Dylan Goes Electric

The guitar Bob Dylan used at the Newport Jazz Festival, sparking outrage.

Bob Dylan's Fender Stratocaster (1964) in 3 tone sunburst, played when Dylan Goes Electric at Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965. Lost ca.1965, rediscovered in 2012 - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 19.42.45 by Eden, Janine and Jim).jpg

• Stratocaster (1964), Fender. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  "​Bob Dylan played this Stratocaster when he debuted his electric band at the Newport Folk Festival on July 25, 1965, a controversial move that angered folk purists who opposed the consumerism of rock music and the electric guitar. Dylan’s performance with this instrument marked a turning point in popular music, when the political and intellectual sophistication of folk met the adolescent and revolutionary fervor of rock and roll, and it kicked off the electric folk-rock movement. ",
  "​Technical Description: Contoured alder body, maple neck, rosewood fingerboard; 25 ½ in. scale; sunburst finish; bolt-on neck with clay dot inlays; gold “spaghetti” Fender logo decal on headstock; three single coil pickups, three-way pickup selector, one volume and two tone controls; chrome “synchronized tremolo” vibrato bridge, "ashtray" cover, and recessed input jack, nickel tuners, white plastic knobs, three-ply white and black plastic pickguard ",
  "​Artwork Details ",
  "​Title:  Stratocaster ",
  "​Artist: Fender ",
  "​Artist: Bob Dylan (American, born 1941) ",
  "​Date:   1964 ",
  "​Medium: Alder, maple, rosewood, chrome, nickel, celluloid plastic ",
  "​Dimensions: Length: 39 3/4 in. (101 cm) / Width: 12 3/4 in. (32.4 cm) / Depth: 1 3/4 in. (4.4 cm) / Weight: ~7-8 lbs. (3.2-3.6 kg) ",
  "​Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted ",
  "​Credit Line: Courtesy of Jim Irsay ",
  "​Provenance: Bob Dylan, 1964; lost ca. 1965; rediscovered 2012; sold at Christie's Sale 3482, "Dylan Goes Electric," New York, December 6 2013 "

Eric Clapton's C. F. Martin 000-42 (1939, serial no. 73234), played in 1992 MTV Unplugged - Play It Loud. MET (2019-05-13 by Eden, Janine and Jim)

• 000-42 (1939, serial no. 73234), C. F. Martin & Co.. Play It Loud: Instruments of Rock & Roll. Metropolitan Museum of Art.
  "​Eric Clapton played this guitar in a landmark 1992 appearance on MTV Unplugged. It featured an acoustic set of traditional blues songs and reworked versions of his own classic compositions such as “Layla,” which he transformed from a lustful rock song into a tender ballad. The performance reflected a cultural shift in rock and roll, ushering in a new era of acoustic rock and roots music and reviving interest in the less common Martin 000-style guitars. ",
  "​Technical Description: Flat top with round sound hole; spruce top, rosewood back and sides, mahogany neck, ebony fingerboard; 24 3/4 in. scale; natural finish with ivory binding and abalone borders around edges of body, fingerboard, and sound hole; set neck with ivory binding and abalone “snowflake” inlays to fingerboard; headstock with rosewood veneer and gold C.F. Martin logo; ebony bridge with inlaid ivory pegs, silver closed-back Grover tuners, celluloid tortoiseshell pickguard; One tuner replaced with open-back Waverly tuner ",
  "​Artwork Details ",
  "​Title: 000-42 (serial no. 73234) ",
  "​Artist: C. F. Martin & Co. ",
  "​Artist: Eric Clapton (British, Ripley, Surrey born 1945) ",
  "​Date: 1939 ",
  "​Medium: Spruce, rosewood, mahogany, ebony, ivory, abalone, silver, celluloid plastic ",
  "​Dimensions: Length: 39 3/4 in. (101 cm) / Width: 15 in. (38.1 cm) / Depth: 4 1/8 in. (10.5 cm) / Weight: 4-6 lbs. (1.8 - 2.7 kg) ",
  "​Classification: Chordophone-Lute-plucked-fretted ",
  "​Credit Line: Courtesy of Jim Irsay ",
  "​Provenance: Eric Clapton; Sale 1392 at Christie's New York, Crossroads Guitar Auction, June 24, 2004; Private Collection "