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Floral pattern on ES295's pick board


Tijs Kong

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The correct term is "pickguard", not pick board.

 

I just did a bit of searching, and so far the only interesting thing I found is that the same floral design was previously (or simultaneously?) used on certain models of Gibson lap steel guitars. The "Ultratone", and possibly the "Century" models, circa 1950-55. I suppose that you may want to try to follow that path of research (history of Gibson lap steels).

 

Gibson Ultratone, circa 1953:

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Doesn't quite answer the question, but I found this interesting comment on the Mandolin Brothers website:

 

"The famous story, perhaps apocryphal, surrounding this model that Les Paul, following the debut of the all-gold solid body electric that bears his name, was visiting a guitar-playing friend in the hospital and thought “I know! I’ll have Gibson make a special prototype ES-175 with twin white soap bar pickups, in all gold finish, with a flowered pickguard, and I’ll give it to my friend to cheer him up!” He told Gibson to rush it, and Gibson, as a result of Mr. Paul’s urging, made up what is now called the ES-295."

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