1955 Gibson Les Paul Double Pickguard

[3X3]

Hello,

Are there any other double pick guard Les Pauls out there?

 

[JIMI55LP]

Reminds me of the Everly Bros. with the "That Girl" pickguards?

 

[brandtkronholm]

It reminds me of this one!
If you were a young guitar nerd back in the late '80s and early '90s, you tuned in every Saturday night to see what G.E. was slinging!
(I'm pretty sure that double-pick guard ES345 (1959, black Varitone ring) guitar is 80% of the reason why I hunted down my own 1959 ES345 so many years ago.)

 

[brandtkronholm]

And then there's this - but it's not "vintage". It's a '70s deluxe or something like that - but it's still cool!

 

[jb_abides]

I've seen this one posted elsewhere, e.g. on MLPF.

 

[jb_abides]

If you were a young guitar nerd back in the late '80s and early '90s, you tuned in every Saturday night to see what G.E. was slinging!

Heartening to know I wasn't the only one with that particular malady!
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Steve Howe also uses a double-guard ES



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Someone on LPF posted this one quite a bit back:



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Bernie Marsden owned this factory double-guard sunburst J-200 with a unique double-pickguard emblazoned with the name of Dewey Dillon, which was commission by Dewey's mother for his 21st birthday, in 1959!



Cheers!

 

[LyleGorch]

They look like they would fly.

 

[JIMI55LP]

It's an eye catcher!

 

[wernerg]

Doesn't the extra pickguard get in the way of palm muting???

 

[Bruce R]

In the mid-70s Stuffy Walden (in Stray Dog) had his Goldtop this way. Forgive the poor video screen capture.