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Guitars

Smithsonian Music

A selection of guitars and other guitar-related items in the collections.

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Signed guitar and case owned by James Brown

Van Halen Frankenstein Electric Guitar

Bootsy Collins Space Bass guitar owned by Bootsy Collins

Voodoo Guitar "Marie" made by Don Moser with debris from Hurricane Katrina

Doc Watson and Merle Watson

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Washburn Electric Guitar, played and broken by Paul Stanley of KISS

Eye of Horus Bass Guitar used by Phil Lesh

Electric Guitar

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Gretsch G6138 "Bo Diddley" model rectangular guitar owned by Bo Diddley

Guitar with painted image of B. B. King by LeRoy Neiman

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