Double neck guitar/synthesizer owned by Vernon Reid: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

A double necked electric guitar / synthesizer owned by Vernon Reid. The guitar is black. The top neck of the guitar is the synthesizer with buttons at the top and along the neck where the bridge and pickups would be on a traditional guitar. The top neck is black and white. The bottom neck of the guitar is brown and slightly longer than the top neck. There are volume and tone controls on the right side of the guitar's body and six strings. White text printed on the bottom right side of the front reads “Starr Labs.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1986-1995
• Manufactured by: Starr Labs, American, founded 1986
• Owned by: Vernon Reid, American, born 1958
• Subject of: Living Colour, American, founded 1984
• Type: guitars
• Medium: wood and metal with plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 39 × 22 × 3 3/4 in. (99.1 × 55.9 × 9.5 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Rock and roll (Music)
• Topic: Singers (Musicians)
• Object number: 2021.92.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Donated by Vernon Reid
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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