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 numberOSHTL2016.037.01
OriginHogscald Hollow, Arkansas
MediumWood, Metal, Steel, Bone, Paint
Dimensions35 3/4 × 9 × 3 1/2 in. (90.8 × 22.9 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from Joel Cover
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    DescriptionA red guitar with an open head and tuning pegs turned downward. Springs, a steel tube, and a saw blade are located inside the guitar body. The words "True Faith Have Faith in God" carved along the top of the body along the upper and lower bout with "True Light" at the bottom of the upper bout.

    Ed gave this guitar to his grandson, Joel Cover. He made this guitar during his Later Period also known as the "Red 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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