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Strange stringed instruments, posted (hopefully!) every day. Check the alt text for more info on the pictures!

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Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 32m

HS Anderson HS-ARS

It's been a while since I posted a pre-Steinberger headless, so here's one that I've only been able to find in catalogs. The HS Anderson HS-ARS is an electric guitar with a symmetrical body. Instead of having two cutaway horns that point towards the headstock, this guitar has two horns that flare outwards. It's got two mini-humbuckers that are controlled by one volume knob, two tone knobs, and a 3-way switch. The tuners are fanned out at the end of the body, behind the bridge. There is a vestigial headstock, but there's nothing there besides the truss rod cover and tailpiece where the strings are inserted.

This picture is from an HS Anderson catalog that was released in the mid 70s. The picture of the guitar is in black and white and flanked by two paragraphs of Japanese text, as well as a label that says HS-ARS to the right of the guitar. The text below the guitar gives the specs. I'll post the text that's below the label in the next picture.

Here's a translated version of the Japanese text I mentioned in the first picture. It reads:

The ARS, which fulfills the dream of many guitar players --reverse tuning-- is a guitar that represents the culmination of Anderson'a research, for which he holds numerous patents. It's not simply a matter of moving the tuning pegs to the body; it's a magnificent form crafted based on acoustics and playability.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 06/10/2026

Jon Kammerer Pegasus

The Jon Kammerer Pegasus is an acoustic guitar that was designed to reduce feedback when it's plugged in via the LR Baggs piezo in the bridge. It's got a double-cutaway body shape, and the top and bottom of the guitar have been CNC routed and contoured. Instead of having a central soundhole, there's a hole on either side of the strings that starts around the cutaway and extends all the way down the body. They end at the end of the body, roughly in line with the bridge. These long soundholes keep low frequencies from resonating and causing feedback. The neck has 24 frets, but it looks like somebody's taken a nibble off the end of the bass side. It's topped by a very narrow 3/3 headstock.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 05/10/2026

Serracini custom

I found a modern guitar that's a nice counterpart to the one I posted yesterday. Hold on tight, because this thing is weird.

Here's Italian guitarist Luca Stricagnoli holding a triple-neck acoustic guitar that was made for him by fellow Italian Davide Serracini.

The top neck has 6 strings and can be tuned like a normal guitar, but Luca has it tuned to an open tuning that I haven't been able to find out.
The middle (soprano) neck has 7 treble strings that are tuned to a major scale, but without the 7th note.

The third (bass) neck has a fretboard that extends all the way down to where the bridge is on the middle neck. It has three strings that are tuned high to low, and it's only fretted on 2/3rds of the length. The best way I can describe it is to imagine taking a right-handed Steinberger bass and attaching it to a right-handed acoustic guitar so the fretboard of the bass is under the bridge of the acoustic and the body hangs off the end.

I dunno how anybody comes up with this stuff, but this account wouldn't exist if they didn't.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 04/10/2026

Chevrier Harpo-lyre

This harpo-lyre was probably built by French luthier André Augustin Chevrier around 1830. It's got a round body and has three necks. If you look at the guitar with the necks pointing up and the body pointing down like it is in this picture, the left neck has seven strings and is tuned chromatically (A-B flat-B-c-d flat-d-e flat). The middle neck has six strings and is tuned like a normal guitar. The right neck has eight strings and is tuned diatonically (c'-d'-e'-f'-g'-a'-b'-c2). Each neck has its own small soundhole, the bridge is one long mustache-shaped piece, and the headstock is one of the wildest things I've ever seen. It comes out of the center neck and branches off into two curves. Each curve terminates where it meets the neck on that side. (Imagine a large, curved capital M, and you've got the idea.) Most of the tuners for the right and left necks are on top of the headstock curve, but each of those necks also has a tuner on each side of the headstock right above the nut. If I had to number the tuners like I normally do when I talk about a Les Paul's 3/3 headstock or whatever, this one would be a 1/5/1-3/3-1/6/1.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 03/10/2026

Ibanez 2674, 2675, and 2676

The Ibanez 2674, 2675, and 2676 are all fancy Les Paul copies from the 1970s. I didn't know which one I wanted to post, so I picked all three. They all have the same basic Les Paul setup, with a single-cutaway body, two humbuckers, a volume knob and a tone knob for each pickup, and a 3-way switch. They also have what appears to be a coil tap switch. The most striking thing about each one is the fancy inlay work that covers the body. It's the same for each guitar, with a large flower behind the bridge and flowering vines that start at the knobs and follow the contour of the body all the way to the pickup switch.

