Elvis Dove

A Gift for the King, a Gift from the King of Rock & Roll The Gibson Elvis Dove is based on a customized 1969 Gibson Dove that was gifted to the King of Rock and Roll by his father, Vernon Presley, and that Elvis played in concert regularly from 1971 until 1975, including during the 1973 satellite-televised Aloha From Hawaii concert. In 1975, Elvis gifted it in mid-performance to an astonished audience member at a concert in Asheville, North Carolina. The Gibson Elvis Dove features a solid Sitka spruce top, solid maple back and sides, and a mahogany neck capped with a rosewood fretboard. It also comes equipped with modern LR Baggs VTC electronics with an under-saddle piezo pickup and soundhole-mounted volume and tone controls, making it stage-ready, right out of the included hardshell case. Body Style Square Shoulder Body Shape Dove Body Material Maple Top Sitka Spruce Back Maple Side Maple Bracing Traditional Hand Scalloped X-bracing Binding 5-ply Top, 3-ply Back, Single ply Fingerboard Body Finish Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer Profile Rounded Scale Length 647.7 mm / 25.5 in Fingerboard Material Indian Rosewood Fingerboard Radius 304.8 mm / 12 in Fret Count 20 Frets Standard Nut Material Bone Nut Width 43.815 mm / 1.725 in Inlays Mother of Pearl Parallelograms Joint Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body Joint; Hot Hide Glue Finish Gold Bridge Rosewood Dove with Mother of Pearl Dove Inlays Saddle Material Bone Tuning Machines Keystone Waffleback Pickguard Vintage Dove Shape, Plain Black with White Bevel Truss Rod Adjustable Truss Rod Cover Black, Vertical "ELVIS" Bridge Pins Tusq Strap Buttons Gold Under Saddle Pickup LR Baggs VTC Controls Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone Output Jack 1/4" Endpin Jack Preamp LR Baggs VTC Strings Gauge .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053 Case Gibson Hardshell