Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Electric Guitar Alpine White

Comments about Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Electric Guitar:

While I never owned this guitar (I do own, however, an Epi model with custom hardware) I used this guitar extensively when my band was playing at our bar gig. The bar owner had this guitar and he let me used it when I needed it. I used this on "Song Remains the Same", "Xanadu", and some of our own songs and my second guitarist used this on "Hotel California". This guitar stood up to all this torture and had a tone that is to die for. This guitar sounded best for me out of either a Vox AC30 or a '73 Marshall Stack that I own. The tuning was a pain but it's worth it. This is a guitar that you dont think you want until you pick it up and start playing it. I like the weight of the guitar, but to be fair I like heavy guitars so if you dont then I wouldn't go for it.It's really only good for those who would actually use it.

Comments about Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Electric Guitar:

Just bought a 1981 model and other then a few slight dings, slight belt buckle rash and the faded cherry finish, it is still a great looking guitar. As with most anything Gibson, this EDS-1275 is very solid and well built. The previous owner changed the tuning keys as he said the originals were slipping. As for all of the continuous comments about it being heavy and off-balance, is somewhat true. Les Paul owners will find the EDS weight not any worse. As other reviewers have mentioned, that a good wide, thickly padded strap will help quite a bit to remedy that. I have 2 Mosrite double necks (12&6) and they are just as heavy and off balanced as with the EDS.I found the EDS 12-string neck to be one of the best 12-strings to play. I have set mine quite low and it is comfortable and very easy to play. I own a Rickenbacker 360/12, a 1967 Vox (teardrop) Mark XII and as previously mentioned, 2 Mosrite double necks. Mosrite and Rickenbacker are best known to have extremely low action necks, but to my surprise, this EDS-1275 is even better. The 6 string neck is OK but it is the 12-string neck that really is outstanding for me. Tone is very good as well. This guitar if used live on stage would most likely be a secondary used guitar best suited for songs that requires quick switch-over from 12 to 6 or 6 to 12. I certainly would not be able to play this continuously for 2 1/2 hours. Other then using for live performances, it is just a neat piece to own in one's guitar collection for the history and coolness that it represents.

Comments about Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Electric Guitar:

Yes, it's heavy. Yes, it nose dives. Get a good strap and you'll be okay. My biggest gripe is that the finish is not the best in spots, where you could see where it was touched up at the factory. The neck binding is cut a little sloppy, too. I would expect better for the price. But the tone is to die for, and you always get a ton of style points when you pull it out.

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Sure its a little heavy and the price might be stiff but who cares when you are wowing a room full of attendees gawking at you going crazy onstage with that thing and loving every minute of it. I will admit I did not buy this because of Jimmy Page I bought it for the sheer fact of entertaining the masses. If you are smart all you have to do is dial in the right settings for this guitar(s) to make the roof explode off the place. Enough said. Go for it.

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Very poor finish on back of guitar -chips in lower portion of neck where it meets body covered with finish, but looks amateurish-not enough filler to hide all the pocks in the grain-overall, a imported Samick looks 100% better-you are paying for the name is all-

Comments about Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Electric Guitar:

I purchased this guitar as a suppliment to my other instruments. It's weight could make you ache if you carried it for a long set. It is a terrific tool for what it is created for: Fast tonal conversion between a six-and-12 string sound.I own the white-with-gold hardware Gibson EDS-1275 (it used to be the more expensive of the two). It plays and sounds fine. I added a Roland pickup on the six-string neck to enhance sound diversity.It is not the first instrument I reach for but, in the required scenarios, there is no other I would prefer. Regarding similar products from the other manufacturers: As for me and my house, we prefer American.

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I am primarily a bass man, but I have been playing guitar for about Ten years now. The EDS-1275 is an excellent Guitar, but really is only worth playing around with (jamming) unless you are really tight as a musician, or if you have superb back stability. I once owned the 1275, mainly because of Jimmy Page. Although this one and his are not nearly the same guitar, I thorougly enjoyed it. I have somewhat jammed with it onstage, but I usually kept it at the studio.I wouldn't recommend it as a main guitar, as the sound is not quite what you would expect, and it is rather cumbersome. If you do buy it, do it only for the same reason that Pagey did; To not have to switch from a standard to a Twelve string, and back again. Even though it is iconic, I'm sure Page would have rather used a Tele or Les Paul if the songs he played did not require the doubleneck. He only used the 1275 for one song off 'In Through The Out Door"

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need only be used by Jimmy Page to be good

Comments about Gibson EDS-1275 Double-Neck Electric Guitar:

Let?s uncover the myth shall we? This is NOT the Jimmy Page 1275 EDS Double neck. Why bother making the Jimmy Page VOS Replica if the current 1275 already had all of the correct appointments? (i) the headstocks on Jimmy?s are bigger even the Gibson logo is different Jimmy?s is missing one of dots in the I?s of Gibson, (ii) Jimmy?s had double banded covered style Kluson tuners, (iii) there is a gap between the neck pickup and the neck itself on Jimmy?s, (iv) Jimmy?s guitar was all Mahogany through and through, with the exception of the fret board, this one has maple necks, (v) Jimmy?s had a long string pull until reaching the tail piece, (vi) Jimmy?s had speed black knobs for tone and volume, (vii) the pickups on Jimmy?s were altered by his techs, trust me they DON?T sound the same, and (viii) yes the body is a little different. Apparently what happened is that back in 1971 both models were available, but since it was a special order item through Gibson, you may end up getting either one of the models back then. The above notwithstanding, it is a fine piece of wood, nice craftsmanship, and yes it is a heavy instrument, I mean you?ve got two maple solid necks strapped on you so it?s bound to be heavy. Adjust the action a little bit on the six strings for a little faster playability; the action on the 12 is perfect. At least mine was. It has a fine sound for bluesy, jazzy tunes, but she can also be very mellow for ballads (specially the 12 string) and a mean monster for 60?s-70?s rock n? roll. If you?re thinking about playing metal runs on the fret board, think again not only is the neck 2 frets shorter than your regular Gibson LP, but if you?re a metal musician and love Ibanez and ESP, you?ll find out that you?re missing 4 frets. Other than that, everyone should have one; it?s great for creating in the studio what Jimmy would call ?the Guitar Army?. Get one, you won?t regret either version; I have an Epi, this one, and a Jimmy and they are all great instruments in their own personality and depth.

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To me, the reason for getting this is that I really like playing a 12-string. I already had a Rickenbacker 360/12 and a good Taylor acoustic 12 when I got this, and the usual problem is you have a song that's mostly best on a 12 and then has a solo that needs string bends. (That's how it got associated with live versions of Stairway and of Hotel California, after all.) Once I got it, I found that it's a 12 with such a different voice from the Ric that besides those both-neck songs, I'll use it just to play the 12. After all, it and it's Epi copy are the only 12-string humbuckers/solid-body guitars you run across. Take everything you usually hear about a Ric -- jangly, twangy -- and go opposite for the Gibson -- rich, plummy, shimmery (this guitar loves a phaser). I love the Ric for a certain set of songs, and I love this for anything a little jazzy, clean channel, or that sounds like it might work acoustic as well. I like the pickups the way they are, but I also am used to the standard Les Paul's humbuckers for that plummy, jazzy tone. It's not any heavier than my banjo, and a wide leather strap resists the neck falling a little. I ding it one notch on value because my experience with Epiphone has always been good so there is a much cheaper alternative to consider.