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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe black Lego guitar is actually a fully functioning instrument with the complete case made out of the favorite childhood building blocks<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n You can jam out with your friends, and if a block of the guitar falls off, just snap it back together. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The Lego guitar comes complete including pick-ups, bridge, and all of the functioning parts, all this beauty needs are some strings. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Seeing how Legos have been around for many decades I\u2019m sure you have some in the attic so why not build your own?<\/p>\n\n\n\n While we\u2019re on the subject of toys from childhood, how about some Star Wars guitars<\/a>? <\/p>\n\n\n\n Designers and fans of the epic saga have found a way to incorporate Star Wars into just about anything, so guitars should come as no surprise. And we have to admit, they are kind of awesome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Depending if you\nchoose to play your (han) solo, or just rip off some C (3PO) cords there is no\ndoubt you\u2019ll be a force to be reckoned with. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Steampunk is still as popular these days as the 1960s and 1970s, so it\u2019s not surprising to find a few guitars out there made in this style. <\/p>\n\n\n\n These can get pretty elaborate, and they look great. Thunder Eagle guitars made a fun looking guitar from copper pipes and gears. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Complete with pipes and gauges and beautiful gears \u2013 the Thunder Eagle amazingly it sounds as good as it looks. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The creator modified a Rhodes Jackson V, using copper plating, some pickups, re-facing the gauge, and adding some wonderful paint effects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n From the famous guitar maker George Marlin comes the magnificent BigFoot guitar, which he displayed at the Miami Beach Guitar Festival. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This original Sasquatch sound box is actually just the foot of Bigfoot. <\/p>\n\n\n\n An earlier attempt by Marlin at a full size Bigfoot guitar, was found to be too difficult to hold (at 10 feet long) and it was apparently scaring off the neighborhood kids as well. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not sure how it sounds, but in rock n\u2019 roll, image is most of the show and this guitar looks pretty freakin\u2019 gnarly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ron Thal, aka\nBumblefoot, is famous for his stint with Guns N\u2019 Roses. His custom Vigier\ndouble-neck better known as Double Foot and of course the Vigier Flying Foot\nguitar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n But it was his Ibanez Roadster Swiss Cheese Guitar that first gained him fame as an iconic designer. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Vigier even did a limited edition of replica \u201cSwiss Cheese Guitars\u201d which sold out quickly, even if it was a bit \u201ccheesy\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many guitars have taken a \u2018stab\u2019 at being designed around the concept of a sword. One of our favorites is the VLINE. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The unique VLINE ‘SWORD’ was made by Vincent Berton, a French Avant garde luthier in the early 1980s, who worked on the famous Paris guitar road \u2013 the Rue De Douai.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It looks like\nsomething from out of the Excalibur days. Can you imagine if King Arthur pulled\nthis bad boy out of the stone and ripped off some riffs? <\/p>\n\n\n\n This one also happens to be a beautifully crafted guitar. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Andy Mason, the artist and musician responsible for this gorgeous yet completely bizarre, fully-functional guitar in the shape of a mermaid, built his first guitar in 1967 using whatever materials he was able to find in his father\u2019s garage. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Ever since, the incredibly talented craftsman has made everything from lutes to mandolins\u2014as well as a series of guitars for John Paul Jones and Jimmy Page. <\/p>\n\n\n\n A few of which, were of the elegantly double-necked variety that Page was especially well-known for playing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Not exactly for Ariel fans, Mason\u2019s life-sized \u201cMermaid\u201d guitar took three years to build and is comprised of nineteen different types of wood. <\/p>\n\n\n\n And, according to Mason requires a guitarist with \u201csensuous posture\u201d to be successfully played. <\/p>\n\n\n\n If you stop and think about musicians with the weirdest guitars, it probably won\u2019t take too long until you get to this famous guy. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Not only was Prince a truly talented musician, he also happened to like playing weird, cool guitars. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Prince played a\nvariety of unique guitars from his custom-built purple guitar, shaped like the\nsymbol he once replaced his name with, to the Cloud Guitar and what is known as\nPurple Special, his final guitar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Now, this is where Gibson got really, really weird. Gibson\u2019s Map guitar is shaped like the map of the United States of America. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Yes, somebody actually had that idea in mind. Although it was produced by Gibson, the original builder of this guitar was James Hutchins, and it was first sold under the Epiphone brand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Surprisingly enough, it actually sold well. And after witnessing its success, Gibson decided to put their name on the headstock. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Aside from its non-ergonomic shape, the guitar has classic features, like two volume and two tone knobs, and two humbuckers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n There were, however, certain versions with three knobs. These were produced back in 1983 and 1984 and featured mahogany bodies and maple necks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n I guess if you\u2019re\ntouring the country and get lost you can just check your instrument for\ndirections to your next gig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A Gibson classic, made in 2007 and 2008, the Reverse Flying V was manufactured in honor of the Flying V\u2019s 50th anniversary<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Despite the odd shape, the guitar was a rather successful seller. After the initial series of 400 guitars, Gibson made an additional 900 pieces in 2008, 300 each in: Classic White, Natural, and Ebony Black.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The guitar\u2019s headstock was \u201cborrowed\u201d from the old Futura\/Explorer design conceived back in the late 1950s; it somehow went well with the reverse V shape. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The rest of the features are the same as the classic V, although there were some minor differences between the 2007 and 2008 series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Talk about a\npiece of art! Four necks. Two sound holes. 42 strings. Two access doors; one on\nthe upper player’s side and one at the tail block.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Created by luthier Linda Manzer for guitarist Pat Metheny, the instrument took 2 years to build (approximately 1000 hours). <\/p>\n\n\n\n When the 42 strings are strung up to high tension, the Pikasso is under approximately 1000 lbs of pressure. It weighs 6.7 kg or 14 3\/4 lbs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Pikasso Guitar was specially built for jazz fusion virtuoso Pat Metheny, who can play that stringed Escher painting better than the rest of us can do most things. <\/p>\n\n\n\n The body is tapered so that the side closest to the player is thinner than the side that rests on the player\u2019s knee, thus leaning the top, back towards the player for a more aerial view. This is also more comfortable under the player’s arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The instrument is outfitted with a complete state of the art piezo pickup system<\/a>. This included a hexaphonic pickup on the 6 string section. <\/p>\n\n\n\n This feature allowed Metheny to access his Syclavier computer system thus triggering any sound in the system, including sampled sounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Two mounting\nholes are placed on the treble side (knee side) so that the guitar can be\nmounted on internal brass insets and attached to a stand, leaving hands free\nfor playing or viewing.<\/p>\n\n\n\nStar Wars Guitars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Ultimate Steampunk Guitar <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Bigfoot Guitar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nSwiss Guitar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Sword Guitar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Mermaid Guitar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nPrince Guitars<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Map Guitar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Reverse Flying V<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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<\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\nThe Pikasso Guitar <\/h2>\n\n\n\n
The Multi-Neck Guitar<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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