ELVIS

For this special photograph, the Presley Estate's full inventory of Elvis' guitars is displayed on the staircase in the Graceland Mansion foyer. On any given day, visitors see many of the guitars in the various exhibits, while the rest usually remains in storage An interesting component of this collection of stringed instruments is an old Stradivarius-copy violin that had been tucked away in one of Elvis' closets. He was actually known on rare occasions to strike a few chords on the fiddle in private, but not on stage.
Inset Left: Elvis poses with his Gibson Doubleneck for a movie publicity shot.
Below Left: Elvis in a scene from his second film, "Loving You" in 1957.
Above center: The Burns of London Double Six was used in the movie "Spinout".
Above Right: During his 1969 Vegas engagement, Elvis preforms with his personalized 1956 Gibson I-200, a longtime favourite.
Inset Right: Elvis with his "Chet Atkins Country Gentleman" edition Gretsch guitar, pauses to share a story with his Vegas audience, 1969.

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