Les Paul electric guitar with case owned by Slash
date: label: Date
content: 2007
name: label: Manufactured by
content: Epiphone Guitar Corp., American, founded 1873
label: Owned by
content: Slash, British American, born 1965
notes: label: Description
content: This is a Les Paul Epiphone electric guitar (.1) and case (.2) owned by Slash of Guns N’ Roses. The guitar has a wood body finished in natural wood tones, fading to black around the edges of the body, with gold colored plastic control knobs. The neck is natural wood color with pearl trapezoid-shaped inlays. The headstock is black with pale green tuning keys and pale green text in the center of the headstock that reads “ Les Paul / Model.” At the base of the head stock is a small black plaque with gold text that reads “SLASH.” The back of the guitar is dark wood. AT the top of the headstock is a serial number “EE070500215.” The black guitar case (.2) is an Epiphone case in the shape of a guitar with gold text on the lid that reads "Epiphone." Inside is grey soft material and a shape molded to the instrument.
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
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: 2021.102.7.1-.2
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): 40 3/16 × 13 × 1 7/8 in. (102 × 33 × 4.7 cm)
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D (.2: case): 41 3/4 × 15 3/16 × 4 15/16 in. (106 × 38.5 × 12.5 cm)