The Alien Custom is a one-off custom made instrument, kept in the personal collection of its maker since it was built in 2006 and used as a show piece. The guitar is sculpted from carbon fibre and finished in a special chrome paint giving it a metallic look.

Emerald guitars is an Irish brand producing cabon fibre body acoustics and innovative custom designs. Run by Alistair Hay.

This is a Gretsch Convertible/ Sal salvador guitar made in 1956. The DeArmond dynasonic pick up of this guitar is suspended clear of the top. The finish on this guitar is cool: lotus ivory top with a metallic copper mist body and neck. All metal parts are gold plated.

Tony Zemaitis started making guitars in the 1950s entering full time guitar makingin 1965. He made guitars  During the 1970s, he began experimenting with placing a metal shield on the top of the guitar in order reduce noise picked up by the guitars' pickups. To decorate these guitars, Zemaitis enlisted the skills of gun engraver Danny O'Brien.

Body and neck onepiece mahogany surrounded by a chrome plated steel tube. Equipped with a Duesenberg Domino P90 singlecoil pickup in neck position (3-dimensionally adjustable dog ear pickup cover) and a Duesenberg Grand Vintage humbucker in bridge position.
3-way-switch, wiring exactly as on Duesenberg Starplayer TV. New Vibromaster tremolo for smooth action.

Electric guitars produced by the Polish Defil brand.

Defil is a Polish musical instruments manufacturer founded in the second half of the nineteenth century. It was in existence until 2007 when stricter emissions regulations forced the closure of its factory.

Model: Axis Super Sport
Size: 12-5/8 Inch wide, 1-3/4 Inch thick, 36-1/4 Inch long (32.1 cm wide, 4.5 cm thick, 92.0 cm long)
Weight: 7lb 10.5oz
Body Wood: Humbucking - Basswood with bookmatched figured maple top
Body Finish: High gloss polyester translucent orange 

This Vox Spitfire Mark IV is thought to date from the late 1960s.It is a teardrop shaped semi-acoustic with a sunburst flamed maple / sycamore top.

It has three single coil Burns pickups, two tone and one volume control with a pickup selector.

Teardrop shaped electric guitar from Vox, the prototype of which was made specifically for Brian Jones of The Rolling Stones

This guitar built from workshop hardware shows you can make an electric guitar out of just about anything.  The neck is a spirit level, with attached saw and hammer. Paint tins behind the body add resonant chambers. The frets look like nails and are tied on sitar-style. But electrified and played through an amplfier with a bit of delay it sounds OK.

[This is a press release] The Institute of Contemporary Music Performance (ICMP) is delighted to present an interactive masterclass with former Supertramp guitarist and LA-based session musician, Carl Verheyen.