Electric bass guitar owned by Jim Vance: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

An electric bass guitar owned by Jim Vance. The guitar has a black wood body and natural wood neck and head stock. It has brass tuning pegs and a metal bridge. Two switches for pick-ups are also on the lower left side of the front body next to a power cable inlet. Printed in black ink on the head stock opposite the tuning pegs is Fender PRECISION BASS / SERIAL NUMBER 7647846.” The backs of the tuning pegs are each engraved with “Fender.” The neckplate on the back of the guitar is also engraved with the letter “F.”

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1976
• Manufactured by: Fender Musical Instruments Corporation, American, founded 1946
• Owned by: Jim Vance, American, 1942 - 2017
• Type: guitars
• Medium: wood, metal, plastic
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 47 1/4 × 13 × 3 1/8 in. (120 × 33 × 8 cm)
• Place used: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Instrumentalists (Musicians)
• Topic: Journalism
• Topic: Local and regional
• Topic: Music
• Object number: 2018.107.18.1
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of the Estate of James H. Vance, III
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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