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« on: 22 Oct 2005, 10:22 »
Post ugly instruments you found!
I got the idea after my friend's brother spray painted his acoustic guitar. I'd post pictures of that, but they don't exist. It's disgusting though.
So I'll post this one instead!



more pictures (and a description) here: http://www.timeforwaves.com/serpent_guitar.htm
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« Reply #1 on: 22 Oct 2005, 10:27 »
Apart from the string hair, that is pretty cool.
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« Reply #2 on: 22 Oct 2005, 10:29 »
its like a one man poison video
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« Reply #3 on: 22 Oct 2005, 10:29 »
Precisely!
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« Reply #4 on: 22 Oct 2005, 10:52 »
I said, the orange string is a bit too much. I am not entirely behind the guitar. I would not support it like I would support, say, a Tony Lazaro 'Crucifire' Custom.



zomg yeah.
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« Reply #5 on: 22 Oct 2005, 10:53 »
That is totally badass.
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« Reply #6 on: 22 Oct 2005, 12:00 »
I don't know if this is awesome or hideous:

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« Reply #7 on: 22 Oct 2005, 12:07 »
straight up awesome, the head should be a ghost though.
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« Reply #8 on: 22 Oct 2005, 14:20 »
When they perfect cyborgisation, I'm having my teeth replaced with humbuckers.
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« Reply #9 on: 22 Oct 2005, 14:31 »
where do you think we plug him in?
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« Reply #10 on: 22 Oct 2005, 14:32 »
His.....nose?
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« Reply #11 on: 22 Oct 2005, 14:37 »
Come to think of it, since i guess the pickups are on his head, and his legs are the neck, then either the nose or ears would be closest to the setup of a real guitar.

I'd go with ears though
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« Reply #12 on: 22 Oct 2005, 16:34 »
he should be a double necked, 7 string bass, with a fretless left leg.
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« Reply #13 on: 22 Oct 2005, 16:40 »
hmm... staple the head of king louis to his shoulder.
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« Reply #14 on: 22 Oct 2005, 18:13 »
I would play me.

Alllll night long.
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« Reply #15 on: 22 Oct 2005, 22:41 »




I happen to like the last one...but I think it would be hard to play on.
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« Reply #16 on: 23 Oct 2005, 02:27 »
Actually, that first one was sort of cool.
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« Reply #17 on: 23 Oct 2005, 02:41 »
I swear that second one (which really is ugly as sin) says "TEH" in the top right corner of the body, though.
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« Reply #18 on: 23 Oct 2005, 02:48 »
I doubt the spikes on the eagle actually form part of the sound box, you can see the curve where the original back must remain. They probably don't effect the sound too much in that case. A pretty cool guitar nevertheless. I move it should be fitted with a contact mic or pickups and used solely for playing Hendrix's version of the Star Spangled Banner and 'America, Fuck Yeah'.
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« Reply #19 on: 23 Oct 2005, 06:25 »
I'm not so sure myself. It would certainly make the back portion of the body a lot smaller than the front one. Do people even do that with acoustics?
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« Reply #20 on: 23 Oct 2005, 06:27 »
It doesn't look like it has a very large body anyway.
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« Reply #21 on: 23 Oct 2005, 06:29 »
Hmm. Maybe. I probably know a lot less about guitars than you do.
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« Reply #22 on: 23 Oct 2005, 06:44 »
Well, it looks like it's made from the body of one Ovation and the bridge of another, so I have no idea. The bridge seems to have been moved though, so I'd imagine whoever made it knows what they're about.

Also, on reflection, those babies on the side ARE contact mics, aren't they?
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« Reply #23 on: 23 Oct 2005, 07:01 »
Can somebody PS Joan Rivers onto a guitar? 'Cause THAT would be foul.
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« Reply #24 on: 23 Oct 2005, 07:12 »
dunno if this counts. i rate it as kinda ugly but on the other hand, completely AWESOME.



