Electric Guitar

Efrain Vega

1992 · Oak, chestnut, plexiglas, steel · Musical Instruments

Description: Solid wood body carved with slight waist and truncated shoulders forming a horn-like projections at top, flat back and front, on back red plexiglas rectangle at neck and trapezoidal red plexiglas at lower left covering makers mark, edges outlined in red and black; insets routed out for stringholder, nut, two pickups, and neck; red plexiglas pick guard; four control knobs, socket and a toggle switch at lower right; strap button at top (behind neck) and bottom of body; fingerboard with 22 brass frets and red and black position markers; peg block with machine pegs and front covered with red and black plexiglas; trapezoidal wood case.

Artist

Efrain Vega

Date

1992

Medium

Oak, chestnut, plexiglas, steel

Culture

Puerto Rican

Department

Musical Instruments

Credit line

Gift of Efrain Vega, 2004