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

NECK

Profile

Rounded

Scale Length

647.7 mm / 25.5 in

Fingerboard Material

Indian Rosewood

Fingerboard Radius

304.8 mm / 12 in

Neck Material

Mahogany

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

HARDWARE

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

ELECTRONICS

Under Saddle Pickup

LR Baggs VTC

Controls

Soundhole Mounted Volume and Tone

Output Jack

1/4" Endpin Jack

Preamp

LR Baggs VTC

MISC

Strings Gauge

.012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053

Case

Gibson Hardshell