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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All the guitars are greate. I didn’t ever thought of these kind. Congrats. I was searching for a guitar which guitar will get the fretbodt like Ibanez and body like B.C.Rich spider shape. I prefer fixed bridge. Pls send the model’s photo to my address. lincoln@grameenphone.com
What about the guitar player for Cheap Trick’s 5-necked guitar? Now that’s an awesome feat.
these are very cool
The second guitar is pretty good, I’d advise against touring with it though…
check these
http://www.lieberguitars.com/opener.htm
click on gigerstein
the “satan angel” guitar is an ESP Devilgirl. It is no longer in production, but just thought you might wanna know
The number 8 is a LTD Devil Girl
The “Devil Girl” was a plastic-bodied ESP LTD guitar which sold for around $600 and sounds awful. http://www.espguitars.com/esp2003/devilgirl.html
The “Gun” and “Heat Hawk” are part of the ESP Japan “Gundam” line http://www.espguitars.co.jp/gundam/
cool
You forgot the airscreamer guitar, shaped like an airstream trailer
These guitars are pretty odd but so………………… cool!
Whooow nice guitars, but how do you play the “Pikasso” allot of snares
thats great. i am sure i can find better things to do that reply to this but oh well
i want a lot of them but some were just sick and wrong. ( wangcaster )
That second guitar (The machine gun one) look’s a lot like the one Alice Cooper’s old guitarist used to use. It went right a long with his whole Rambo look haha. Great list by the way. I have a Bronze Series B.C. Rich Warlock and it look’s crazy enough for me haha. Later!
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tha guitar number 10 is the best, in brazil is called woodguitar, hauahuah
is the, i want to buy one guitar same this.
What can I say, #10 is priceless lol.
Nah I think theyre neat, not something Id buy, but neat.
Estas guitarras são doidas….
The second guitar isn’t an actual gun, it’s a replica of the RX-79’s beam rifle from the anime series “Mobile Suit Gundam”. The twelfth guitar is actually correctly named as the Heat Hawk, and it’s also from “Gundam”.
Great Feature!! Great Blog!!
JP
http://www.stratoblogster.com
The second guitar is actually from a store in China and is worth around, or just under, $10,000 American. I only know this because I happen to live in China and the little “Y” symbol with the two slashes through it is the currency symbol for China. It stands for RMB or Yuen. The Bass on the left is quite up there in price too, if I can see correctly.
The ¥ symbol stands for chinese and japanese currency, but if you look into the price sheet there’s something written in katakana, a japanese syllabary used mainly for foreign names.
The approximate price, in dollars, of the guitar is $677. I can see all the price of the bass but it seems to be ¥87.500 so, in dollars, $743.
how much would a wangcaster cost?
it would be the perfect bachelor party present for one of my friends
i would just like to say that the air guitar isn’t really a guitar either soo there for you’ve only showed me 19 i want a refund!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Number 11 is not just an electric harp guitar, it’s a Klein electric harp guitar. Klein built one for the late Michael Hedges who already owned acoustic harp guitars from Dyer and Gibson from the early 1900’s.
Klein’s normal guitar bodies should also qualify for this list. Take the harp strings off and you’re looking at it. Very odd looking but designed for ergonomics. They’re very comfortable to hold and perfectly balanced.
great list, but you missed a triple neck…
Richie Samboras Triple neck by ovation 12,6,mandolin
http://www.rockstarsguitars.com/product_details.php?c=1&prod_id=120&cat=26&scat=150&x=&y=
Guitar #6 was made as a bet and a joke by Michael J. Marler, Portales, N.M. The bet was with me. I owned the guitar for several years before selling it on Ebay. Yes it played very well.
Mike, I can’t believe you owned a toilet seat guitar thats a classic, I just hope it wasn’t a used toilet seat and that you didn’t occasionally confuse it for an actual toilet, I’m sure that could “muddy” up the sound!
these guitars are truly cool ,but i must say there no match for the 3 i own i have a truly cool one of a kind set of strange axes,wanna see them google jim blackmon pensacola my videos have 2 of them showing there!
my name is charlie i fell in love with the wangster.
