As Gibson explains, Ford often played a custom ES-295 with a floral pickguard, which she ordered in 1951. Subsequently, in 1958, a Les Paul Goldtop with an ES-295–style floral pickguard and ...
Les Paul and Ford had already influenced the design of Gibson’s ES-295 with a 1951 custom order – which arrived with a hollowbody LP-esque design and an elongated floral pickguard. Some ...