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the roof.” said Dieken. That guitar is such a part of his public image.” ^Built in 1954, the rare double-neck features Joe’sname inlaid on the necks ofthe guitar.Dicken had been corresponding via email with representatives in Nashville since January.“I was just not going to accept that guitar not coming here.”Dicken said he was corresponding with a curator at the Nashville museum. For a major museum like Nashville to loan a rare and historic instrument like Maphis’ guitar is highly unusual. The guitar is oneJoe Maphis poses for a photo with his double-neck Mosrite guitar.of only two in the world specially made for Maphis by luthier Semie Mosley. The second guitar produced for Maphis was made in the 1970s. That guitar is in the Kern County Museum in Bakersfield, California.The double-neck guitar is not currently on display in Nashville, but the curator said it was going to go back on display in the near future.Dicken said the Nashville museum needed paperworkat first.
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Cumberland Times News
Cumberland, Maryland, US
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