This is the 2674. It's black and has two uncovered pickups. A vine inlay runs all the way to the fretboard and onto the carved 3/3 headstock.

This is the 2675. It's got a sunburst finish, one covered humbucker to go with the uncovered one, a fancy pickguard with a curl at the end, intricate fretboard inlays, and a 3/3 headstock shaped like one you'd see on a mandolin.

This is the 2676. It's red and has gold hardware, two covered pickups, block inlays, and a 3/3 headstock that's closer to what you'd see on later Ibanez guitars.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 02/10/2026

Yamaha SB-70 bass

The Yamaha SB-70 is the top-of-the-line bass that Yamaha had in the early 1970s. It's got a single-cutaway body style reminiscent of a Les Paul, but with a really deep cutaway and a German carve around the edge of the body that's accented with white binding. It's got two pickups, and each one has its own volume control. There's also a master tone control. The 20-fret neck has chevron-shaped inlays and is topped by a 2/2 headstock.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 01/10/2026

ESP custom

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 30/09/2026

Pignose PGG-TWIN

I found this Pignose PGG-TWIN in the same catalog I found yesterday's guitar in, and I thought it was too good not to post right away.

You might know Pignose from their small travel amps. Frank Zappa had one that he heavily modified and took everywhere, for example. What you may not know is they also made travel guitars in the late 90s and early 00s that were kinda a competitor to the Fernandes Nomad line. The normal guitar was a single-cutaway design, but I've also seen one shaped like a Flying V. The PGG-TWIN is the weirdest one of the bunch, though.

It's a 12/6 doubleneck guitar, and each neck is set up the same way: a hot rails-style pickup jammed next to the bridge and a speaker for a built-in amp. (Yes, this guitar has two amps. No, I don't know why.) There's a volume knob that's also a push/pull power button and a toggle switch for each amp. You can even have both amps on at the same time if you want. Each neck has 22 frets. The top one has a 6/6 headstock, and the bottom one is a 3/3.

There's a label between the Strat-style hardtail bridges that shows you how to use the volume knob. It reads:

Power & Volume Knob
Pull: Power-on
Push: Power-off
Full Volume -> Feedback!

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 29/09/2026

Aria M48V

The Aria M48V is a semi-hollow electric guitar with a curved F-hole and an extra point coming out of the lower half of the body. It's got two P-90s that are controlled by a volume knob, a tone knob, and a 3-way blade switch. It's also got a Bigsby, a 24-fret neck, and a 3/3 headstock.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 28/09/2026

ESP THE ALFEE Signature Angel Classic Junior

I've posted a few guitars that ESP made for The Alfee's guitarist Toshihiko Takamizawa (Takamiy), and here's another one. This one is the most normal of the bunch, which is saying something.

The ESP THE ALFEE Signature Angel Classic Junior has a shape that's inspired by a Les Paul, but has went through some rather creative surgery. It's got an asymmetrical waistline, and the cutaway horn has been moved all the way back to where your leg would rest if you played this sitting down. The body also has The Alfee inlaid on it, as well as one of Takamiy's other angel-inspired guitars, making this the only instance I can think of where a guitar's inlaid onto a totally different one.

This guitar's got two humbuckers, and they're controlled by a volume knob and a 3-way switch. It's also got a Floyd Rose trem. The neck has angel inlays and is topped by a curly 4/2 headstock. (Ignore the black things on either side of the headstock; those are from a guitar stand.)

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 27/09/2026

Peter Cook Axe bass

Here's a picture that Baron Wolman took when the Who played the Cow Palace in San Francisco on 11/18/67. In it, John Entwistle is singing and playing a bass guitar that started life as a Fender Jazz, but has been heavily modified by luthier Peter Cook. The body is really narrow where it joins up to the neck, then flares out to a rounded triangle shape for John to rest his arm on at the top and a hook-shaped area at the bottom. The neck, bridge, and pickup are from a Fender Jazz bass, but the knobs (one volume and one tone) don't look particularly Fender-ish.

