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Double neck guitar/synthesizer owned by Vernon Reid

1986-1995

Smithsonian NMAAHC collection

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A double necked electric guitar / synthesizer owned by Vernon Reid. The guitar is black. The top neck of the guitar is the synthesizer with buttons at the top and along the neck where the bridge and pickups would be on a traditional guitar. The top neck is black and white. The bottom neck of the guitar is brown and slightly longer than the top neck. There are volume and tone controls on the right side of the guitar's body and six strings. White text printed on the bottom right side of the front reads “Starr Labs.”

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Catalog reference: 2021.92.1

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