35 Cutting Edge Instruments (CLUSTER)

Exotic Guitars - Peter McGilton's Extreme Series (GALLERY)

With the electric guitar and motorcycle practically being first cousins, anything that merges them both has got to rock, right? Well, it does in the case of these Exotic Guitars from Peter McGilton. Artist,… [More]

Compact Guitars - The Folding Electric Nomad

Are you a rockstar that has to catch the metro bus because your tour bus isn't done yet? Previous guitar makers tried making a guitar that folds once. Good idea, but still, it's a pretty awkward instrument… [More]

Musical Weapons - Wickedly Cool Instruments (GALLERY)

In the U.S. we just love to blow things up. We'll invade a country when we get bored just to blow things up. And we love playing music while we blow things up. All across the United States, musicians… [More]

Instruments Made of Food - Ocarina (VIDEO)

Ocarina is described by Wikipedia as a flute-like wind instrument, made of various mediums, with origins in Chinese and Mesopotamian cultures. However, the more unique version of Ocarina as referenced… [More]

Mutant Guitars- Pikasso

The Pikasso, created by Linda Manzer, quite simply makes regular guitars look boring. With two sound holes, four necks, and 42 strings, you can just imagine the range of chords that could be produced!… [More]

Ouija Board Instruments - Haunted Musical Furniture (GALLERY)

The Oujia Board Slide Guitar by Nicholas Holcomb is a unique fusion of a guitar and table design. The resulting design is a fun musical piece of furniture that will liven up your living room. Also check… [More]

Guitar Gadgets - N-Tune for On The Spot Tuning

Your excuse for playing out of tune, besides from not being able to tune your guitar, is that guitars grow and expand from the humidity. Some smart dudes invented the N-Tune gadget that attaches to a guitar… [More]

Retro Instruments for Modern Music - MP3 Stylophone (VIDEO)

Awesome news - the 1970's "organ in your pocket," AKA the Stylophone, is back with a bang and it is awesome. Are you too young to know what this is? It's a battery-operated instrument with metal keys… [More]

Custom Rock Band and Guitar Hero Instruments - ArtGuitar Controllers

These beautifully pimped out guitars were inspired by the popular video games Guitar Hero and Rock Band. The limited edition guitars which were put out by ArtGuitar were hand-painted with familiar images… [More]

Flaming Instruments - Man Plays Burning Piano (VIDEO)

Talk about a dramatic performance. Earlier this month, Japanese pianist Yosuke Yamashita plopped down on the bench of grand piano as it went up in flames. Fortunately, he played it safe by not only jumping… [More]

Play Guitar Hero On Your T-shirt - The Hero Guitar (GALLERY)

If you want to practice your Guitar Hero skills as often as possible, this is the T-shirt for you. The $35 100% cotton T features the body of the famous red Gibson SG electric guitar, so you can strum… [More]

Instruments of the Future - Pianos for the Millenium

I have been playing the piano for quite some time now. One of the main reasons I began to play was because I saw the piano as a beautiful instrument. Not just from its outer appearance, but because the… [More]

Instruments Made of Car Parts - Car Music Project for Ford (VIDEO)

Recycling has spurred on such a huge movement for creative projects like these instruments made of old car parts. The video is from the British Ford commercial we posted last week which featured an entire… [More]

Guitar Hero Goes Mobile - Guitar Hero Carabiner (VIDEO)

If you are one of the numerous Guitar Hero fanatics, you will love this extremely tiny and cheap $15 Guitar Hero Carabiner. Now you can hone your rock star skills while commuting and annoy more people… [More]

High Tech Silent Guitar - Strym Yamaha

Strum Yamaha's new silent guitar is pretty darn brilliant - and the ultimate boys toy. It is nylon strung so you don't get anything like the volume you would from a normal guitar and it has no soundbox.… [More]

Real Rock Band Uses Plastic Instruments - Guitar Zero's (VIDEO)

Guitar Zero’s is a new band causing a fuss on the underground scene. Call it nerd rock or geek punk, this novelty band, regardless of category, is rocking hard. Using the ever popular Guitar Hero… [More]

Playing Instruments Made of Ice - Geilo Ice Festival (VIDEO)

