Bass guitar used by Norwood Fisher in the band Fishbone: Museum Object and Cultural History
Bass guitar used by Norwood Fisher in the band Fishbone: Date: 1980s. Created by: Peavey Electronics, American, founded 1965. Used by: John Norwood Fisher, American, born 1965.
The object in the museum catalogue
A Peavey T-40 bass guitar (2012.53.1a) and case (2012.53.1b) used by Norwood Fisher, the vocalist and bass guitarist of the American alternative rock band, Fishbone. The guitar has a serial number: [00377681].
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1980s
- Created by: Peavey Electronics, American, founded 1965
- Used by: John Norwood Fisher, American, born 1965
- Subject of: Fishbone, American, founded 1979
- Type: double basses
- Medium: hardwood with polyurethane , maple, rock , steel , nickel silver , chrome , polycarbonate and nylon
- Dimensions: H x W x D (2012.53.1a): 47 3/4 x 14 1/4 x 2 1/4 in. (121.3 x 36.2 x 5.7 cm)
- Dimensions: H x W x D (2012.53.1b): 16 3/4 x 50 1/4 x 4 5/8 in. (42.5 x 127.6 x 11.7 cm)
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Funk (Music)
- Topic: Punk (Music)
- Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
- Object number: 2012.53.1ab
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, From the Heart of the Family Hood, a Gift to the Ever Expanding Present
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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