. (101.6 cm)
Width: 17 in. (43.1 cm)
Depth: 1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm)
Weight: ~13 lbs. - Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
- Credit Line: Collection of Jimmy Page
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments