Spiral Electric Guitar
By Chris Weiss
I can already hear this guitar being used to belt out the inexplicably-mandatory Deep Purple riff. Why do we have to hear that riff for every guitar-related event since it was first scribed? Despite its soon-to-be generic taste in music, this guitar, designed by Steven Almond and entitled the Spiral Electric Guitar, would immediately center the attention of any audience. Though it may look like more of a gaming peripheral, the guitar is better-suited for football stadiums and basketball arenas than living rooms. It looks slightly uncomfortable to hold and play, but the visual impact can’t be debated. [via Industrial Design Served]
Tuesday, June 30, 2009 11:54AM
Sorry to be over-critical but if you are going to design a guitar as a project I think you should do your homework first on how a real guitar actually works, the fret spacing on this guitar is incorrect as is the pickup spacing. The frets being the critical flaw. Also the design of the horns on the body restricts access to upper frets making it unplayable above the 15th fret.