Eye of Horus Bass Guitar used by Phil Lesh: Museum Object and Cultural History
Eye of Horus Bass Guitar used by Phil Lesh: date made: 2009. maker: Ritter, Jens. Object Name: guitar.
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Bassist Phil Lesh used this guitar, The Eye of Horus while touring with his rock band Furthur in the 2000s. Made by German luthier Jens Ritter, the six-stringed instrument features an ebony fingerboard, LED lights and Egyptian motifs.
California native Phil Lesh rose to prominence as a member of The Grateful Dead, a counterculture rock band formed in 1965. After the Dead's 1995 break up, Lesh continued to explore improvised jam music in the style of his former group. In 2009 he formed Furthur with former Grateful Dead bandmate Bob Weir
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 2009
- maker: Ritter, Jens
- Object Name: guitar
- Physical Description: wood (overall material)
- Physical Description: ebony (overall material)
- Physical Description: metal (overall material)
- Physical Description: plastic (overall material`)
- Physical Description: metal (case material`)
- Measurements: guitar: 2 in x 16 in x 51 in; 5.08 cm x 40.64 cm x 129.54 cm
- Measurements: guitar: 51 1/4 in x 17 1/4 in x 2 1/4 in; 130.175 cm x 43.815 cm x 5.715 cm
- place made: Germany
- place made: Germany
- Subject: Rock and Roll
- Subject: Music
- ID Number: 2012.0096.01
- catalog number: 2012.0096.01
- accession number: 2012.0096
- Credit Line: Gift of Phil Lesh
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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