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BOB DYLAN: A GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PLAYED AT THE INAUGURAL CONCERT FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BILL CLINTON IN 1993
BOB DYLAN: A GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PLAYED AT THE INAUGURAL CONCERT FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BILL CLINTON IN 1993
BOB DYLAN: A GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PLAYED AT THE INAUGURAL CONCERT FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BILL CLINTON IN 1993
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BOB DYLAN: A GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PLAYED AT THE INAUGURAL CONCERT FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BILL CLINTON IN 1993
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BOB DYLAN: A GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PLAYED AT THE INAUGURAL CONCERT FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BILL CLINTON IN 1993

GIBSON GUITAR CORPORATION, BOZEMAN, MONTANA, 1992

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BOB DYLAN: A GIBSON HUMMINGBIRD ACOUSTIC GUITAR, PLAYED AT THE INAUGURAL CONCERT FOR PRESIDENT-ELECT BILL CLINTON IN 1993
GIBSON GUITAR CORPORATION, BOZEMAN, MONTANA, 1992
An acoustic guitar, Hummingbird, the logo Gibson inlaid at the headstock and 93382049 / MADE IN U.S.A. stamped on the reverse, labeled internally Style VCS / Gibson Hummingbird / Number 93382049 is hereby / GUARANTEED / against faulty workmanship and materials / GIBSON GUITAR CORP / BOZEMAN, MONTANA / U.S.A., the truss rod cover engraved HUMMINGBIRD, with mahogany back and sides in cherry red finish, with spruce top in cherry sunburst finish, the mahogany neck with bound East Indian rosewood fingerboard with split block mother-of-pearl inlay, together with original hardshell case and concert lanyard, played by Bob Dylan during the 'Call for Reunion' Concert during the Inaugural Concert for President-Elect Bill Clinton, Lincoln Memorial, January 17, 1993; together with a corresponding All Access Pass and button; three letters of provenance from Gibson Guitars; a letter of authenticity from Guitar Expert, Andy Babiuk; and a letter of authenticity from Jeff Gold, Record Mecca
Length of back: 19 7⁄8 in. (50.5 cm.)
Overall length: 40 ½ in. (102.8 cm.)
Provenance
Acquired privately from Jeff Gold, Record Mecca, 2023.
Exhibited
Los Angeles, Grammy Museum, 360 Sound: The Columbia Records Story, 2012-2013.
Budapest, Hungary, Kogart House Museum, From San Francisco to Woodstock, 2011.

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Lot Essay

This Gibson Hummingbird guitar was loaned to Bob Dylan by Gibson for Bill Clinton's Inauguration Concert at the Lincoln Memorial. Dylan performed his song 'Chimes of Freedom', with a backing band led by Quincy Jones. It was an especially poignant moment, given that Dylan had performed in the very same spot thirty years earlier during the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in August 1963, when Martin Luther King Jr. gave his iconic 'I Have A Dream' speech. Following the Inauguration Concert, the guitar was returned to Gibson. Gibson subsequently removed the pickup, volume and control knobs that had been installed for the concert and repaired the holes to the body.

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