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Guitars

Smithsonian Music

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

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Electric Guitar Amplifier used by Steve Cropper

Summer

Libba Cotten

Bruce Springsteen

Mississippi John Hurt

Thomas Hart Benton

Elvis Presley

Bob Dylan

B. B. King

Paul Reed Smith "Dragon 2000" Electric Guitar

Electric Guitar

Electric Bass Guitar

Electric Guitar

Buddy Guy, 1990

Acoustic Electric Guitar

Gibson Electric-Acoustic Guitar

Woody Guthrie

Electric Guitar

Vinaccia Guitar

Danelectro Electric Bass Guitar

Paul Reed Smith CE Bolt-On Electric Guitar

Dobro Guitar

Electric Guitar played by Steve Cropper

Lyon & Healy Washburn Guitar

Johnny Smith's Gibson Electric Guitar

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

Gibson L-3 Guitar

Gibson Electric Lap Steel Guitar

Stanley Clarke Signature Standard 4 String Bass

Electric Guitar

Emory Guitar played by Mississippi John Hurt at the 1963 Newport Folk Festival

American Guitar

Eye of Horus Bass Guitar used by Phil Lesh

Josh White Model Guitar and case owned by Josh White

Treble Guitar

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