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Gelvin Road Kill Guitar

Gelvin Road Kill Guitar

Now that's a quite disturbing design ! I like the eyeballs volume and tone control knobs but I would be afraid to use them... They look too squishy for my tastes. Well, the whole guitar looks kind of squishy anyway. Perfect axe for a horror metal band. As a matter of...

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Mannikin-tar!

Got to be a perv to play that creepy one ! The Girl Guitar is a vintage mannequin transformed into an electric guitar made by Lou Reimuller in 1986.

To Boldly Shred Where No Guitarist Has Shredded Before: The Kramer Triax!

The odd Kramer Triax had only one purpose: bring people to the Kramer’s NAMM booth. The whacked-out shaped guitar was never intended to be mass produced.

Yet Another Weird Guitar Headstock

Am I counting right ? There are 5 strings ? If someone has information about this guitar, we're interested to hear it ! Update : This Gibson guitar is not a guitar ! Duh ! This is a 5-strings Mandolin. Most probably one of the two prototypes of the Rock 'n' Roll...

Do You Need The Best Top Fret Access ?

The 1990s Alvarez Dana Scoop is a rare guitar with a unique feature - a "scoop" cut out of the body to allow for easier access to the upper frets. But ain't that a little bit too much ? Funny fact : Dana Sutcliffe, the creator of the Alvarez Dana Scoop guitar,...

The Mutant Lovechild of a Piano and a Bass

Have you ever looked at a guitar and thought to yourself : "That's just too normal" ? Well, if you have, then this bass guitar is for you. There is nothing normal about this shape ! When I first saw it, it made me do a double-take and wonder, What were they thinking?...

Enough Strings is Enough !!

24-string bass guitar madness... Meet Godzilla aka Prat Basses Godzilla C3-WTF-24 24-string Bass ! In 2014, Chris Cardone, owner of Kalium strings, asked for help in building the largest bass guitar possible. The luthiers at Prat Basses took on the challenge. Together...

Chua Churam Pink Bat Guitar

I guess it is just unplayable. That's why you never build a guitar after a manga or whatever this Chu x Chu Idol is !

Who Wants Pepperoni With Their Guitar ?

Pizza seems to be an endless inspiration for guitar makers... Remember the ESPizza or the Grandiosa pizza guitar? I guess that's the perfect match for those of you searching for that crusty tone ! Obviously, it was a promotional item for Pizza Hut. Only three of these...

A Guitar for the Music Reader, Not the Tab Tinkerer?

Let’s face it, that should’ve been a tablature, given how most of us guitarists read music like we read the terms and conditions – we don’t.

The Les Paul Headstock-Body Switcheroo: A Confusing Creation

The classic Les Paul headstock-body swap guitar is a solid number one in the world of “what the hell were they thinking” guitar shapes,

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The Shred-o-Meter

At Guitar Fail, we have much respect for inventors but damn this Shred-O-Meter ! It sounds like a Geiger counter than a metronome which it is supposed to be !...

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