Gibson Custom Historic Jimmy Page 1275 Vintage Original

Of all the guitars introduced by Gibson in 1958 – a key year in the development of Gibson as Jimmy Page Signature EDS-1275 an indisputable force in electric solid body guitar design – the most talked-about models are still the innovative Explorer and the Flying V. Yet most people forget – or simply don’t know – that 1958 was also the first year of the Gibson double neck guitar, which in its original incarnation was offered in two distinct models. The Double 12 – the forerunner to today’s EDS-1275 – had what would become the most conventional twin-neck combination: a 6-string neck and a 12-string neck.

During Led Zeppelin's Jimmy Page EDS-1275 guitar heyday, Page used the double neck to deliver the intricate studio arrangement of “Stairway to Heaven” to enraptured, stadium crowds. During live performances of the epic, Page would alternate from the bottom 6-string for the delicate fingerpicking in the song's intro and verses, as well as the song's spiraling guitar solo, to the ringing 12-string for the song's bridge and lighter-raising final chorus. Only the double neck could provide a sound big enough for Led Zeppelin's biggest hit, and Page would keep it onstage to perform classics like “The Song Remains the Same” and “Rain Song.”