John also had a version of this bass (called the Axe) that was based on a Gibson Thunderbird.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 26/09/2026

Donner Hush X

The Donner Hush X is a headless electric guitar designed for traveling. Its body is kinda shaped like a Steinberger, but it's got a removable frame around the edge of the body that gives it the shape of a regular electric. It's got a humbucker and a single-coil, and they're controlled by a concentric volume/tone knob and a 3-way switch. Since this is a headless guitar, the tuners are integrated into the bridge.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 25/09/2026

Eastwood "Be Stiff" bass

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 24/09/2026

Washburn WV40 Vindicator

The Washburn WV40 Vindicator is an asymmetrical Flying V-style electric guitar. The top part of the V is longer and thicker than the bottom, and it's also curved. The guitar has two humbuckers, and they're controlled by a volume knob, a tone knob, and a 3-way switch. The 24-fret neck has compass-shaped fret inlays and is topped by a reversed 6-in-line headstock. My favorite part is the pinstriping that follows the outline of the body.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 23/09/2026

Line6 Variax 700 Acoustic

The Line6 Variax 700 Acoustic looks like a fairly normal thinline acoustic guitar. It's got a deep cutaway and the fretboard extends into the soundhole, giving you access to the higher notes on the treble strings. If you just look at the front of the guitar, the only real clue that this isn't a normal acoustic is the 6 individual piezo pickups in the bridge.

The controls for the Variax electronics are on top of the body. There's a model selector knob and three sliders. In the regular mode, the sliders control the virtual mic position, volume, and a compressor. If you double-tap the knob, however, that puts the guitar into alternate tuning mode. You can use the sliders to pick preset tunings, or even create your own.

There are two output jacks: a normal 1/4" output and a special Variax cable that's basically an RJ45 cable with a special connector that'll lock it in place. This will take care of sound output and power for the guitar if you've got the right breakout box.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 22/09/2026

JD Guitars T-12

The JD Guitars T-12 is a 12-string version of a thinline Telecaster, with a single-cutaway semi-hollow body that's got one F-hole. It's stained red at the end of the body and fades to yellow the closer you get to the neck, giving it a "tequila sunrise" finish that's only covered by a small S-shaped pickguard that barely reaches to the bridge plate. There's a DiMarzio hot rail-style humbucker (maybe a Fast Track T? not sure) in the bridge, and a normal single-coil in the neck. They're controlled by a volume knob, two tone knobs, and a 3-way switch. The 6/6 headstock is finished the same way as the body.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 21/09/2026

Kay K900G

The Kay K900G is a semi-hollow electric guitar with a symmetrical double-cutaway body shape, a narrow waist, pointy horns, and one F-hole. It's got two single-coil pickups, and each one has its own volume control and on-off switch. There's also a master tone control and a 3-way rhythm/bass/solo switch. The weird thing about the controls is all of them are sliders except for that one switch. The guitar also has a Bigsby-style trem, block inlays, and a 3/3 headstock with a full-width string retainer right above the nut.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 20/09/2026

Ibanez Artcore AWD82T

The Ibanez Artcore AWD82T is a semi-hollow archtop guitar with a Strat-style double-cutaway body. There's binding around the edge of the body and around the two F-holes. It's got two humbuckers, and they're controlled by a volume knob, a tone knob, and a 3-way switch. The T on the model number stands for "tremolo". The neck has large "kumogara" block inlays and a 3/3 headstock.

The AWD82T was a one-year wonder for Ibanez, and it was replaced by the AWD83T in 2006.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 19/09/2026

Murph Squire 1-T

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 18/09/2026

Traveler Escape Mark III

The Traveler Escape Mark III is a headless travel guitar with a single cutaway. It's got a full-scale neck, and the tuners are under the strings where the soundhole would be on a regular acoustic. There's a piezo pickup in the bridge, and controls for it (volume, bass, and treble knobs) are on top of the body.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 17/09/2026

Schecter Omen Extreme 5 bass

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 16/09/2026

BC RIch Warlock Body Art Collection "The Fly"

The BC Rich Warlock is a very angular metal guitar with a double cutaway body that's got a big V cut out of the end, leaving two asymmetrical points. It's got a humbucker in the bridge that's controlled by a volume knob, a 24-fret neck, and a 3/3 headstock that's just as pointy as the rest of the body.

