What's the wackiest stringed instrument you've ever seen?

[LBS-bass]

Great. Now I have a Donovan earworm.

There are worse things.

Actually, maybe not.

 

[LBS-bass]

Why would you need an 18 string bass to play a song that you could easily play on 2 strings? SHOWBIZ!

It's all about the optics!

 

[5StringBlues]

Without going to deeply into it, ZZ top has been about the optics for quite a while now.

It's all about the optics!

 

[bholder]

Why would you need an 18 string bass to play a song that you could easily play on 2 strings? SHOWBIZ!

It was a joke, son, a joke!

 

[5StringBlues]

Is that you, FOGHORN?

It was a joke, son, a joke!

 

[bholder]

Is that you, FOGHORN?

 

[5StringBlues]

I say that gal reminds me of the road between Fort Worth and Dallas. No curves.

 

[BassFishingInAmerica]

https://youtube.com/shorts/OcYZfaFD980?feature=share

 

[Mickey666]

https://youtube.com/shorts/OcYZfaFD980?feature=share
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Would love to see the build thread on that one.

 

[BlueTalon]

Would love to see the build thread on that one.

I'd love to see a video of it actually being played live at a gig.

 

[ardgedee]

Don't know why it took me so long to recall this, but Yoshihiko Sato has done a series of guitar sculptures...

 

[RichterScale]

 

[ardgedee]

To boldly play what has never been played before….

Blaster beam - Wikipedia

Supplementing my earlier comment, here's four minutes of The Beam in glorious hi-fi... it'll give your stereo speakers a serious workout...

 

[mysterial]

amazing contributions to the thread of amazing instruments