This one will make you question everything you thought you knew about guitar design. Feast your eyes on the headless Epiphone Les Paul with a headstock that’s decided to take a vacation to an unexpected location.
That’s right! A headless guitar with a headstock!
Les Paul guitars, whether they be Gibson or Epiphone, are notorious for their fragile headstocks. They’re almost like fine china – beautiful, but you just know they’re going to break if you look at them the wrong way.
So, did the maker of this Epiphone finally crack the code to this age-old problem?
Imagine if they not only fixed the headstock breaking issue but also solved the pesky neck dive problem you often encounter with guitars. Sounds too good to be true, right? Well, let’s not get ahead of ourselves here.
You see, it’s an Epiphone. They can’t seem to get that headstock thing right, can they? The design department must be scratching their heads over this one. People already had a love-hate relationship with Epiphone headstocks. Now, this? Someone’s got a lot of explaining to do.
Or perhaps this is Epiphone’s quirky take on the headless guitar trend. You know how we feel about headless guitars here at Guitar Fail – let’s just say they don’t exactly hit the right note for us.
But what we’ve got here isn’t really a headless guitar. It’s more like a guitar with its head stuck somewhere it really shouldn’t be. It’s like a rectal-cranial inversion for guitars.
By the way, should we call it a “tailstock” instead of a headstock? It makes more sense, right? And, does this guitar need a special case or stand? So many questions, so few answers.
As for the origin story of this bizarre creation, as we don’t have much information about it, let’s speculate. Maybe a luthier received a request for a guitar with a reverse headstock and took it a bit too literally. Or perhaps someone at Epiphone decided to play a prank on the entire guitar community.
Actually, it doesn’t matter. This guitar isn’t any crazier than a reverse Flying V or those flipped Strats.
Now, a question remains, and let’s be honest, if Gibson did something like this, would the headstock still break off? Who knows!
So there you have it, folks – the Epiphone Les Paul with a misplaced headstock. It’s a guitar that’s got its head… well, somewhere it shouldn’t be… right in its butt!
If you have more information about this guitar, tell us in the comments.
