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Electric guitar

Electric guitar, Les Paul Standard model. Six strings, arch top, hollow body with black lacquer finish and cream edging. Cream plastic scratch plate. Four cream plastic control knobs at lower right hand of sound table, cream plastic on/off switch at upper left hand of sound table. Two humbucker pickups. Wooden neck and fretboard with metal frets. Gibson Les Paul-type headstock, strings tuned by metal machine heads with white plastic buttons. On the headstock is painted in white: 'Standard'; 'Gibson'. Painted in gold: 'Les Paul'.

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  • Hornbostel-Sachs category:513 Electro-acoustic chordophones
  • Repository:Horniman Museum and Gardens
  • Measurements:overall: 85 x 995 x 335 mm