This is one of the coolest websites I’ve seen. I love stuff like this. I’m glad there are guitar makers out there with senses of humor. Thanx!
all of them =wer cool but i like nomber 2 and number.4 and number 6 number 9 and 10 r just wrong
Really wicked list, man!
The first one is like the Gibson Reverse Flying V
Michael Angelo Batio plays a 4 string “quad” guitar!!
here’s the link for pictures:
http://www.angelo.com/html/the_quad_guitar.html
Cigar box? Really? c’mon. at least i played #2 before. there must be a lot of them cuz i played on at the Guitar Center in Dayton
These are pretty frickin weird!
leave britney’s guitar alone RIGHT NOW!
these guitars are raw but the last 2 are very wrong. don’t let any little kids see that.LMAO.
I had seen the No.8 (Lady demon) guitar before some time ago on another site.not sure of the following statement but if I recall correctly this is a once off custom made by either jackson or schecter? damn nice design,but not too sure if the single humbucker would do justice to the overall “screamin demon” idea though…
Christo,ZAR.
Yeh pritty kool……theres only 10 pics of guitars.
i thought it was top 20.
There are 2 pages, this is page one and at the end, just before the comments you have the link to the second page.
I am brazilian
Carca velho tem umas guitarras muito idiotas ai, aquela que é um penis nem se fala! Gostei mesmo daquela que é um fuzil
Hi, I have created several weird guitars that I would like to share with you. If you send me an address that I may attach some image files to, I;ll send you some pictures of them.
Good Day, Mark Behme
man if ya wanna see a real bad guitar, check out my latest invention! the lazershow guitar it has 2 lasers in it that show moveing pictures on floors and ceilings, that project from the les paul! I call it the photon ephiphone! NOW THATS A STRANGE BUT COOL AXE WONDER WHY IM NOT ON THIS LIST MY GUITARS BLOW THESE AWAY!
FORGOT TO LEAVE MY ADDY: GOOGLE JIM BLACKMON LASER GUITAR NEWS! OR LOOK UP NBCONLINE CLICK ON HERES DARWIN THEN YOULL SEE ON OCTOBER 27 I WAS ON HIS SHOW WITH MY LASER SHOW AXE!
ninguem fala portugües??
meu, nao to entendendo nada
WTF!?
You called the Heat Hawk the ugliest design when you have that POS Skatar on the list? Is the author of this article blind?
damn these are some crazy guitars….. im pretty surprised u didnt put a bumblefoot gutiar. ron thal designs the craziest stuff.. vigier designed one for him that looked like bee and whenever u used the whammy bar wings would come out of the body… he also has one shaped like a hand and one shaped like a foot. and one shaped like a cheese. if u like crazy guitars u should reallyyyy check that stuff out.
btw LOVED THE TRIPLE NECK IBANEZ
#1 is a Klein guitar built by Steve Klein for Michael Hedges
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Not a single Rick Nielsen Hamer? No 5 neck? Where’s Uncle Dick? How about the Doctor? Mandochello?
Greetings from England, U.K! Seeing the 1. Flipout reminded me of a
match for this Lit Cigarette guitar. See why I got all fired up on YouTube. Maybe this guitar could set the music world on fire!
all guitars are weird as herll, but definetely the first one is my favorite, i laughed for like an hour when i saw it, great compilation A .
Rach. VersuS.
i’m italian and…………..w led zeppelin the best!!!!!!!!!!!
the satanic guitar is an esp ltd no more in production
just found this post – really cool! i think the gun guitar is my fave. but really, the manzer is freakin awesome!
Wow.. those are really ugly guitars..:P
i like the #9 guitar, pretty cool!!!!
I actually like number 8. wish i could get one
Porra ki guitarras lokas são estas……tem uma aew ki parece uma rola……é loko….o cara tocava com ela ou enviava na bunda
Number 12 is not a gun its an axe from a popular Japanese anime. Your also kind of dumb. The themin guitar is pretty much an air guitar, and saying an imaginary guitar counts over a guitar without strings? Dumb. This is bad journalism.
I LOVE THE WANGCASTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow. These are all great and humorous at the same time. It’s funny how the devil one is the least strange, considering the times we live, it’s almost a rebellious act to stand for something bigger than ourselves.
Great Artwork! Thank you for posting these pics of guitars!