Crestwood
On loan to The Met
This work of art is currently on loan to the museum.This guitar is played by “Captain” Kirk Douglas of the Roots. Its headstock famously broke when Prince borrowed the instrument for a March 2013 performance of "Bambi" on Late Night with Jimmy Fallon and threw it offstage, which was a recurring practice in Prince’s stage show.
Technical Description:
Mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard; 24¾ in. scale; aged white finish; set neck with pearloid oval inlays; inlaid mother-of-pearl Epiphone logo on headstock; two Firebird miniature humbucking pickups, three-way selector switch, two volume and two tone controls; nickel bridge, tailpiece, and Kluson tuners, black and silver plastic knobs, symmetrical clear plastic pickguard with Epiphone “e” logo; pickups replaced, headstock break repaired, vibrato removed
Technical Description:
Mahogany body and neck, rosewood fingerboard; 24¾ in. scale; aged white finish; set neck with pearloid oval inlays; inlaid mother-of-pearl Epiphone logo on headstock; two Firebird miniature humbucking pickups, three-way selector switch, two volume and two tone controls; nickel bridge, tailpiece, and Kluson tuners, black and silver plastic knobs, symmetrical clear plastic pickguard with Epiphone “e” logo; pickups replaced, headstock break repaired, vibrato removed
Artwork Details
- Title: Crestwood
- Artist: Epiphone (American)
- Artist: The Roots
- Date: 1961
- Medium: Mahogany, rosewood, metal, plastic
- Dimensions: Length: ~37 3/4 in. (95.9 cm.)
Width: ~13 in. (33 cm.)
Depth: ~1 3/8 in. (3.5 cm.)
Weight: ~6-8 lbs. - Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted
- Credit Line: Courtesy of The Roots
- Curatorial Department: Musical Instruments