On loan to The Met The Met accepts temporary loans of art both for short-term exhibitions and for long-term display in its galleries.
Crestwood
Not on view
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
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