Speaking of the body, this guitar is part of the Body Art collection, and has a fairly realistic top-down picture of a fly that takes up the whole body.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 15/09/2026

Ibanez Alpha A527

The Ibanez Alpha A527 is a 7-string electric guitar with fanned frets. The double-cutaway body has had a curve cut out of the end and a beveled cutaway in the top of the body where your arm goes. It's got two Fishman Fluence humbuckers, and they're controlled by a volume knob, a tone knob, a 3-way blade switch, and a coil tap switch. The neck has dot inlays on the side that glow in the dark, and the headstock is split 4/3.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 14/09/2026

Gibson Ultratone 6

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 13/09/2026

Fender Rhinestone Stratocaster prototype

In 1975, Ivor Arbiter (the UK's Fender distributor at the time) asked sculptor Jon Douglas to make "a non-boring Strat". Now, if you look at just the hardware specs, this is basically the same as any other Strat that came out of the factory in 1975 (three single coils, one volume and two tone controls, 5-way blade switch, maple neck with rosewood fretboard and big 70s headstock). The body is a whole different story, though.

The body of this Strat is made out of a fiberglass core that's been covered in cold cast bronze. Feathery curls stand out from the body, with the longest one running from the bridge all the way down the top horn. The guitar has also been studded with white rhinestones, giving it its name.

Six guitars were made in this original run, but only two survived a fire at the Fender store where they were located. Another 50 were scheduled to be made in the 1980s, but Douglas died halfway through the run.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 12/09/2026

Veillette-Citron VC-II bass

Here's a screenshot from Stop Making Sense, the Talking Heads concert film. David Byrne is playing an acoustic guitar and singing, and Tina Weymouth is standing behind him and playing a blue Veillette-Citron VC-II bass. It's a double-cutaway design with a long upper horn. There are two pickups, and each one is controlled by a volume knob and a tone knob. There's also a 3-way switch.

I've posted other Veillette guitars and other Citron guitars, so seeing that they worked together is kinda neat.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 11/09/2026

Azor electric

I don't know too much about this guitar, but it looks too good not to talk about. Judging by the name on the pickups, it was made by Azor. It's a hollowbody electric with a single cutaway and a curve cut out of the end of the body. It kinda reminds me of an Ovation Viper, but with a deeper cutaway. It's got two single-coil pickups, and each one has its own volume and tone control. There's also a 3-way switch in the lower horn. The tailpiece follows the curve in the end of the body. The black plastic (!) fretboard has large dot inlays, and the neck is topped with a 3/3 headstock.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 10/09/2026

Rickenbacker 481/12

The Rickenbacker 481/12 was a one-off guitar that has the maple body from a 481 (the guitar version of the 4000 series bass) and the maple neck from a 660/12. The two pickups are the toaster-style units, and they're controlled by a volume knob, a tone knob, and a 3-way switch. All of the hardware (tailpiece, pickup covers, tuners, etc.) is black, and the body has checkerboard binding.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 09/09/2026

Le Breton custom doubleneck

Here's a live shot of Khn from Angine de Poitrine playing a doubleneck guitar that Canadian luthier Raphael La Breton built for him. It's basically a Stratocaster and a Precision bass that have been spliced together. The Strat half has the normal three single-coil setup, replacing three blade-style pickups that were part of the original build. They're controlled by a volume knob, two tone knobs, and a 5-way blade switch. There are also two on/off switches that were probably coil taps for the original pickups. The top tone knob has been replaced by a die. The Precision half has the normal setup (split-coil pickup, one volume and one tone knob), but the knobs have been replaced by dice and the pickguard is covered in black tape to hide the original black & white tortoiseshell pickguard. Each neck is microtonal up to the 12th fret; that is, each normal fret has a half-tone fret between it and the fret for the next whole tone. The Strat neck has a 3/3 headstock, and the Precision neck has a 2/2 headstock.

