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Posted by: Praetorian May 24 2009, 01:15 AM

Check out the last one...I count 39 frets!!!!

Posted by: skennington May 24 2009, 01:19 AM

Looks like something Prince would have a blast with..

Posted by: Artemus May 24 2009, 01:20 AM

Yeah I can see what you mean, but each to their own eh. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Are these from Ed Roman/Abstract guitars by any chance?

Posted by: Praetorian May 24 2009, 01:25 AM

You got it!

Posted by: audiopaal May 24 2009, 01:33 AM

Awful
But I guess Prince would like them..

Posted by: bluetag May 24 2009, 04:24 AM

interesting designs i wonder what the extra support on the side of the guitars is for anyone know?

Posted by: Lian Gerbino May 24 2009, 06:40 AM

Niceeeeee, ... I mean... Niceeee... I mean... sorry, I forgot the word ¬¬

Posted by: bladzerok May 24 2009, 06:45 AM

the third one has the ugliest bridge ever

and thos must be insanely expensive!

Posted by: AlexLion May 24 2009, 08:02 AM

Posted by: Marcus Lavendell May 24 2009, 08:35 AM

Hehe...39 frets!? I can't imagine how it will sound that high up, probably not so good

Posted by: Canis May 24 2009, 05:56 PM

Then I can't imagine how #1 looks like

Posted by: AlexLion May 24 2009, 06:09 PM

That dragon guitar was first

Posted by: Fran May 24 2009, 06:16 PM

They are horrible, that's for sure

Posted by: David Wallimann May 24 2009, 08:21 PM

Wow!
I don't know what to think.
Can't tell if I like the design or not. Quite unique that's for sure!

Posted by: berko May 24 2009, 08:27 PM

Does that arch provide extra sustain or more depth to the sound? Or is it just pure... ehm... design? These are weird for sure

Posted by: Chris Evans May 24 2009, 09:37 PM

exactly what I thought!

Posted by: Muris Varajic May 25 2009, 12:09 AM

Wicked.

Posted by: Jmguitar64 May 25 2009, 03:30 AM

I tottally agree with you there man, although I wouldt mind owning one of them just to see peoples reactions to it

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces May 25 2009, 06:45 PM

Somebody knows what's the utility of the bar that's under the fretboard?

Posted by: AlexLion May 25 2009, 07:23 PM

Maybe a handle ?

Posted by: kahall May 25 2009, 08:12 PM

I could so totally mess up your ear holes with one of those.

Posted by: synfection May 25 2009, 08:20 PM

maybe its like a neck protecter!:O you cant bash the bottem of your neck now!

Posted by: Red May 25 2009, 08:30 PM

Wonder how high that 39 fretted one would sound, imagine that one with a whammy

Posted by: bladzerok May 25 2009, 08:41 PM

i don't think that it would sustain properly, if so it would stil be hard to play

i think its there to do tapped harmonic

Posted by: AlexLion May 25 2009, 09:33 PM

Try to hit there, maybe with a nail I`m pretty sure even my skinny fingers won`t fit there!

Posted by: Santiago Diaz Garces May 26 2009, 01:37 AM

Maybe have a 39 frets guitar will make you save a lot of money instead of buying Rusty Cooley's 8 string signature that has an A higher

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic May 26 2009, 12:21 PM

Prince would love it!

this gary kramer piece looks similar, it has balanced body, and many frets

Posted by: Ramiro Delforte May 27 2009, 02:34 AM

Those are like really futuristic designs, would be nice to hear how they sound

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic May 27 2009, 12:27 PM

With that much of wood, they should have a great potential I guess if the wood is HQ!

Posted by: AlexLion May 27 2009, 01:00 PM

36 frets 7 strings?!? Looks amazingly horrible

Posted by: Sensible Jones May 27 2009, 01:34 PM

I'm guessing that it could possibly increase the Sustain as there's more Wood mass to resonate...

Posted by: Resurrection May 27 2009, 03:09 PM

Reminds me a little of Uli Jon Roths "Sky Guitar", which also has a huge number of frets and comes in a 7-string version. I remember reading somewhere that his frets above the 24th fret are spaced at whole tones for easier access. Not sure if that's true or not.

Posted by: Sensible Jones May 27 2009, 04:13 PM

It's true alright!!!!

Here is what Uli had to say about his Sky guitar: "Back when I was with the Scorpions, a guitar builder in Brighton offered to make me my own guitar any way I would like, and I thought, 'What a concept!'. I questioned everything that had come before and tried to improve on it. I wanted more range, so I came up with a body shaped like a teardrop, but it wasn't visually appealing, so I added an S shape to the teardrop to give it more balance. I had the builder put as many frets on the neck as he possibly could. On my current Sky guitar, the frets above the 24th fret are placed in whole tones because it is too difficult to play above there with the frets placed so closely together. I didn't want to lose the warm sound of the neck pickup, so we mounted the pickup under the fretboard," he continues. "That actually worked and sounded good. My pickups (Mega-Wing) are made by John Oram, who figured out how to make a pickup that provides full-sounding tone and great sustain in the guitar's highest range. The next step was to add more range in the bass end, so I came up with the idea of a seven-string guitar."

Posted by: Trond Vold May 28 2009, 12:38 AM

Those are so over-the-top ugly that i actually want one

Posted by: Marcus Siepen May 29 2009, 12:40 PM

Lol, what the hell is this???

Posted by: midnight May 31 2009, 12:13 AM

I would break that wood bar on that first guitar in the first week. I'd be nervous playing it...probably costs a lot.

Someone out there would like these, I guess. Painfully ugly to look at for me. Not very inspiring...they are inspiring to throw on some striped spandex pants for some reason though.

Posted by: botoxfox May 31 2009, 03:22 PM

If Ed Roman is half the asshole I've heard he is, they probably play as bad as they look.

Posted by: Niels Jun 10 2009, 10:18 AM

WHOOOH! A great guitar


(to smash to the ground at the end of the gig )

Posted by: tonymiro Jun 10 2009, 10:28 AM

The luthier is called Andy DeMetriou - he also used to make violins and some very beautiful acoustic guitars. He made my custom way back in the late 80s - though mine is a much more standard shape (LP Junior type).

Andy gave up being a luthier a few years ago as his health suffered from exposure to all the paint and stuff - I think he now teaches master wood working skills in the SE of England. He's a really nice and friendly guy .

Posted by: Nighthawk1 Jun 10 2009, 11:26 AM

http://img2.photographersdirect.com/img/262/wm/pd535999.jpg nice corn flakes guitar

Posted by: edguy Jun 10 2009, 11:51 AM

Here are some more:

Maybe from lord of the rings?

Here the Highlander guitar:

And here we have the Superman guitar:

Hope you are not to shocked and stop your practicing

Posted by: berko Jun 10 2009, 11:54 AM

http://www.experiencedmusicalinstruments.com/images/EMI/Airscreamer-lg.jpg

I think this one is cute....

Posted by: Davidian Jun 10 2009, 11:59 AM

I hope you don't mean this guy?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktHxY30xImA

Posted by: tonymiro Jun 10 2009, 12:34 PM

nope that's not the same Andy

Posted by: Sondre Jun 10 2009, 01:51 PM

That is totally the guitar to bring out as a closer then destroy as the grand finale.

Posted by: qoody Jun 10 2009, 03:35 PM

Is that a support for falling left hand?

Posted by: rickzore Jun 14 2009, 03:55 PM

lol.. looks like you can break them very easy