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All I Wanted Was a Volume Knob !

by Guitar Fail | July 28, 2011 | Designs | 1 Comment

This confusing guitar is actually a 1976 Godwin Guitorgan vintage synth organ. The Godwin Guitorgan was developed by the Godwin Company in 1976. It was designed to emulate the sound of a traditional pipe organ, and featured a built-in guitar pickup that allowed...

Is This Some Sort of Guitar Art ?

by Guitar Fail | May 14, 2014 | Designs | 2 Comments

Well... I don't understand it !

Les Skulls Guitar

by Guitar Fail | October 31, 2016 | Designs | 0 Comments

As you may know, we love carved guitars at Guitar Fail. They never cease to amaze ! Our chuckles are always up to the amazing craftmanship involved in their making ! This one is some scary Les Paul guitar ! Even the knobs, the switch and the pickups rings are...

I’ve Been Hypnotized For 2 Hours by This Guitar

by Guitar Fail | September 8, 2011 | Designs | 2 Comments

Really... Clic the picture for a larger view then stare at it ! Bye Bye... See ya in 2 hours! The guitar is a Charvel that was exhibited at NAMM 2010 next to a Clockwork Orange movie label ! Source

Dragons & Guitars Don’t Mix Well !

by Guitar Fail | April 10, 2012 | Designs | 2 Comments

Nope... They really don't ! Especially when you try mix a double dragon with a guitar ! The only maybe enjoyable thing, so to speak, is the headstock. One blade on each side, and you've got yourself a nice slicing machine ! Double Dragon guitar - Source

Snake Guitar

by Guitar Fail | February 26, 2013 | Designs | 0 Comments

Impressive skills but carved guitars always make me smile... This custom shop ESP Snake 2 from makes no exception.

Sweet Leaf : The Ultimate Stoner Guitar ?

by Guitar Fail | June 14, 2014 | Designs | 0 Comments

We definitely would like to see a guitar battle between Tommy Chong's Sweet Leaf guitar and Mike Edison's ChroniCaster bong guitar. That would be smooookin !

Meet The Telequartzer Guitar

by Guitar Fail | December 2, 2014 | Designs | 0 Comments

There probably were some esoteric considerations behind the making of this Telecaster transformed into a Telequartzer guitar ! Overall

Pizzar : First in a Series of Unexpected Designs…

by Guitar Fail | May 6, 2014 | Designs | 0 Comments

... I certainly hope this is the last one of the series !! Believe it or not, this one-of-a-kind creationt aka the Pizzar electric guitar was designed by Bob Benedetto. Yes, the Benedetto from Benedetto Guitars. Quite a departure from their famous jazz archtop...

Do You Need The Best Top Fret Access ?

by Guitar Fail | October 12, 2011 | Designs | 3 Comments

The 1990s Alvarez Dana Scoop is a rare guitar with a unique feature - a "scoop" cut out of the body to allow for easier access to the upper frets. But ain't that a little bit too much ? Funny fact : Dana Sutcliffe, the creator of the Alvarez Dana Scoop guitar,...

Humbuckers Madness

6 guitars and 24 humbuckers, I'm pretty sure you'll never run out of sound options with that much firepower. I bet if you played all 6 at once, it would create a sonic boom that could bring down buildings. That must be one loud family - Source

Trump-Carved Guitar Making Strings Great Again?

It's not a guitar, it's a covfefe ! Given the reptilian skin they gave it, it's not sure if that's a poorly executed taxidermy project of Donald Trump, or an attempt to subtly disclose the real nature of Donald Trump. Who knows ? At least it's not as bad as a...

Yummy Full Breakfast Guitar

Why settle for just playing breakfast songs when you can have breakfast on your guitar? Imagine a world where every guitar comes with a side of bacon and eggs. Yummy ! I bet this one smells delicious. Too bad you can't cook with it. One thing though, do you have to...

Beneath The Dirt, A Wonderful Teisco Excetro Bass?

RED ALERT ** Hazmat suit required to touch that bass ! ** You can't get any relic than that. Pretty sure that under the mold and dirt, there is a nice bass guitar to rescue... Well, if someone can lift it from that wall ! Excetro was a house brand of the Kamano Music...

Stratocaster Mutilation

It all probably started as "let's make a cool guitar design !"... ... But it didn't end up that well ! We can only guess that the owner of this poor mutilated Stratocaster was looking for some futuristic design with an easy access to higher frets.

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PICKUPS MADNESS

DIY Disaster : An Active Pickup on a Hollowbody Gretsch Guitar !

A Gretsch Hollow-Active model ! For those who want all the disadvantages of a hollow body guitar, with none of the advantages of an active pickup. It makes sense for those who can't make up their mind between a hollow body and an active pickup Why not both and sound...

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STRINGS THEORY

Living on the Edge !

I wouldn't even try to bend the strings because they look like they are ready to snap ! Embracing a certain degree of risk and uncertainty is part of the guitar-playing experience. Think of all those improvised solos by our favorite guitarists during live concerts....