Here's something else I noticed about this guitar when I watched their performance on Jools Holland's show: red and green fret markers on the top of the frets! I'm not sure where they start because this screenshot I took has the headstock cut off, but you can see how they basically alternate red / blank / green / blank all the way down the neck.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 08/09/2026

Gower Fate Vanderpool custom

Gower Guitars was based out of Nashville, and they made many guitars for country musicians, like this one for session guitarist Fate Vanderpool. (You can tell it was his because the pickguard has FATE inlaid in it with abalone capital letters.) It's got a single-cutaway shape, and the top horn is long and curved inwards like an old F-style mandolin. It's got a humbucker-style pickup in the bridge and a single-coil in the neck, and they're controlled by a volume knob in the lower horn, two tone knobs (one for each pickup), and a 3-way switch. (One of the tone knobs is missing in this picture. It would be to the left of the white knob, above the switch.) The guitar also has thick abalone binding around the edge of the body, a Bigsby trem, large abalone block inlays, and a mandolin-inspired 3/3 headstock.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 07/09/2026

Airline Barney Kessel Swingmaster

The Airline Barney Kessel Swingmaster is a fantastic-looking hollowbody electric with a double cutaway design shared with all of Kessel's various signature models and a single F-hole. It's got three "Kleenex box" single-coil pickups. Each one has its own volume and tone knob, and there's a 3-way rotary pickup switch above the neck pickup.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 06/09/2026

Kauer Gripen

The Kauer Gripen is a more angular version of an Explorer-style electric guitar. There's also been a V carved into the front and back of the body, so the section with the pickguard, pickups, and bridge is thicker than the area where the knobs are and the area you whack your elbow on.

The guitar in the picture has two humbuckers. Each one has its own volume knob, and there's also a master tone knob and a 3-way switch. The reversed 6-in-line headstock is just as angular as the body.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 05/09/2026

Ibanez EHB-600 bass

The Ibanez EHB-600 bass is a new, headless model. Its body has a long upper horn and a deep lower cutaway. It's got two pickups, and they're controlled by a volume knob, a balance knob, a mid boost/cut knob, a concentric bass boost/cut / treble boost/cut knob, and a switch that turns the EQ on or off. When the switch is off, the treble knob functions as a passive tone knob.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 04/09/2026

Robin Ranger

The Robin Ranger is a semi-hollow electric guitar with many Fender design cues. It's got a Strat-type shape with an F-hole like a Telecaster Thinline. The pearloid pickguard only covers the neck side of the body like an original Precision bass. It's got two single-coils in the bridge & middle positions and a humbucker in the neck, and they're controlled by a volume knob, a tone knob, and a 5-way blade switch.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 03/09/2026

Charlston acoustic

This Charlton acoustic was made in Texas around 1940. It's got a symmetrical double-cutaway body that's reminiscent of a Danelectro. The bridge is angled in the opposite direction from the harp tailpiece. There's a large pickguard below the neck, and the end of the fretboard stair-steps past the 15th fret. I like the little curl at the end of the 3/3 split headstock.

You might be wondering where the soundhole is. It's in the next picture.

This is the back of the Charlston acoustic. The soundhole is actually a half-circle that takes up the whole end of the guitar. It's made up of two quarter-circles, and slats fan out from the point of the quarter-circle to the curve. I think it's one of the prettiest things I've posted on here in a while.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 02/09/2026

Fender Voyager prototype

The Fender Meteora is an offset electric guitar with a double-cutaway body. Before they went into production, two prototypes were made using the model name Voyager. One of them was set up in full Telecaster mode, with a blonde finish, two single-coils, and a 3-saddle Tele bridge. The one in the picture, however, is meat to be more futuristic. Its two pickups are hidden under the large metallic pickguard, and they're controlled by a volume knob, a tone knob, and a 3-way switch. Its tremolo and headstock are both Strat-style. I like the red letter F on the pickguard.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 01/09/2026

Or if you've gotta wear really big shoes.

Here's a picture of the Banana Splits, a fictional rock band that were on a children's TV show of the same name in the late 1960s and early 1970s. All of the characters are in fursuits and have big goofy heads and feet. The band consists of:

Fleegle, a beagle playing guitar
Bingo, a gorilla playing drums
Drooper, a lion playing bass
Snorky, an elephant playing keyboard

The whole band played Vox instruments. Fleegle played an Apollo (which I've posted before), and Drooper played a 6-string Starstream (even though he's supposed to be a bass player).

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 01/09/2026

Vox Starstream XII

The Vox Starstream XII is a teardrop-shaped hollowbody guitar with a curved soundhole on the top of the body. It's got two single-coil pickups, and they're controlled by a volume knob for each pickup, a master tone, and a 3-way switch.

