The Gibson EDS-1275 is a doubleneck

Double neck guitar

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 Gibson

Gibson Guitar Corporation

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 electric guitar

Electric guitar

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 introduced in 1963 and still in production. Popularized by both rock

Rock music

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 and jazz

Jazz

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 musicians such as Jimmy Page

Jimmy Page

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 and John McLaughlin

John McLaughlin (musician)

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, it was called "the coolest guitar in rock."
The forerunner of the EDS-1275 was called the EMS-1235. From 1958 to 1961 these were produced as custom-order twin-necked hollow-body instruments with two 6-string necks; from 1962 to 1967 it had a solid body.