- Manufactured by
- Peerless Guitars Co., founded 1970
- Used by
- Cosey, Pete, American, 1943 - 2012
- Subject of
- Carlos Robelli
- Date
- 1970s
- Medium
- wood and metal
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 40 3/4 × 16 15/16 × 5 1/2 in. (103.5 × 43 × 14 cm)
- Description
- A black Carlo Robelli-brand jazz archtop hollow body 6-string electric guitar used by Pete Cosey. Guitar has f-holes on either side of the bridge. Four clear unlabeled pickup control knobs located off lower f-hole are numerically graduated. Bridge, pickups, and tuners are gold-tone metal. Frets are silver-tone metal; neck of guitar has decorative nacreous material between frets. On body of guitar above where neck meets body is a pickup selector switch labeled [RHYTHM / TREBLE]. Beneath strings and pickups is a black floating pickguard. Front of headstock has [Carlo Robelli] and decorative motif inlaid in nacreous material. Back of headstock has black and gold sticker that reads [MADE IN KOREA].
- Place made
- Busan, South Korea, Asia
- Classification
- Musical Instruments
- Type
- guitars
- Topic
- Blues (Music)
- Instrumentalists (Musicians)
- Jazz (Music)
- Music
- Musicians
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Karumah, Dunni, Ishmak, Aribania and Mariama Cosey in memory of Baba Pete Cosey
- Object number
- 2021.105.2.1
- Restrictions & Rights
- Unknown - Restrictions Possible
- Rights assessment and proper usage is the responsibility of the user.




