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Weird sound generator guitar

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Dan Wagoner modified his first guitar (a Fender stratocaster) to include a weird sound generator analogue synth. The synth control knobs protrude from a hand made pick guard made from a motherboard. Three switches have been mounted in the fingerboard. This instrument liberates the synth player, allowing them to assume outrageous poses previously reserved for guitarists.

ESP Samurai Kyomoto Special

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ESP Samurai Kyomoto Special Electric guitar
Detail of ESP Samurai Kyomoto Special Electric guitar, showing eyeballs

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Big guitar or small man?

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This giant Flying V style guitar was seen at the New York guitar show. The massive scale length means you can get almost subsonic notes on it. An even bigger guitar was made as a school project at the Academy of Science and Technology, Woodlands, TX. It is over 43 feet long but still playable.

The Buttocks Guitar

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Front, Side and Back of the Jazzerette

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The Buttocks Guitar is a surreal electroacoustic archtop jazz guitar. It has a soundhole at the side, a round back (shaped like a pair of buttocks), the flat ended body shape means the guitar can stand up on its own.


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Bible amplifier

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 A 9V battery powered practise amplifier housed in a copy of the bible.

Via: Flickr battery powered bible amp

Hoverbucker

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The Hoverbucker is a creation of Ronnie Hinton and Daniel Diaz Brauch which started out as a Squier Bullet stratocaster . They took the middle pickup and mounted it over the neck pickup, to give a sound like a humbucker. It is mounted upside down, with the top facing the strings.

Iner Souster

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Iner Souster makes experimental musical instruments. His stringed instruments are often made from salvaged materials, and are art works in themselves.

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Toronto, ON
Canada
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Cubist Guitar

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Looks like some lost their assembley instructions from Warmoth!

You can buy this if you want for $400.

Between The Notes is an original work by Shannon Couture, an artist and musician from Western Maine.

Coconut amplifier

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Its a ukulele amplifier housed in a coconut. Perfect for that Pacific Island vibe.

Link: Steve Lodefink's Crusoe Amplifier

Giant metal guitar

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Mike Shubic worked in marketing for 16 years, then one day he decided to quit the day job to make and sell outdoor sculptures. This giant guitar is one of his creations: it measures 12 feet by 4 feet (although he can make it to any size). It is made from metal, and Mike says it can actually be played. It is still available for sale for $6500.

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