A Gibson ES-335 'Cherry' electric guitar, 1968, American made,…
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A Gibson ES-335 'Cherry' electric guitar, 1968, American made, serial number 873256 stamped to rear of headstock, 'Orange Oval' printed maker's label to interior inscribed with model and serial numbers, six nickel 'Kluson Deluxe' machine heads, bound laminated maple body and mahogany neck, cherry lacquer finish, East Indian rosewood fretboard with Mother-of-pearl block inlays, mother-of-pearl Gibson logo and 'Rose' inlay, holly headstock veneer, chrome plated Tune-o-Matic bridge, chrome plated trapeze tailpiece, two humbucking pickups, two volume controls, two tone controls, fourteen inch headstock angle, original hard case with crushed velvet interior, originally owned by David Byrne of Talking Heads, Maryland and acquired on 9 May 1993, This guitar was previously owned by David Byrne from Talking, Heads. The instrument was used as a cast for the 'rubber guitar' featured in the video clip for the song, 'Once in a Lifetime.' There are some marks to the paint on the body caused by the mould that was used to make the rubber model.' Kirk Pengilly. Provenance: David Byrne of Talking Heads, Maryland, Private Collection of Mr Kirk Pengilly, Sydney, acquired 9 May 1993

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  • Mother-Of-Pearl - Mother-of-pearl, technical name "nacre", is the inner layer of a sea shell. The iridescent colours and strength of this material were widely used in the nineteenth century as an inlay in jewellery, furniture, (especially papier mache furniture) and musical instruments.

    In the early 1900s it was used to make pearl buttons. Mother-of-pearl is a soft material that is easily cut or engraved.

    Nowadays it is a by-product of the oyster, freshwater pearl mussel and abalone industries.
  • Rosewood - A dense timber that varies in shade to very light brown to almost black. When rosewood is cut and sanded the colour of the timber will turn black, and after polishing and exposure to daylight, the surface will gradually lighten over time to light brown with black streaks.

    The name comes from the odour emanating from the timber when it is planed, sanded or cut.

    Rosewood was very popular for use in Victorian furniture in the second half of the 19th century, and at that time most of the rosewood was imported from Brazil. However it also grows in India and Indonesia.

    It is used in the sold for chairs and table legs, but for carcase furniture such as side cabinets and bookcases, and for table tops it is always used as a veneer.
  • Mahogany - Mahogany is a dense, close grained red-coloured timber from the West Indies and Central America. It was first imported into Europe in the the early 18th century and its use continued through the 19th century. It was popular for furniture making because of its strength, the wide boards available, the distinctive grain on some boards, termed flame mahogany and the rich warm colour of the timber when it was polished.. The "flame" was produced where a limb grew out from the trunk of the tree, and this timber was usually sliced into veneers for feature panels on doors, backs and cornices.

    Some terms used to describe mahogany relate to the country from which it originally came, such as "Cuban" mahogany, "Honduras" mahogany etc. However unless the wood has been tested the names assigned are more a selling feature, rather than a true indication of the timber's origin.
  • Maple - Maple, native to North America, is a dense heavy timber from light to yellow-brown in colour. It has very little distincive graining unless it is one of the variants such as birds-eye maple or burr maple, so was not used extensively for furniture in 18th and 19th century, where cabinetmakers and designers preferred timbers with more distinctive features such as mahogany, walnut, rosewood and oak.

    Birds-eye maple has a seres of small spots linked by undulating lines in the grain, is highly sough and is used as a decorative veneer. Burr maple has larger and irregular grain swirls than birds-eye maple.

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