Guitar
Maker
Gibson, Inc.
Maker
Gibson
Date1967
Place MadeKalamazoo, Michigan, United States, North America
ModelB-25
Serial No.93248
SignedLocated on peghead in cursive writing, gold paint: Gibson.MarkingsLocated on tuning peg machine heads: KLUSON / DELUXE.
Located inside guitar: B-25
Description"Whispering" Bill Anderson, songwriter and Grand Ole Opry star, used this B-25 flat-top to write his songs, according to a 1999 letter.
Born James William Anderson III in Columbia, South Carolina, in 1937, Anderson is known for his #1 hits: Still, Mama Sang a Song, My Life, City Lights, Tips of My Fingers, Which Bridge to Cross, and Wish You Were Here. He also wrote for other singers, and covers of his songs by Conway Twitty and Mickey Gilley topped the charts. He was elected to the Nashville Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 1975 and to the Country Music Hall of Fame in Nashville in 2001. This B-25 Gibson can be seen with him in a photograph in the liner notes of his 1998 Reprise CD, Fine Wine.
DimensionsHeight: 39.5" (1058 mm)
Body width: 34.25" (480 mm)
Fingerboard length: 27 3/8" (435 mm)
Vibrating string length: 24.5" (625 mm)
ProvenancePreviously owned by Bill Anderson. Purchased from Gruhn Guitars, Nashville, Tennessee, 1999.
Credit LineBoard of Trustees, 1999
Object number06761
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