Elvis Presley Poster # 4 Elvis' 1965 Gibson EBS-1250 Double Bass Spinout Movie

Of the many guitars used in the 1966 release of MGM's Spinout, one that probably atands out and comes to mind is this double necked bass guitar. Though heavily pictured in the artwork and promo materials for the US release of the movie, Elvis is only pictures using it briefly in one of the final scenes.

Whether supplied by MGM's prop department or how the Double Bass came to be used in the movie is not exactly clear. If the guitar didn't belong to Elvis before the production of the movie, it did after.

For a time it was one of his favorites, no doubt in part because of the easy playability and fast action of the six string Gibson SG neck. It appears to be the only solid body electric with a six string that he owned. Marty Lacker said that there was a period of them when Elvis used to play that red double neck a Graceland a lot. He would sit on the arm of the couch in what is now known as the Jungle Room, which we referred to as the Den, and play. Usually Red (West) would play a