Guitar pick for Manny's Music Store

Source catalog description

This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

A tortoise heavy guitar pick from Manny's Music Store, owned by Bo Diddley. Brown and yellow guitar pick with white type on one side reading, [MANNY'S / HEAVY].

Catalog date

1960s

Recorded subjects

African American; Blues (Music); Composers (Musicians); Instrumentalists (Musicians); Men; Musicians; Rhythm and blues (Music); Rock and roll (Music)

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