Steampunk-design guitars with macabre pasts

February 3, 2012 Admin News, 0

If you happen to be a fan of outdated electrical guitars, then axes that have been modified to look like they came out of steampunk fantasy could be proper up your alley.

Guitar enthusiast (and the man behind the comic strip “Agnes”) Tony Cochran is offering a assortment of instruments that have been meticulously modified to appear like steampunk creations. The guitars also come with fascinating, and often macabre, stories behind them–some that are linked to famous personalities from the previous, as well.

For instance, a single of Cochran’s favored guitars, the Alumicaster (pictured above), is explained to be “clad with Aluminum from the Porsche James Dean died in.” That is quite a bold claim. Another guitar known as the A-Bombcaster is supposed to have been “Discovered buried with an unidentified entire body in an Alabama cornfield in 1971.” Yikes.

Cochran’s guitars on display.

(Credit: Tony Cochran Guitars)

If you are interested in intricately comprehensive guitars that make excellent conversation pieces–and if these don’t get them speaking, possibly you want new buddies–Cochran’s steampunk-type instruments will set you back about $ 1,800 on regular. You can locate out a lot more on the creator’s Web website.

(Supply: Crave Asia through Born Wealthy)

guitars, macabre, pasts, Steampunkdesign

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