Object Details
user
Pizzarelli, John "Bucky"
maker
Danelectro
Description
This electric bass guitar was made by Danelectro in Red Bank, New Jersey around 1958. Danelectro was founded by Nathan Daniel in 1947 and manufactured amplifiers for Sears, Roebuck and Company and Montgomery Ward. In 1954, the company started producing the Danelectro lines of solid-body electric guitars and amplifiers. Two years later, Danelectro introduced the six-string electric bass. This U-2 model with double pickup sold in a 1956 Danelectro catalog for $100.00
Jazz guitarist John “Buck” Pizzarelli played this guitar up until the time he donated it to the museum in 2005.
Location
Currently not on view
Credit Line
Gift of John "Bucky" Pizzarelli
date made
ca 1958
ID Number
2006.0004.02
accession number
2006.0004
catalog number
2006.0004.02
Object Name
guitar
Measurements
overall: 110.3 cm x 33.7 cm; 43 7/16 in x 13 1/4 in
place made
United States: New Jersey, Red Bank
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Culture and the Arts: Musical Instruments
Music & Musical Instruments
Guitars
Data Source
National Museum of American History
Link to Original Record
Record ID
nmah_1301424