weird guitar of the day

axisus

majorly weird guitar, but very intriguing as well. I'd love to try it! Not so keen on the controls though, looks like a poor afterthought compared to the rest.

Paul_C

I imagine it's meant to be played upright, like a Chapman Stick

ICBM

Yes, same problem as the skeleton guitar (or one of them, anyway) - good concept, poorly finished.

Now if the skeleton guitar had been this shape, and well-made...

Antique_Guitars

Quite interesting! needs some work but a good concept.

Niallmo

Woah!

well, its "interesting" to say the least.

DulcetJones

Is that a piece of driftwood someone pulled off the fire and said "dam, that would make a neat guitar".  And then they said "why stop there, lets put fanned frets on it, and an unusual number of strings", "oh, and lets put the tuning keys at the other end, yeah, thats it".  Don't mind me, I actually think it is kind of cool, just trying to figure out what goes on in peoples heads sometimes.

Bucket

Is that a Rick Toone guitar? He does some weird stuff... pretty cool though.

Sporky

Certainly his bridge, and he has similarly dodgy aesthetics regarding control plates.

axisus

Yes, Rick Toone. 

Bucket

I quite like it. Here's another he did:

https://fbcdn-sphotos-b-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-ash3/1147476_10151809746539533_2096956174_o.jpg

That belongs to someone on Sevenstring.org.

[Deleted User]

I wonder if we'll ever hear a classic tune written on a guitar like the one in the OP.

It seems to me that the majority of people who might pick up such an instrument are wanky musos shredding away like mad fuckers playing esoteric nonsense.

The great tunes which touch the hearts of the masses are generally written by normal folks on relatively rudimentary (from a usability point of view) gear. Which is exactly why instruments like the one above don't interest me (and most others) in the slightest.

It's all well and good developing the form of the instrument and breaking down musical barriers, but what's the point if no-one wants to listen to the product?

UnclePsychosis

BigPaulie said:

It's all well and good developing the form of the instrument and breaking down musical barriers, but what's the point if no-one wants to listen to the product?

I get what you're saying, but if we were all to buy in to that form of thinking no-one would ever bother playing any kind of "alternative" music. 

[Deleted User]

That's true, UP.

I'm not trying to undermine progress.

I just personally don't have an appetite for it.

carlos

DulcetJones said:

"oh, and lets put the tuning keys at the other end, yeah, thats it".

To be fair all 'headless' guitars are like this. Even locking tremolo guitars are like this. Don't think I've touched a tuning peg in 3 months. 

carlos

Wonder what's the scale length on the top strings.

axisus

BigPaulie said:

...... wanky musos shredding away like mad fuckers playing esoteric nonsense.

In all fairness, that's a very derogatory way of describing music that is greatly enjoyed by many people. If you are going that route then you might as well say that One Direction release the best music as it is most popular!

Music is a rich tapestry of different colours and there is a place (and a fanbase) for everything.

Petrogli

Bucket said:

I quite like it. Here's another he did:

That belongs to someone on Sevenstring.org.

That'd be Misha Mansoor a.k.a. Bulb from Periphery.

Ergonomic headless guitars are certainly the flavour of the month for the Djent kiddies!

OilCityPickups

BigPaulie said:

It seems to me that the majority of people who might pick up such an instrument are wanky musos shredding away like mad fuckers playing esoteric nonsense.

The 17 year old punk buried deep in my soul completely agrees with that ... though the polite and egalitarian 54 year old that now inhabits this body, defends the right of anyone to play anything ...

... however wanky it might be

Fez

It's important to have people pushing the boundries in both technology and music. The guitar in the OP wouldn't be for me and I agree some of the design is a bit ham fisted. I don't think it matters whether someone writes a classic tune with it or not so long as someone enjoys playing music on it then it's fine.

[Deleted User]

axisus said:

BigPaulie said:

...... wanky musos shredding away like mad fuckers playing esoteric nonsense.

In all fairness, that's a very derogatory way of describing music that is greatly enjoyed by many people. If you are going that route then you might as well say that One Direction release the best music as it is most popular!

Music is a rich tapestry of different colours and there is a place (and a fanbase) for everything.

Thanks for enlightening me  8-|

Still, I'd rather listen to 1D than all that wanky shred nonsense played on 8 stringed, fanned fret monstrosities.