The 1956 ES-295 is a hollow body electric guitar built by Gibson. This single cutaway set neck guitar was manufactured in Kalamazoo, MI in the United States and is a Vintage Electric Guitar model. Key features include a Maple Body, Mahogany Neck, Rosewood Fingerboard, Fixed Arm Bigsby Vibrato Tailpiece, Dual P-90 Pickups and All Gold finish. The specs listed below pertain to the 1956 product year model pictured on this page.
Factory Specs
- Maple Body
- Mahogany Neck
- Rosewood Fingerboard
- Parallel-o-gram Inlays
- Kluson Deluxe Tuners
- Dual P-90 Pickups
- Two Volume Controls
- Two Tone Controls
- 3-Way Toggle Switch
- Fixed Arm Bigsby Vibrato Tailpiece
- Aluminum Bigsby "Dog Bone" Bridge
- Floral Pattern Pickguard
- Gold Hardware
- 24 3/4" Scale Length
- 12" Fingerboard Radius
- 1 11/16" Nut Width
- Gold Lacquer Finish
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