FEATURES: SQUARE-SHOULDERED DREADNOUGHT BODY WITH AAA-GRADE SITKA SPRUCE TOP, HAND-SCALLOPED BRACING AND FINISHED IN ANTIQUE NATURAL STAIN, AAA-GRADE CURLY MAPLE BACK AND SIDES FINISHED IN ANTIQUE CHERRY STAIN, MAHOGANY NECK WITH ROLLED-EDGE TOP-GRADE SELECTED EBONY FRETBOARD INLAID WITH TWIN ABALONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL IN-FLIGHT DOVE MOTIF FRET MARKERS, SEVEN DOVES-IN-FLIGHT HEADSTOCK INLAYS OF ABALONE AND MOTHER-OF-PEARL, DOUBLE-RING ROSETTE INSET WITH ABALONE BETWEEN 7-PLY AND 3-PLY RINGS, TORTOISE PICKGUARD INLAID WITH THREE MOTHER-OF-PEARL DOVES IN FLIGHT OVER HAND-ENGRAVED WHEAT BLOWING IN THE WIND MOTIF, CUSTOM GROVER GOLD TUNERS
The Doves in Flight from Gibson Acoustic is the work of renowned master luthier Ren Ferguson, and incorporates the features of the legendary Dove with some of the finest decorative work in the industry. The Doves in Flight displays 28 individually engraved in-flight dove inlays"seven on the headstock, 16 on the fingerboard, three on the pickguard, and two on the bridge"each with its own original design, and all hand-cut from genuine abalone pearl.