The Dove followed the Hummingbird in the early sixties with a different recipe: flame maple back and sides and a 25.5 inch scale. Gibson describes the result as crisp and clear with strong projection, with the square shoulders adding warmth. Its pickguard has an inlaid mother-of-pearl dove with hand-engraved and painted detail.
Sitka spruce top, hand-scalloped X-bracing, a rounded mahogany neck on a rosewood board, a bone nut and saddle, nickel Grover keystone tuners, and a Baggs VTC pickup with soundhole volume and tone. Antique Natural and Vintage Cherry Sunburst.
SPECIFICATIONS
BODY
Country of Origin: USA
Back: Flame Maple
Binding: Multi-ply Top, Multi-ply Back
Body Finish: Gloss Nitrocellulose Lacquer
Body Material: Maple
Body Shape: Dove
Body Styles: Square Shoulder
Bracing: Traditional hand scalloped X-bracing
Side: Flame Maple
Top: Sitka Spruce
NECK
Fingerboard Material: Rosewood
Fingerboard Radius: 304.8mm / 12.0in
Fret Count: 20
Frets: Standard
Inlays: Mother-of-pearl Parallelograms
Joint: Compound Dovetail Neck-to-body
Neck Material: Mahogany
Nut Material: Bone
Nut Width: 43.81mm / 1.72in
Profile: Rounded
Scale Length: 647.7mm / 25.5in
ELECTRONICS
Controls: Soundhole mounted Volume and Tone controls
Output Jack: 1/4" Endpin Jack
Under Saddle Pickup: Baggs VTC
HARDWARE
Bridge: Dove
Bridge Pins: Tusq
Pickguard: Dove
Saddle Material: Bone
Truss Rod: Adjustable
Truss Rod Cover: Dove
Tuner Plating: Nickel
Tuning Machines: Grover Keystone
Accessories: Includes Gibson Accessory Kit
Strings Gauge: .012, .016, .024, .032, .042, .053
CASE
Case: Hardshell Case