On loan to The Met The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Stratocaster
Not on view
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.
Technical Description:
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
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