Top_20_strangest_guitars

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Whatever your tastes are, there is a guitar for you. From Fender to Gibson and all the other million guitar makers, there has to be any model you like. Maybe not? Then you are one of those with a really strange taste and this is the post for you.

This compilation shows the 20 strangest guitars we have been able to find. Some of them can not even be played or, at least, are not comfortable enough to do it. With others, you have to be a genius to play. Anyways, all of them have some singularity which makes them special.

Let’s enjoy this bizarre tour.

1.– Flipout

See something strange in this guitar? Yeah, the body is reversed. Or maybe it’s the neck which is reversed? Anyway, this doesn’t seem like a comfortable guitar to play, at least if you want to get to the higher notes in the fretboard. You can get one for $459 online.

• More information about Flipout.

2.– Gun guitar

Play and kill at the same time with the Gun guitar. Someone from Gizmodo saw this in a Japanese Yamaha store, where there must be lots of weird guitars, have a look at the bass in the left. The price is about $700, not bad if only you could shot with it.

• From Music Thing.

3.– Pikasso

Pat Metheny is one of the most famous jazz guitar players and winner of lots of Grammys. The Pikasso guitar was built for him by luthier Linda Manzer in 1984 and it has 42 strings.

• More info about Pikasso.

4.– Jeweled Jesus

A Fender Stratocaster carved by Doug Rowell for Mike Deasy in 1969, representing the figure of Jesus with a hand on the bridge. For more weirdness, it was stolen from him and returned 25 years later after announcing it on a webpage.

• More info about Jeweled Jesus

5.– Cigar box guitar

The guitar for people with few money. Many famous rock and blues players made one themselves when they were young and couldn’t buy one. Made from whatever you could find: cigar box, broom handle,… Carl Perkins, composer of “blue suede shoes” built one in his youth.

• More info about Cigar box guitars.

6.– Toilet seat guitar

This toilet seat guitar includes all the accessories for making it look very real, like the turd and the toilet paper. Makes me wonder, does it sound like sh*t?

• From BoingBoing.

7.– Harp Guitar

For some people (like me) it’s difficult enough to play the guitar, leave alone if it is combined with a harp. This is a combination of two instruments in one, and there are thousands of models, with different number of strings and configuration.

• More information at Harp Guitars.

8.– Satan angel guitar

I have no additional info about this guitar, but the picture is weird enough to be included here. Recommended for death-metal and satanic bands, I suppose.

• From CollegeHumour.

9.– Naked lady guitar

Wanna be really provocative? Then you have to play with this guitar or the next one, whichever fits you most. Both are guaranteed to scandalize your public and, of course, their mothers. Have a look where the jack is connected.

• From Music Thing.

10.– Wangcaster

If you need to show your virility on stage the Wangcaster is your guitar. Picture says it all, so no more comments. Well, the pubic-hair pickguard is nice to have too.

• From Doug Rowell.

11.– Electric harp guitar

Didn’t have enough with the acoustic harp guitar? The electric harp guitar is equipped with a headless 6–string neck and a Steinberger Trans-Trem. Opera-rock anybody?

• More info at Oddmusic.

12.– Heat Hawk

This guitar could only be made in Japan. It includes an internal amp and speakers, and makes sounds when you pull the trigger. It gets my vote for the ugliest design I have ever seen.

• From Gizmodo.

13.– Guitar & bass

If you can’t stand your bassist any more you have to get this guitar and kick him out of the group. But you will need long fingers to be able to play it comfortably. If only you had two more hands…

• From OddMusic.
• More info at MicrophoneHeaven.

14.– Nano guitar

In the opposite of the the last one, you will need a really small hand to be able to play this, as it’s only 10 micrometers long. So small you can’t even use a pick and have to play it with a laser light. Of course, you can’t also hear how it sounds, but it’s a great piece of engineering.

• More info at Lutherie.

15.– Skatar

The first combination of a guitar, a bass and a transport. Get on stage, play the damn thing and be the first to leave on your skate. Just take care of not stepping on the strings.

• From OddMusic.

16.– Scary Guitar

Another guitar for which I have no info, but won its place here if only for the oddly shaped head.

• From Music Thing.

17.– Ibanez Tripleneck

You can’t do an article about strange guitars without showing some owned by Steve Vai. When we thought that the double-neck used by Jimmy Page was almost too much, we find the triple-neck. One twelve-string neck, one regular 6–string and a fretless one configure this singular guitar. It must hurt to carry it for a while. Steve wanted to use it on Sex and Religion tour but it was too expensive to carry it, because of its fragility.

• More info at Steve Vai site.

18.– Ibanez Heart Tripleneck

The last guitar wasn’t weird enough, so pushing it a little further, this has a heart-shaped body. Designed also by Steve Vai, it was replaced by the last one because this was too difficult to play and doesn’t really make much sense.

• More info at Steve Vai site.

19.– Birdfish

This is so strange I almost can’t describe it. The character of the sound of the guitar is defined mainly by it’s body and it’s resonant properties. This guitar has no body and uses two cylindrical resonators, which can be changed at any time. The pickups can also be adjusted to get the sound you want.

• More info at Teuffel Guitars.

20.– Air guitar

Is there something weirder than playing guitar with a guitar that doesn’t exist? So even if you are really musically-challenged you can create solos like a virtuoso. Developed by the Helsinki University of Technology you only need a camera and a computer to become a rock star.

• From New Scientist Tech.

21.– Guitar Theremin

OK, I know this was the top 20 strangest guitars and this makes the 21, but it’s not really a guitar so it doesn’t count, take it as a bonus for reading up to here. This is played by moving your hand up and down the neck and tapping at the red button, in a theremin-style. No, sorry, it doesn’t shoot lasers and can’t fry your enemies.

• From Music Thing.

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