The Musical Instrument Museum, also referred to as The MIM, will celebrate its grand opening this Saturday.
Since the palatial 190,0000-square-foot MIM is located just up the road from our Scottsdale headquarters, several Fender employees took a field trip earlier this week to get a sneak preview of the world-class museum of musical instruments.
More than 3,000 instruments were already on display (more than 12,000 instruments and objects have been acquired by the museum), including an exhibit of Fender instruments that is housed upstairs in the “United States/Canada” gallery.
One of the vintage pieces in this Fender exhibit is this K&F lap steel guitar.
Fender also looms large downstairs in the “Artist Gallery” where “King of Surf Guitar” Dick Dale’s collection of rare Fender amplifiers sits. By tomorrow’s grand opening, Dale should have Eric Clapton’s “Brownie” 1956 Stratocaster guitar for a neighbor.
The keyboard in Dick Dale’s exhibit above is a Fender Contempo.
The Artist Gallery also showcases the Steinway Model Z upright piano that John Lennon used to create “Imagine.”
For MIM hours, ticket information and more, visit the MIM’s official website.