![]() ![]() The body, neck and headstock on the E-150 are finished in raw aluminum, no doubt influenced by the Rickenbacker Electro instruments. ![]() This instrument has the second style of bridge, with slots to hold the strings but only two securing screws. The unbound ebony fingerboard has a V-shaped end, white flush fret inlays and mother-of-pearl dot markers. The body's shoulders are more rounded and angle into neck at a sharper angle compared to the subsequent wooden-body EH-150. The very advanced for 1935 circuitry features both volume and tone controls with a fancy Bakelite knob on either side of the lower bout-a feature requested by Gibson's consultant Alvino Rey. This seminal pickup - the first designed by Walter Fuller in mid-'35 - has an unbound black plastic coil form with a single metal blade pole-piece for the three bass strings and segmented blades for the treble strings. The hollow cast aluminum body is fitted with Gibson's earliest bar magnet pickup - later nicknamed the "Charlie Christian" pickup. This futuristic-looking all-metal lap steel guitar from 1935 is a major historical piece and a fine example of the Gibson company's first-ever electric guitar.
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