Object Details
- referenced
- Jackson, Andrew
- Gibson Guitar Corp.
- Description (Brief)
- This guitar was made by Gibson in Nashville, Tennessee in 1998. It is an "Old Hickory" (Andrew Jackson) model electric guitar, serial #OH-001. The guitar is made using wood from a 275-year-old tulip poplar tree, which is the largest in the state of Tennessee, and hickory wood from a tree that grew in the garden near Andrew and Rachel Jackson's tomb. This guitar is the first in the series of 200 specially made collector's electric guitars and is the first in the limited edition series of custom-made guitars using wood from trees lost in the April 16, 1998 tornado. Andrew Jackson's portrait is inlaid on the headstock, and his nick name, "Old Hickory," is inlaid on a hickory fretboard. An inlay of The Hermitage mansion appears on the pickguard. Both inlays are made of mother-of-pearl. There is an inlay mother-of-pearl ribbon across the body of the instrument noting key dates in Andrew Jackson's life.
- Location
- Currently not on view
- Credit Line
- Gift of Gibson Guitar Company
- 1998
- ID Number
- 2001.0185.01
- serial number
- OH-001
- accession number
- 2001.0185
- catalog number
- 2001.0185.01
- Object Name
- guitar
- Measurements
- overall: 99 cm x 33 cm x 5 cm; 39 in x 13 in x 1 15/16 in
- place made
- United States: Tennessee, Nashville
- See more items in
- Cultural and Community Life: Musical Instruments
- Music & Musical Instruments
- National Museum of American History
- Record ID
- nmah_1203028
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ng49ca746aa-77a0-704b-e053-15f76fa0b4fa
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