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Brace Your Neck: The Metal Guitarist Stance Explained

Oct 29, 2025 | Guitarist Postures & Motions

Headbanging is just the start. Discover the disciplined stance of the metal guitarist: Mayhem outside, control inside.

$Jazz Explained (Approximately) by Guitar Fail Math 101$

Jazz Explained (Approximately) by Guitar Fail Math 101

Oct 22, 2025 | Guitar Fail Math 101

Jazz = Improvisation / (Structure – Boundaries). A perfect equation that finally explains jazz… and why nobody knows where “one” is.

The Three-Point Anchoring System of Classical Guitar Immobility

Oct 15, 2025 | Guitarist Postures & Motions

Lesson 2 of Guitarist Postures & Motions: the Classical stance. Anchoring, tension, and the eternal battle between precision and panic.

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Random Guitar Hall of Fail…

Enough Strings is Enough !!

by Guitar Fail | July 7, 2014 | Designs | 0 Comments

24-string bass guitar madness... Meet Godzilla aka Prat Basses Godzilla C3-WTF-24 24-string Bass ! In 2014, Chris Cardone, owner of Kalium strings, asked for help in building the largest bass guitar possible. The luthiers at Prat Basses took on the challenge. Together...

And Here Is The Olive !

by Guitar Fail | August 3, 2011 | Designs | 0 Comments

Now the Pizza Guitar is complete ! This olive on a toothpick guitar actually is a custom 2-string bass guitar. The owner of this weird bass is Stig Pedersen from Danish band D-A-D. Stig Pedersen owns a lot of weird shaped basses. Don't be surprised to see more of him...

Guitar or Sea Monster? The Confusing Creation That Nobody Wants to Talk About!

by Guitar Fail | March 10, 2023 | Designs | 0 Comments

When I first saw this guitar, it made think of a sea creature. It's like the designer said, "You know what would be great? If we combined a fish, or some sort of aquatic creature, and a guitar to confuse the hell out of everyone." I think this guitar is trying to tell...

You Can’t Tell the Female Form by Looking at the Butt

by Guitar Fail | November 14, 2011 | Designs | 2 Comments

Spotted at Etsy... It is supposed to be a female form acoustic guitar. You know... They had to add details, because the curvaceous shape of a guitar is not reminiscent enough of a fantasized woman's hourglass figure, hahaha ! You can watch and hear the guitar on...

Too Much Pickguard Material?

by Guitar Fail | August 20, 2011 | Designs | 2 Comments

You're customizing your acoustic guitar. Say you want to add a pickguard because it will protect your guitar, and it will look cool. You proceed. You sculpt the coolest shape you can. Obviously, you'll screw the pickguard because glue is overrated. And then you think...

Alfa Romeo Guitar

by Guitar Fail | July 1, 2014 | Designs | 0 Comments

Not the first guitar inspired by a car... Not the prettiest either ! Somehow, this Alfa Romeo inspired guitar looks more like a vaccum cleaner than a car. Impressive ! Source Alfa Romeo has teamed up with custom guitar maker Harisson to create the Alfa Romeo guitar,...

This is not Donald “Duck” Dunn’s Signature Bass Guitar

by Guitar Fail | August 10, 2011 | Designs | 0 Comments

Quack, quack, quack! You ain't never seen a bass like this before. Someone probably tried to channel the spirit of the legendary Donald "Duck" Dunn himself through this duck shaped bass. Just in case Donald Duck Dunn name doesn't ring a bell, here is a reminder :...

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,...

Worst Heart-Shaped Guitar ?

by Guitar Fail | February 14, 2013 | Designs | 0 Comments

It's Valentine's day, so here is a guitar that combines the romance of a heart-shaped guitar with the deadly accuracy of an arrow. The perfect guitar for Cupid's next gig. Custom-made, heart-shaped guitar crafted by a former student of instrument fabrication at...

The Ramen Stratocaster: When Your Love for Food Meets Your Love for Music

by Guitar Fail | May 19, 2023 | Designs | 0 Comments

Let’s raise a fork…I mean, a pick…to the Ramen Stratocaster, the guitar that proves you can make music out of anything, even your favorite college snack.

BLUNDER-BUSTING GUIDES

Practical How (Not) To Guides To Hack It ‘Til You Make It Or Break It!

String Theory : How to Choose Your Guitar Strings Gauge ? A Quick Guide for the Plucking Perplexed

A simple guide that will help you search inside the Pandora’s Box of string gauges, and strum your way to string success.

A Simple Few-Steps Guide on How to Clean Your Guitar’s Fretboard

A dirty fretboard can negatively impact the sound of your guitar and make it more difficult to play. Here are the few steps you need to clean your fretboard.

GUITAR GOOF CHRONICLES

Guitar Tales & Stories No One Asked For…

Blast from the Past: The Curious Case of the Stratosphere Guitar!

What if the Stratosphere took over the Fender Stratocaster? Maybe the guitar world would’ve been a different place… A look back at an almost-legendary guitar.

Jeff Beck’s Guitar That Almost Was: The Ibanez Strat-a-Paul Misfire

This is the story of Jeff Beck and Ibanez, and a guitar that almost was: a hybrid dream prototype that combined two guitars and has since faded into oblivion.

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The Plankcaster: a Modernist Sculpture With String Tension Issues