Carl Harvey prototype custom ESP Rastacasta electric guitar and case
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2012
name: label: Manufactured by
content: ESP Guitars, Japanese, founded 1975
label: Used by
content: Carl Harvey, Jamaican Canadian, born 1958
label: Subject of
content: Toots and the Maytals, Jamaican, founded 1962
notes: label: Description
content: This is a prototype custom ESP Rastacasta electric guitar (.1) with case (.2a), played by Carl Harvey of Toots and the Maytals. The guitar has a wood body finished with three stripes in red, yellow and green. The neck and headstock are a natural wood tone. It has a black pickguard, and red, yellow and green pickups with gold toned hardware. The black hardshell case (.2a) is rectangular with fasteners along the sides and a single black handle. It has a grey padded interior molded to fit the guitar. Inside the guitar case was a plastic zip-lock bag of the following items: a gold colored whammy bar with a black rubber tip (.2b). An unopened black cardboard box of guitar strings manufactured by Tite-Fit (.2c). On it is white text that reads "TITE-FIT / 9.5 -44 / THE HANDMADE STRING / DR." Three extra tuning knobs in red, green, and yellow (.2d-f).The red and the green knobs have black text that reads "VOLUME" while the yellow has text that reads "TUNE."
place: label: Cultural Place
content: Jamaica, Caribbean
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
label: Topic
content: Reggae (Music)
label: Topic
content: Rock and roll (Music)
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Musical Instruments
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2021.102.6.1-.2a-j
objectType: label: Type
content: cases (containers)
label: Type
content: electric guitars
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No known copyright restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: wood with metal and plastic
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.1: guitar): 38 3/8 × 12 5/8 × 1 9/16 in. (97.5 × 32 × 4 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.2: case): 43 11/16 × 15 9/16 × 5 1/8 in. (111 × 39.5 × 13 cm)