...oh, and there are a few other doodads thrown in too. Hold on tight, because it's gonna get weird.

Those of you that have seen the other Vox guitars I've posted know that their 60s models were loaded with built-in effects, and this one's no different. There's a switch & knob for a treble/bass booster, a switch & knob for a distortion circuit, and a switch & knob for a repeater circuit along the bottom of the body. There's also a switch above the neck pickup that triggers a built-in E note so you have something to tune to.

The weirdest thing about this guitar is definitely the wah-wah pedal. Flip a switch above the bridge pickup, and you can rock the triangular thing sticking up out of the bridge back and forth with your palm.

The headstock is Vox's normal ovoid triangle shape, but they've put 6 tuners on both sides of it.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 31/08/2026

Parker PAB40 Tomahawk bass

The Parker PAB40 Tomahawk is an acoustic bass from the same company that made the Parker Fly. It's a single-cutaway design with a pointy horn and another weird point coming off the top of the body, close to the waist. Instead of having a regular soundhole or F-holes, it's got a series of concentric arches that get bigger the closer they get to the edge of the body. The extra point on the body makes a little room for the biggest arch, and the higher frets on the fretboard are stair-stepped to make room for the arches as well. There's a piezo pickup installed into the asymmetrical bridge, and it's controlled by a Fishman preamp.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 30/08/2026

Eagle B.B. Stone

The Eagle B.B. Stone is a rectangle-shaped electric guitar with double cutaways and very pointy horns. It's got two humbuckers, and they're controlled by a volume knob, a tone knob, and a 3-way switch. The neck has block inlays, and there's a big hole in the middle of the 3/3 split headstock. The tuners are installed so that the shafts are inside the hole and the keys point down, kinda like the slotted headstock you'd see on a classical guitar.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 29/08/2026

Paul Reed Smith Santana prototype

This Paul Reed Smith Santana prototype was built in 1979. It's got a double-cutaway body, and this particular guitar was the first PRS to have a one-piece maple top, as well as the first cherry sunburst finish. It's got two rewired P-90 pickups, and each one has its own mini on/off switch. There's also a volume knob. The neck has a bird inlay on the 12th fret and a 3/3 split headstock.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 28/08/2026

Atlansia Pentagone bass

The Atlansia Pentagone is a 5-string electric that looks like somebody took two basses, cut them in half, and mixed the pieces up. The top half of the bass (where your arm goes) looks like a large, rounded-off triangle that bulges out at the end of the body and tapers down to meet the neck at the 12th fret, while the bottom half of the bass (where your leg goes) looks like a fairly normal Strat-ish shape with a deep, beveled cutaway. There's a big black armrest bolted to the widest part of the top triangle.

There are two pickups, but I think each one is really five of Atlansia's single-string pickups in a rectangular enclosure. The neck pickup is angled so the top of the pickup is closer to the neck. They're controlled by one volume knob, two EQ knobs, and a balance knob.

The narrow, Strat-ish headstock is split 3/2, and the tuning peg shafts almost line up in a perfect straight line. (The one for the G string is pushed over a little to the right to make room for a string tree.)

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 27/08/2026

Gibson Dusk Tiger

The Gibson Dusk Tiger is a cyborg Les Paul. Instead of having a floating pickguard, it's got two metalllic ones that are mounted to the body: a large, curved one that covers the bridge pickup and the controls, and a small one for the neck pickup that looks like Frank Zappa's mustache.

Speaking of the pickups, there's a humbucker in the bridge position, a P-90H (a humbucker-sized P-90) in the neck position, and a piezo setup in the bridge. The two magnetic pickups have black covers that are reminiscent of the pickups on the Les Paul Recording models.

The guitar is controlled by four knobs that follow the curve of the large pickguard and a 3-way switch in the normal spot. Each pickup has a volume knob, and there's a master tone knob as well. The fourth knob is the Master Control Knob, and it controls what tuning you're in, what kind of guitar is being modeled, and even works with the robot tuners. The output jack is a combined 1/4 inch / XLR jack, and there's a switch that'll let you choose if the guitar's being output with low or high impedance. The guitar even comes with a computer interface so you can change what you need to on there.

