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GUITAR FAIL STUDIES IN GUITAROLOGY

Department of Absurd Ideas & Guitar Mayhem !

GUITAR FAIL MATH 101

$Jazz Explained (Approximately) by Guitar Fail Math 101$

Jazz Explained (Approximately) by Guitar Fail Math 101

Oct 22, 2025 | Guitar Fail Math 101

Jazz = Improvisation / (Structure – Boundaries). A perfect equation that finally explains jazz… and why nobody knows where “one” is.

Ghost-Noting (We’re Going in a Different Musical Direction.)

Jun 16, 2026 | Guitar Fail Lexicon

Ghost-Noting : A Proven Method for Harmonic Decluttering? A gentle way to tell a note “Thank you for your Interest in This chord”? Let’s find out !

Brace Your Neck: The Metal Guitarist Stance Explained

Oct 29, 2025 | Guitarist Postures & Motions

Headbanging is just the start. Discover the disciplined stance of the metal guitarist: Mayhem outside, control inside.

Guitar Fail Geometry 101: The Perfect Rocking Angles

Sep 25, 2025 | Guitar Fail Geometry 101

Welcome to Guitar Fail Geometry 101! Discover why the right angles aren’t just for math class… They’re the key to rocking out without falling flat.

The Three-Point Anchoring System of Classical Guitar Immobility

Oct 15, 2025 | Guitarist Postures & Motions

Lesson 2 of Guitarist Postures & Motions: the Classical stance. Anchoring, tension, and the eternal battle between precision and panic.

$Country Music Explained (Badly) by Guitar Fail Math 101$

Country Music Explained (Badly) by Guitar Fail Math 101

Oct 8, 2025 | Guitar Fail Math 101

Lesson Two of Guitar Fail Math 101: the Country Equation. Trucks, heartbreak, Telecasters, steel guitars… and Ulysses discovering twang.

How to Stand Like a Punk Rock Guitarist (Science Says So)

Oct 1, 2025 | Guitarist Postures & Motions

Master the art of punk rock guitar stances: downstrokes, headbanging, low-slung guitars, and a high risk of chaos (and injury). Class dismissed!

Guitar Fail Lexicon: Guitired (And Proud of It?)

Sep 26, 2025 | Guitar Fail Lexicon

Guitired: when you scroll through guitar memes and tutorials instead of practicing. A real guitarist condition, now officially defined.

SPIN THE GUITAR FAIL DISASTER WHEEL

Random Guitar Hall of Fail…

This iPod Guitar Should Please Apple Fans

by Guitar Fail | December 6, 2011 | Designs | 0 Comments

Recipe to make a promotional guitar : Take the item you want to promote Upscale the item to the size of a guitar body Build a guitar around the item-shaped body It doesn't work for every items but it works just fine for an iPod. This one was on sale on Ebay... I...

See You Later Alligator…

by Guitar Fail | January 12, 2017 | Designs | 0 Comments

Or maybe it's a crocodile ! In any case it is a weird looking Telecaster ! Enregistrer

Headless Bass with a Headstock !

by Guitar Fail | May 19, 2014 | Designs | 0 Comments

The early-1970s Bunker Pro-Bass was a radical instrument for its time, even though it wasn't unusual for its inventor, Dave Bunker. Bunker was granted a patent on a headless guitar in May 1966 which he filed for in March 1965. source The ProStar series originated from...

The Bugcaster

by Guitar Fail | July 2, 2014 | Designs | 0 Comments

A Telecaster full of bugs ! Entomologists will like it... The rest of us will probably find it creepy ! It's kind of cool guitar but in a very creepy way ! At least these bugs won't attack you like that angry wasps that nested in this Stratocaster would !

Get a Grip on the Gorgon Guitar with a Stone-Cold Stare

by Guitar Fail | January 5, 2024 | Designs | 0 Comments

The Medusa guitar that rocks to tone! Its riffs are so deadly, they turn the audience to stone! Ain’t that a mythical riff-maker?

Phoenix Guitar

by Guitar Fail | August 1, 2014 | Designs | 0 Comments

This Charvel Phoenix was designed, built, and painted by Jim O'Connor in 1985 ! We burn it, and it keeps coming back to life by arising from the ashes ! Source

Darth Maul ESP

by Guitar Fail | July 4, 2015 | Designs | 0 Comments

The eyes and mouth are so creepy... I can't decide whether I like it or not ! This is a custom ESP guitar featuring Star Wars character Darth Maul. The guitar was originally a George Lynch model that was modified by carving Darth Maul's face into the body using a...

Ready to Explore the Explorer ?

by Guitar Fail | March 1, 2012 | Designs | 1 Comment

I've seen simpler interfaces on a nuclear reactor. I'm pretty sure you could run a small city with all the controls on that guitar. Not sure what kind of music you can play with this guitar but it must require an engineers degree to operate it. How many knobs would...

Spinner-Man, Spinner-Man Does Whatever a Spinner Can…

by Guitar Fail | July 31, 2011 | Designs | 0 Comments

Screws, Skulls, and Strings: The Mad Axe Guitar for Post-Apocalyptic Rockers

by Guitar Fail | May 2, 2023 | Designs | 0 Comments

Ladies and gentlemen, hold onto your steering wheels because we’re about to take a ride into the post-apocalyptic wasteland of the Mad Axe guitar.

BLUNDER-BUSTING GUIDES

Practical How (Not) To Guides To Hack It ‘Til You Make It Or Break It!

String Theory : How to Choose Your Guitar Strings Gauge ? A Quick Guide for the Plucking Perplexed

A simple guide that will help you search inside the Pandora’s Box of string gauges, and strum your way to string success.

A Simple Few-Steps Guide on How to Clean Your Guitar’s Fretboard

A dirty fretboard can negatively impact the sound of your guitar and make it more difficult to play. Here are the few steps you need to clean your fretboard.

GUITAR GOOF CHRONICLES

Guitar Tales & Stories No One Asked For…

Blast from the Past: The Curious Case of the Stratosphere Guitar!

What if the Stratosphere took over the Fender Stratocaster? Maybe the guitar world would’ve been a different place… A look back at an almost-legendary guitar.

Jeff Beck’s Guitar That Almost Was: The Ibanez Strat-a-Paul Misfire

This is the story of Jeff Beck and Ibanez, and a guitar that almost was: a hybrid dream prototype that combined two guitars and has since faded into oblivion.