(if you're into that, there's a whole lot more here: the golden age of boomboxes)
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« Reply #25 on: 23 Oct 2005, 07:44 »
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAARGH
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« Reply #26 on: 23 Oct 2005, 08:20 »
do it do it do it do it do it!




<looks at guitar again>

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« Reply #27 on: 23 Oct 2005, 08:58 »
Quote from: KharBevNor
Also, on reflection, those babies on the side ARE contact mics, aren't they?

I can't believe it took me a while to figure out what you were talking about, but yes, I think they are.
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« Reply #28 on: 23 Oct 2005, 12:09 »
The BunnyBass Amusing Bass Gallery!

This place has some pretty ridiculous shit.

Also:


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« Reply #29 on: 23 Oct 2005, 13:11 »
Spinless, when are we getting married?

La Creme, I've seen a Martin custom electric guitar that looked EXACTLY like an M-16, and I've played it, and it's actually REALLY easy to play. That one looks like it'd be a snap, too, certainly not neck-heavy, and there isn't a giant-ass body getting in the way of your 22nd fret.
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« Reply #30 on: 23 Oct 2005, 15:26 »
Just one question, why? Not only would it be akward but each instrument is made different, how would you get the right sound? Not to mention its just plain ugly.


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« Reply #31 on: 23 Oct 2005, 15:33 »
The first one is like a crack-baby of an acounstic and Rick Nelson's 5 neck
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« Reply #32 on: 24 Oct 2005, 04:29 »
I'm not necessarily calling it ugly, but since someone mentioned Rick Nelson's 5-neck guitar:

http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ob44cn.jpg
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« Reply #33 on: 24 Oct 2005, 04:59 »
Well I'm calling it ugly.

In fact, I'm calling it fugly.
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« Reply #34 on: 24 Oct 2005, 05:16 »
Also, nothing in real life should look like a bad Photochop.
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« Reply #35 on: 24 Oct 2005, 06:25 »
...I ...I'm speechless.

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« Reply #36 on: 24 Oct 2005, 06:41 »
Dude, if it wasn't so long, that'd be my avatar now.

Quote from: kikanjuuneko
I'm not necessarily calling it ugly, but since someone mentioned Rick Nelson's 5-neck guitar:

http://img176.imageshack.us/my.php?image=ob44cn.jpg


[anguish]Why?

WHY WOULD HE DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT?!?[/anguish]
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« Reply #37 on: 24 Oct 2005, 06:45 »
'Cause you couldn't be arsed changing a broken string mid-gig?
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« Reply #38 on: 24 Oct 2005, 07:01 »
And hopefully, I can stop spamming everyone I know with pictures from the BunnyBass Gallery. This one amused me though. My friend commented: "that's not a guitar, that's something you wear into battle! Ride thy mighty steed, young warrior! For Yngwie!":

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« Reply #39 on: 24 Oct 2005, 07:05 »
How the hell are you supposed to play that thing? Does it come mounted on a swivel or something?
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« Reply #40 on: 24 Oct 2005, 07:13 »
It's probably just for ambidextrous people with decision anxiety.
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« Reply #41 on: 24 Oct 2005, 07:25 »
Okay... how the hell are you meant to pick it? Tongue implant?
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« Reply #42 on: 24 Oct 2005, 07:33 »
I imagine awkward, uncomfortable reacharounds.
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« Reply #43 on: 24 Oct 2005, 10:34 »
But this way you can use different tunings IN THE SAME SONG!!!1!

I imagine the back two necks on that quad thing are probably used entirely for tapping solos.
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« Reply #44 on: 24 Oct 2005, 14:34 »
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And hopefully, I can stop spamming everyone I know with pictures from the BunnyBass Gallery. This one amused me though. My friend commented: "that's not a guitar, that's something you wear into battle! Ride thy mighty steed, young warrior! For Yngwie!":




hahahahaha how did I know that was going to end up in this thread.

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« Reply #45 on: 24 Oct 2005, 14:45 »
Oh man Michael Angelo is a fucking PIMP on the guitar. :B:B
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