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 numberOSHTL2016.041.01
Date1995
OriginHogscald Hollow, Arkansas
MediumWood, Metal, Bone, Red
Dimensions38 1/2 × 11 × 3 in. (97.8 × 27.9 × 7.6 cm)
Credit LineOn loan from Nathanael Stilley
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    DescriptionEd constructed this red guitar with an open head in 1995. The guitar has two springs, a chainsaw sprocket, and a pipe inside. It also has a brown saddle. "True Faith, True Light. Have Faith in God." is carved on the front body of the guitar and painted white. "1995.1995." is also carved into the back of the neck.

    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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