Manufactured by
ESP Guitars, Japanese, founded 1975
Used by
Harvey, Carl, Jamaican Canadian, born 1958
Subject of
Toots and the Maytals, Jamaican, founded 1962
Date
ca. 2012
Medium
wood with metal and plastic
Dimensions
H x W x D (.1: guitar): 38 3/8 × 12 5/8 × 1 9/16 in. (97.5 × 32 × 4 cm)
H x W x D (.2: case): 43 11/16 × 15 9/16 × 5 1/8 in. (111 × 39.5 × 13 cm)
Description
This is a prototype custom ESP Rastacasta electric guitar (.1) with case (.2a), played by Carl Harvey of Toots and the Maytals. The guitar has a wood body finished with three stripes in red, yellow and green. The neck and headstock are a natural wood tone. It has a black pickguard, and red, yellow and green pickups with gold toned hardware. The black hardshell case (.2a) is rectangular with fasteners along the sides and a single black handle. It has a grey padded interior molded to fit the guitar. Inside the guitar case was a plastic zip-lock bag of the following items: a gold colored whammy bar with a black rubber tip (.2b). An unopened black cardboard box of guitar strings manufactured by Tite-Fit (.2c). On it is white text that reads "TITE-FIT / 9.5 -44 / THE HANDMADE STRING / DR." Three extra tuning knobs in red, green, and yellow (.2d-f).The red and the green knobs have black text that reads "VOLUME" while the yellow has text that reads "TUNE."
Cultural Place
Jamaica, Caribbean
Classification
Musical Instruments
Type
cases (containers)
electric guitars
Topic
Instrumentalists (Musicians)
Reggae (Music)
Rock and roll (Music)
Credit Line
Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
Object number
2021.102.6.1-.2a-j
Restrictions & Rights
No known copyright restrictions
Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
GUID
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/fd54c340310-97e2-4ef6-99da-be252dc1bf03

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