1965 Gibson EMS-1235 Doubleneck – Cherry

1965 Gibson EMS-1235 Doubleneck – Cherry

1965 Gibson EMS-1235 Doubleneck – Cherry
All original and very rare 1965 Gibson EMS-1235 Doubleneck guitar in excellent condition. Doublenecks where built to custom order only and just 3(!) of this model left the factory in 1965. In ´62 Gibson discontinued the hollow thinline bodystyle and started building the EMS-series as a SG-style solidbody guitar. The long neck has a scale length of 625mm, the short neck is a 8 string mandolin and has a scale length of 352mm. All 3 pickups are “Patent Number.” humbucking pickups. Considerable lightweight with only 4,3 Kg, this monster is pretty comfortable to play! Comes in its orig. black Gibson case.

Techn. details:

• Solid mahagony body with double – cutaway,
• Upper neck: 1-piece mahagony (625mm),
• Lower neck: 1-piece mahagony (352mm),
• 2x rosewood fretboard with 22/34 frets,
• 3x original “Patent Number” humbucking pickups,
• 2x Vol + 2xTone, 2x 3-way toggleswitch,
• 2x Gibson Tune-O-Matic ABR-1 bridge (guitar),
• 2x non-adjustable bar tailpieces,
• 20x Kluson – Double-line tuners,
• Nickel-plated hardware,
• Incl. original black Gibson case.

See a video-clip of the 1965 Gibson EMS-1235 Doubleneck – Cherry: