Alien electric guitar

A tubular electric guitar from a crashed alien spacecraft ;-). This one has 22 frets to the octave (31 total). Hutch had never played a 22-tone guitar before, or a tubular one! He plays Henry Mancini's theme from Peter Gunn (or Blues Brothers or Planet Claire) followed by a basic 12 bar blues shuffle in E.
See http://www.handmademusicclubhouse.com/forum/topics/pic-of-homemade-abs-bass-i... for more info and photos.
Creator's home page http://dkeenan.com

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• alien guitar
• tubular guitar
• electric guitar
• guitar
• rock blues

[XDuFELLalt]

tuning?

[dkeenan7]

@XDuFELLalt 22-tone equal temperament. Axial tuners at the bottom end, similar to a Steinberger.

[jonoce633]

Where did you get that!? And are those actual strings?

[dkeenan7]

@jonoce633 I designed and built it, and yes those are standard steel-core guitar strings. In fact the only standard guitar parts used in its construction are the strings and the output jack. See the photos via the first link in the description ("Show more").

[RaoulnJoy]

can you play violin on it?

[dkeenan7]

@RaoulnJoy Yes, you can play it with a violin or cello bow.

[dcmsupertrucker1]

Grate now my son will want one.

[unexplainedpointing]

Would the tubular shape not make it awkward as hell to play?

[TheYoo2b]

@lumpfish99 well that guitar uses 22 notes per octave and a round fretboard, so it really isn't the same as playing a regular guitar. i imagine most guitar players would have trouble playing it.

[pigtoriousantidote]

i'm sure the aliens designed it to play blues haha

[smiechoOwa]

@1991Szymek ale się świeci :D

[lawrenceaztig215]

If its called Alien electric guitar, does that mean the old man is an alien?

[DWarrior4]

If I spit on it will I get electrocuted?

[1991Szymek]

Eee... Gitara to ma być gitara. A nie coś takiego.

[stapmnam]

there goes the guitars as we know it...shame on you !!

[stefan5445]

that's some awesome design! thanx for sharing!