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AMPS & EFFECTS

Cat Eye LEDs FX Pedal

I never thought I'd see this anytime soon but I was wrong... Cats are everywhere !!! Noise Kick FX is an effects pedal builder that builds hand-made, hand-painted pedals in Baltimore, Maryland. They offer some awesome and hilarious designs.

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USELESS JUNK

How to Amplify an Unplugged Electric Guitar ?

You thought that the easiest way to amplify an electric guitar was using an amp ? Wrong ! You can use the Delsonix clip-on guitar speaker to amplify your unplugged electric guitar ! We don't know why the hell you would do this but now you know how to make your guitar...

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FUNNY STUFF

Easy chord !

Have you ever been frustrated by your inability to play certain chords ? No matter how hard you try, those lazy fingers just won't cooperate. How cool would that be to have extra-fingers ? This would make playing guitar a breeze ! Well I guess that even a...

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SIGNS, LABELS & NAMES

Yet Another Fucker Amp

We started the week with the Fucking Fucker Amp... Let's end it with just a Fucker amp! Thanks to Philippe who submitted this picture on Guitar Fail's Facebook page.

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HACKS & GUIT-ART

Guitar Urinal

Looks like someone finally found a way to turn the pee-break during a gig into a performance with this guitar urinal. I bet you can play the best Pee Funk solos ever with these but don't get your hands to close! Anyway, I can't wait to see the long line of musicians...

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GUITAR FAIL QUOTES

Nothing is More Beautiful Than a Guitar…

"Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two."Frederic Chopin Well, Chopin probably never said this but this so damn true anyway !

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ADS, CLASSIFIEDS & MEDIA

The Couch Potato Guitar & Bass Workout

That's got be the best method ever ! Technique-building exercises you can do while watching TV ? Count me in ! Their best selling point is the promise to discover how to properly sit on a couch while playing guitar or bass. That's the fucking hardest thing to do for...

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DISASTERS & MASSACRES

Someone Carved a Pickups Cavity with their Bare Hands ?

Obviously not... or else imagine the motivation it requires to carve such a swimming pool cavity that way ! Let's hope the new pickups config on this guitar was worth it !

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PERFORMANCES

Guitar Spin Fail Can Hurt !!

Ouch... That hurts ! What a dick move from the guitar to land on his balls ! Can't blame the guitar, though... Maybe she just felt dizzy from all that spinning. https://youtu.be/2efrxMOSINM

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STORIES

10 Acoustic Guitars Made of Wood Salvaged from Jimi Hendrix Childhood Home

The title says it all ! Let's introduce the Harmonic Hendrix Home Guitars™ ! This time Authentic Hendrix LLC is working with JOI Guitars to make a 10 acoustic guitars limited run. JOI Guitars will use "reclaimed wood, salvaged from the first Seattle home...

This is NOT a Guitar !

Ok ! The simple fact that a quadriplegic man can move his fingers to use a video game controller is awesome news ! But still... This is NOT a guitar, dammit !

Kirk Hammett’s Awkward Comment is… Very Awkward !

So, on the topic of KHDK guitar pedals he co-founded, Kirk thinks that "it's the first time you'll see a pedal company actually being driven by an actual guitar player." That comment is so awkward unless an "actual guitar player" can only be one who plays in a very...

Martin Guitar from the 1870s Accidentally Smashed in Tarantino’s Hateful Eight

No one told Kurt Russell that Jennifer Jason Leigh was using an authentic Martin guitars from the 1870s... So when the time came to destroy the guitar as scripted, he didn't wait for the double, and smashed the real one ! OUCH ! Martin Museum representatives only...

New Guitar Fail Tee-Shirts [Guitar Fail Shop News]

We've been asked many times to make these tee-shirts for sale on our Guitar Fail Shop at Spreadshirt... So we are glad to tell you that they are now available for the price of €18.90 (about $20).

“I See Dead Guitars” New T-shirts & Mugs [Guitar Fail Shop News]

You remember that picture of a guitar mass grave ? Heartbreaking isn't it ? We've seen a lot of heartbreaking guitar pictures on Guitar Fail... An awful lot ! Now, every time we look around it's like we see dead guitars every where ! If you're like us, you will buy...

“While My Guitar Gently Sweeps” New T-shirts & Mugs [Guitar Fail Shop News]

A few years back I found the picture of a dude playing a broom guitar on some forum. While looking at the pic, I started singing while my guitar gently sweeeeeps... Hence the caption ! That pun stuck in my mind... Like what would I do while my guitar gently sweeps ?...

“Stop Cruelty Against Guitars” New T-shirts & Mugs [Guitar Fail Shop News]

80% of the pictures we post on Guitar Fail screams one thing: STOP CRUELTY AGAINST GUITARS !! That could be the other name of Guitar Fail ... Though, for us that wouldn't be funny at all if people stopped hurting their guitars ! Anyway, if you want people to actually...

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