What do Elvis, Pete Townsend, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Johnny Cash, Ray Orbison, and Carlos Santana, have in common? Well, their famous electric guitars are in a featured exhibit at the Musical Instruments Museum in Phoenix. Our family spent the day there yesterday. It was very impressive; we felt like we had traveled the world when we were through. The museum features all instruments from around the world. It’s massive. So let’s play a little game, guitar enthusiasts. From the guitar greats listed aforementioned, who belongs to the famous guitar?
Focusing on random guitars, here are more random shots.
1. Pete; 2. Johnny; 3. Elvis; 4. Elvis; 5. Santana; 6 Roy; 7. Stevie Ray
Cindy Bruchman 
Cool,,, I got #6.
My favorite guitar was owned by Spanish gypsy, Manitas De Plata. One one side Salvador Dali had painted a picture. On the other there was a Pablo Picasso painting. He actually handed it to me so I could say I held a genuine Dali and a genuine Picasso.
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What a sweet story, Don! I love it. I am green with envy.👍
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How amazing. I would love to have visited that museum. I notice they had a sitar there. I owned one while working in India and took lessons. I was just looking at a picture of me playing to my very young baby daughter and having a chuckle over it this week. Interesting instrument.
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Hi Ian. That’s cool! I would have loved to learn how to play the sitar. I bet that was a tender picture. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
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I guessed a couple before I got to the end, though Roy’s guitar strap was a giveaway that I won’t claim. 🙂
I have an electric guitar. It is a Gibson Les Paul copy, (by Epiphone) assembled in the US. It was first prize in a competition that I entered, and one of the few things I ever won. A friend gave me a Marshall practice amp, and I tried to learn to play it. But I was lacking those two essentials. Patience, and natural ability.
But I love its timeless look. Here’s a photo of one the same as mine.
http://www.epiphone.com/Products/Les-Paul/Les-Paul-Standard.aspx
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Oh, wow! Tell me it is out on display and not in a case standing in a dark closet!
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I have to confess that it is in its case in the loft. 😦
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Get that sucker down and show ‘er off. 👍
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Those guitars were a large part of our youth!!
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I managed to get Johnny Cash. I wonder if his friend Willie Nelson’s guitar will end up at the MIM one day.
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If it survives! I saw and read somewhere that he’s been playing the same one for over sixty years. It’s a piece of papr after all that wear and tear and strumming.
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Great post 🙂 Those are neat pictures of the guitars. I am so glad that they are being preserved in a museum 🙂 Anyway, keep up the great work as always 🙂
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Thanks, John. The exhibit was quite informational. I loved looking at all the famous guitars. They are beautiful instruments.
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One of my biggest regrets: I never learned to play a musical instrument. Love piano, flute and violin.
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We are alike in this regard! I wish I could play the piano, violin and guitar. What a wonderful world my world would be!
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Thanks! I appreciate the kind words, Swagato.
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