Disasters

Guitar Strings Can Destroy Your Instrument !

by Guitar Fail | Apr 28, 2023 | Disasters

We’ve all been there. Guitar strings, “the heavier the better”, right ? I mean, sure, we all want to rock out and make some noise, but this is just taking it too far. But let’s be real, this guitar was probably owned by a metalhead who’s...

The Sweeney Todd Mod Telecaster

by Guitar Fail | Mar 20, 2023 | Disasters

This tele-disaster of a Telecaster is guaranteed to turn heads and possibly induce nightmares.

Beneath The Dirt, A Wonderful Teisco Excetro Bass?

by Guitar Fail | Aug 1, 2022 | Disasters

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...

What’s That Buzz ?

by Guitar Fail | Oct 27, 2015 | Disasters

If your guitar buzzes when not plugged in… Beware of the wasps ! A Melbourne man brought a guitar to Living Music that had been left in a shed for years and was making a buzzing sound when played. Upon inspection, it was discovered that the source of the buzzing...

So Much Pain in One Picture !!

by Guitar Fail | Feb 12, 2015 | Disasters

From Green Day’s Billy Joe Armstrong Instagram feed… “broken bits from the past 20 years”…

Guitars Mass Grave

by Guitar Fail | Nov 18, 2014 | Disasters

I don’t know the context of this picture. Is it a container full of counterfeit Gibson guitars ? Is it the result of the Nashville flood a few years back ? Regardless of the context, I think this guitars mass grave is gonna make me cry...