<dl><dt>Dylan Goes Electric</dt>
<dd>The guitar Bob Dylan used at the Newport Jazz Festival, sparking outrage.</dd></dl><p>Bob Dylan's Fender Stratocaster (1964) in 3 tone sunburst, played when Dylan Goes Electric at Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965. Lost ca.1965, rediscovered in 2012 - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 19.42.45 by Eden, Janine and Jim).jpg
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/753630?exhibitionId=%7Bd4024ef6-623f-4770-a626-a38b90c25b64%7D&amp;oid=753630&amp;pkgids=569&amp;pg=0&amp;rpp=100&amp;pos=151&amp;ft=*&amp;offset=100">Stratocaster (1964), Fender</a>. <i>Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock &amp; Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art</i>.<div style="margin-left:1em;width:calc(100% - 1em);font-size:90%;line-height:2.5ex;white-space:normal;box-sizing:border-box;"><span>"<i>​Bob Dylan played this Stratocaster when he debuted his electric band at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965, a controversial move that angered folk purists who opposed the consumerism of rock music and the electric guitar. Dylan’s performance with this instrument marked a turning point in popular music, when the political and intellectual sophistication of folk met the adolescent and revolutionary fervor of rock and roll, and it kicked off the electric folk-rock movement. </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​<b>Technical Description</b>: Contoured alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard; 25 ½ in. scale; sunburst finish; bolt-on neck with clay dot inlays; gold “spaghetti” Fender logo decal on headstock; three single coil pickups, three-way pickup selector, one volume and two tone controls; chrome “synchronized tremolo” vibrato bridge, "ashtray" cover, and recessed input jack, nickel tuners, white plastic knobs, three-ply white and black plastic pickguard </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​<b>Artwork Details</b> </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Title:  Stratocaster </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Artist: Fender </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Artist: Bob Dylan (American, born 1941) </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Date:   1964 </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Medium: Alder, maple, rosewood, chrome, nickel, celluloid plastic </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Dimensions: Length: 39 3/4 in. (101 cm) / Width: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm) / Depth: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) / Weight: ~7-8 lbs. (3.2-3.6 kg) </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Credit Line: Courtesy of Jim Irsay </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​<b>Provenance</b>: Bob Dylan, 1964; lost ca. 1965; rediscovered 2012; sold at Christie's Sale 3482, "Dylan Goes Electric," New York, December 6 2013 </i>"</span></div></li></ul><p>Eric Clapton's C. F. Martin 000-42 (1939, serial no. 73234), played in 1992 MTV Unplugged - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 by Eden, Janine and Jim)
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<ul><li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/753631?&amp;exhibitionId=%7bd4024ef6-623f-4770-a626-a38b90c25b64%7d&amp;oid=753631&amp;pkgids=569&amp;pg=0&amp;rpp=100&amp;pos=149&amp;ft=*&amp;offset=100">000-42 (1939, serial no. 73234), C. F. Martin &amp; Co.</a>. <i>Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock &amp; Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art</i>.<div style="margin-left:1em;width:calc(100% - 1em);font-size:90%;line-height:2.5ex;white-space:normal;box-sizing:border-box;"><span>"<i>​Eric Clapton played this guitar in a landmark 1992 appearance on MTV Unplugged. It featured an acoustic set of traditional blues songs and reworked versions of his own classic compositions such as “Layla,” which he transformed from a lustful rock song into a tender ballad. The performance reflected a cultural shift in rock and roll, ushering in a new era of acoustic rock and roots music and reviving interest in the less common Martin 000-style guitars. </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​<b>Technical Description</b>: Flat top with round sound hole; spruce top, rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard; 24 3/4 in. scale; natural finish with ivory binding and abalone borders around edges of body, fingerboard, and sound hole; set neck with ivory binding and abalone “snowflake” inlays to fingerboard; headstock with rosewood veneer and gold C.F. Martin logo; ebony bridge with inlaid ivory pegs, silver closed-back Grover tuners, celluloid tortoiseshell pickguard; One tuner replaced with open-back Waverly tuner </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​<b>Artwork Details</b> </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Title: 000-42 (serial no. 73234) </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Artist: C. F. Martin &amp; Co. </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Artist: Eric Clapton (British, Ripley, Surrey born 1945) </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Date: 1939 </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Medium: Spruce, rosewood, mahogany, ebony, ivory, abalone, silver, celluloid plastic </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Dimensions: Length: 39 3/4 in. (101 cm) / Width: 15 in. (38.1 cm) / Depth: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) / Weight: 4-6 lbs. (1.8 - 2.7 kg) </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​Credit Line: Courtesy of Jim Irsay </i>"</span>,<br><span>"<i>​<b>Provenance</b>: Eric Clapton; Sale 1392 at Christie's New York, Crossroads Guitar Auction, June 24, 2004; Private Collection </i>"</span></div></li></ul>
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