"Soul Power" Aerodyne Stratocaster
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.Tom Morello expanded the electric guitar’s expressive range in his work with Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave. Using digital effects like the DigiTech Whammy pitch shifter and analog guitar modifications like the kill switch to rapidly toggle his signal on and off, he enabled the guitar to imitate DJ scratches and create synthesizer-like effects. He used this guitar extensively with Audioslave from 2002 to 2007, on songs including "Cochise," "Like a Stone," "Be Yourself," and "Your Time Has Come."
Technical Description:
Contoured alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard; 25½ in. scale; black finish with white binding; bolt-on neck with dot inlays; matching black headstock with silver Fender logo decal; two single coil pickups and one humbucking pickup, five-way selector switch, volume control and two tone controls, kill switch; Ibanez Edge locking tremolo and nut, nickel tuners, chrome barrel knobs and recessed input jack, mirrored plastic pickguard; “SOUL POWER” written on lower bass bout, Seymour Duncan Hot Rails humbucking pickup in bridge, kill switch added
Technical Description:
Contoured alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard; 25½ in. scale; black finish with white binding; bolt-on neck with dot inlays; matching black headstock with silver Fender logo decal; two single coil pickups and one humbucking pickup, five-way selector switch, volume control and two tone controls, kill switch; Ibanez Edge locking tremolo and nut, nickel tuners, chrome barrel knobs and recessed input jack, mirrored plastic pickguard; “SOUL POWER” written on lower bass bout, Seymour Duncan Hot Rails humbucking pickup in bridge, kill switch added
Artwork Details
- Title: "Soul Power" Aerodyne Stratocaster
- Artist: Fender
- Artist: Thomas Baptiste "Tom" Morello
- Date: ca. 2000
- Medium: Alder, maple, rosewood, metal, plastic
- Dimensions: Length: 39 1/4 in. (99.7 cm)
Width: 13 in. (33 cm)
Depth: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm)
Weight: 7-8 lbs. - Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
- Credit Line: Courtesy of Tom Morello
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments