Guitar, Six String - Ed Stilley

 
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Guitar, Six String - Ed Stilley
Guitar, Six String - Ed Stilley
Guitar, Six String - Ed Stilley
Guitar, Six String - Ed Stilley

Guitar, Six String - Ed Stilley

Object numberOSHTL2016.026.01
OriginHogscald Hollow, Arkansas
MediumWood, Metal, Aluminum, Bone
Dimensions41 3/4 × 14 × 4 1/4 in. (106 × 35.6 × 10.8 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from Nina & Tom Luther
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    DescriptionA light brown guitar with a black neck and brown head constructed by Ed Stilley. The guitar has a heart-shaped sound hole. "True Light, True Faith. Have Faith in God." is inscribed in the body of the guitar. A blacksheep aerosol can and springs are located inside the guitar. This guitar was constructed during Ed's Middle Period.

    Ed Stilley was born in 1930 in Hogscald Hollow, Arkansas and grew up in a religious household. He married Eliza Miller in 1959, and they had five children. Ed worked as a farmer at his Ozark homestead to support his family and continued his preaching. In 1979, Ed began making musical instruments to give to children. With no formal training Ed made his instruments with simple hand tools, wood scraps, and items such as pot lids, springs, and saw blades. Over the course of twenty-five years Ed has made two-hundred one-of-a-kind instruments including guitars, fiddles, dulcimers, and banjos.
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