Signed guitar and case owned by James Brown

TKL Products Corp., American, founded 1984 American James Brown Epiphone Guitar Corp., American, founded 1873

2000

Medium: a: maple, spruce, rosewood, metal, plastic, paper, ink;
Genre: Cases (containers)
Museum: National Museum of African American History and Culture

Styles

cases (containers)

Tags

Soul (Music)Funk (Music)

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An Epiphone guitar and a TKL Products Corp. case owned by James Brown. The six-string acoustic guitar is Epiphone model EJ-200NA and has a maple body and a spruce top and neck. The guitar also features gold colored metal hardware and a set maple neck with a crown inlay on a rosewood fingerboard. The serial number of the guitar is Y207183. The guitar is inscribed and signed by several famous individuals in black permanent marker on the front, sides and back of the body. All of the messages are to James Brown and offer praise and thanks. Two of the individuals who signed the guitar are Casey Kasem and Ozzy Osbourne.