Led Zeppelin’s Jimmy Page has unveiled a new EDS-1275 Doubleneck VOS custom as part of his partnership with Gibson.
It comes as the iconic manufacturer is currently celebrating 130 years of music history, and created yet another double-neck model in collaboration with the rock veteran earlier this year.
The two joined forces in a new partnership at the start of the year, and first shared a limited Collector’s Edition version of the guitarist’s iconic double neck axe back in March.
Now, the new model is called the EDS-1275 Doubleneck VOS and arrives from Gibson Custom. Priced at just under £8,800, the spec of the new variant includes a double-cutaway one-piece mahogany body, both necks having a 12” radius, bound Indian rosewood fretboards, aged cellulose nitrate parallelogram inlays and more.
“While Gibson has been making double neck electric guitars since 1958, Jimmy was the player who defined the EDS-1275 from the day it was delivered to him,” a description from Gibson reads.
“The Gibson EDS-1275 allowed him to play the numerous 6 and 12-string acoustic and electric guitar parts of ‘Stairway to Heaven’ during live performances. He also later used the EDS-1275 for ‘The Song Remains the Same’, ‘The Rain Song’, ‘Celebration Day’, ‘Tangerine’, and more recently live at The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in a November 2023 tribute to Link Wray.”
Elsewhere, the manufacturer shares that the design of the VOS model was “made in close collaboration and with significant input from Jimmy Page” and created using a mix of 3D scanning technology and hand-crafting, in a bid to create an effective clone of his EDS-1275 when it was in more-pristine condition. Visit here for more information.
As aforementioned, this is one of numerous Jimmy Page-inspired guitars to be unveiled by Gibson following news of the partnership, and the second double-neck model to be released in 2024.
Back in October, Page added to the growing list of signature models by sharing the limited run of 1964 SJ-200 guitars, as well as a Collector’s Edition variation.
That collaboration paid homage to the iconic mid-60s Gibson SJ-200 that Page played on Led Zeppelin‘s 1969 self-titled debut album, and was designed to capture all distinctive traits – including the vivid Cherry Tea sunburst finish.
The legendary guitarist joined fellow rock icons Brian May and Tony Iommi earlier this year to launch the new Gibson Garage in London. “There is a spirit in the place,” he said at the opening event. “After seeing the people working at the factories and getting a connection with them, I knew that picking up that Les Paul Custom and the Doubleneck all those years ago was certainly the right decision.”
Elsewhere in Gibson’s 130th-anniversary celebrations, the guitar manufacturer announced a new ‘YardBurst’ 1959 Les Paul Custom, made in honour of guitar icon Jeff Beck, earlier this year. It was designed to pay homage to the model that helped put Beck on the map – the iconic 1959 Les Paul Standard that he played when making a name for himself as part of the Yardbirds.