My favorite part of this guitar is the tiger fang inlays on the 5th and 12th frets.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 26/08/2026

Mitchell MM-100

Here's a picture of Dolly Parton (RIP) on stage during the ceremonies for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2022. She's wearing a black leather suit that's got small gold chains and red & white rhinestones all over it. Her guitar, a Mitchell MM-100, is also covered in rhinestones.

The MM-100 is a 3/4 scale Strat-shaped electric guitar with two humbuckers. They're controlled by a volume knob, a tone knob, and a 3-way blade switch. The strings go through the body, over the Les Paul-style bridge, over the 24-fret neck, and stop at a 3/3 split headstock.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 25/08/2026

Monteleone Teardrop

The Monteleone Teardrop is probably the wildest archtop jazz guitar I've seen. It's got what would be a double-cutaway body if the upper horn wasn't curved inwards like a F-style mandolin. There's also an extra curved point coming off the end of the body on the treble side and two oval soundholes on either side of the bridge instead of F-holes. The neck has triangular inlays, and the 3/3 headstock is bigger on the treble side, making it look like Gumby's head.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 24/08/2026

Tantra Rock bass

The Tantra Rock bass is a 24-fret electric bass from France. Its body is shaped like a big equilateral triangle, and the neck comes out of the point at the top. It's got one pickup that's controlled by a volume knob and a tone knob. Its triangle-shaped headstock is split 2/2.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 23/08/2026

LoBue doubleneck

This 12/6 doubleneck was made by American luthier Charles LoBue for jazz guitarist Steve Khan sometime around 1975. It's a double-cutaway design with a German carve around the body. Each neck has two humbuckers that were made by Larry DiMarzio (LoBue's apprentice at the time). They're controlled by a volume knob, tone knob, and 3-way switch for each neck, as well as a 3-way neck selector switch and a small 3-way switch that's a coil tap/phase switch for the bridge pickup for the 6-string. All of the controls are behind the bridge of the 6-string neck. Both neck have teardrop-shaped inlays.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 22/08/2026

Arturo Valdez acoustic

Here's a thinline acoustic guitar that was made by luthier Arturo Valdez. It's got a single cutaway, and it's the only acoustic guitar I've seen with an asymmetrical waist. The curve on the bottom of the body (where your leg goes when you play it sitting down) is longer and shallower than the curve on the top. The guitar also has what looks like a humbucker mounted next to the neck, and there's a volume knob for it in the cutaway.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 21/08/2026

Electro Vibrola Spanish

The Electro Vibrola Spanish is a fretted solid-body electric guitar that was made by RIckenbacker in the late 1930s. (The Spanish refers to how you hold the guitar when you play it. Yesterday's guitar would've been referred to as Hawaiian-style if it had been released in the 1930s.) It's got an acoustic guitar-inspired Bakelite body that's shared with the Electro Model B Spanish model, but is twice as thick to house the motor, flywheel, and solenoid for the electronic vibrato system that's built into the bridge. This system, called the Vibrola, is identical to the one that's been used on some Gibson models, but is controlled by the electronics inside the body rather than a normal wiggle stick. Ventilation holes for the electronics have been drilled into the chrome on the front of the body as well as the back of the body.

The horseshoe pickup is controlled by a volume knob, and there's also a knob to control the vibrato. There's a cord hard-wired into the guitar, but it's not an output cord; you plug it into the wall to provide power for the vibrato mechanism. The neck has 24 frets, and is topped by a 3/3 split headstock.

Weird Guitar of the Day @weirdguita.rs · 20/08/2026

Mosrite lap steel

Those of you that have been following this account for a while know that I love steel guitars in any configuration (lap, console, or pedal). This one's definitely the weirdest one I've found.

In 1984, country singer and musician was badly injured in a car crash. As a show of support, Semie Moseley of Mosrite guitars built her a lap steel guitar that's shaped like a crutch. He measured and configured it so she should actually use it as a crutch, too. It's a headless 6-string design, and the tuners are located between the bridge and the hand grip. It's got a single-coil pickup like you'd see an any of Mosrite's other guitars, and it's controlled by a volume knob.

There's a plaque on the back with an inscription that reads:

Barbara! With God
You Will Make It
Jesus Loves You
and I Love You
Semie 1984