Would you hike up stormy, icy mountain tops for a music festival? To celebrate the first full moon of every year, the Geilo Ice Festival takes places in the mountains of Southern Norway. It's an extremely… [More]

Free Air Guitars - Unique Ad From UK Radio Station

The viral rise of games like Guitar Hero has everyone lusting for their own air guitar. Now, UK radio station (96.3 Rock Radio) has launched a promotion to make your dreams come true - free air guitars!… [More]

Toilet Seats that Rock - Jammin' Guitarlet & Pee-ano by Jammin' Johns (GALLERY)

Use your Elvis voice: "not now baby, I gotta drop some hound dogs at the Guitarlet." So you either love these rockin' commode lids, or you loath them. Life is like that sometimes. The maker of these… [More]

Touchscreen Guitar - Modified Guitar Hero 3 Also Has Magnetic Switch (VIDEO)

Thousands of Guitar Hero fans will go crazy for the Guitar Hero III touch-screen and magnetic switch. No, this isn't some thing new on the market in time for Christmas. It's actually the creation of… [More]

Futuristic Bot Guitar - Gibson Robot (VIDEO)

Bots are everywhere. Gibson - the best name in guitars - is selling the Gibson Robot. Only 10 per store will be available. There are all kinds of adjustments and presets to help players get great sound.… [More]

Cocaine Guitar - $3.5M Instrument Can't Play a Lick (GALLERY)

This guitar won't ever play a note -- that's because it's made of pure cocaine. A dope head flew from Costa Rica to Rome with a guitar made to look like a black Strat Squier. He even bothered to put the… [More]

Eco-Friendly Instruments - Walden Pond Wood Piano

Those beautiful trees that grew around the famous Walden Pond make for one beautiful piano. You don't think they cut down the trees around Walden Pond, do you? They didn't. Wood that had fallen naturally… [More]

Instruments Inspire Architecture - Chinese Design

This extremely unique building is an Huainan City, China. Built to display the layout pattern of the newly-built area in the city, the building is shaped like a piano and a violin. Not much else to say… [More]

"The Heroin Diaries" Guitar - Support Nikki Sixx's Charity

Motley Crue's Nikki Sixx has launched the Celebrity Ovation Guitar which was inspired by his new book, The Heroin Diaries. The $550 limited edition guitar features graphics designed by PR Brown, the same… [More]

Vegetable Orchestra - Music From Vegetable Instruments or Modern Art? (VIDEO)

Fresh vegetables are good for you. They are also pretty to look at. But did you know you can also listen to them? The Vienna Vegetable Orchestra describes their music, " The Vegetable Orchestra performs… [More]

Gibson Guitars Go Digital - The Gibson HD.6X-PRO

The new Gibson Les Paul has gone digital. The cutting edge guitar gives you incredible recording control and new effect possibilities. The Gibson HD.6X-PRO lets you record and apply a different effect… [More]

Reactable Instrument - Björk Introduces a New Electronical Music Instrument (VIDEO)

Björk had her debut VOLTA concert tonight in Iceland which you may have heard a few beats from a few days ago when we told you about some material that had leaked on the net. The first single from the… [More]

Travel-Friendly Musical Instruments - The Foldable Electric Guitar

Frederik Johansson is both a guitarist and airline pilot and has had some trouble combining those two things together. You see, his guitar has not been particularly popular on board the airplanes as it… [More]

One String Guitars - The Six String Sonics (VIDEO)

The Six String Sonics is a Japanese band made with guys that don't like the conventional type of guitar. They say that it's limited and they are reinventing it. So instead of stringing one guitar with… [More]

Online Video Guitar Lessons (VIDEO)

This is an ingenious idea. Learning how to play guitar has been a goal of mine for the longest time but I just cannot find time to take lessons, and some of them can get pricey. The Next Level Guitar offers… [More]

Pornstar Guitars - Schecter Guitars Gone Naughty

Vivid Guitars have come out with every porn/rock star enthusiasts dream, customized pornstar guitars. Featuring two hot pornstars Briana Banks and Stefani Morgan you can pick one of these up for a hot… [More]

Air Guitar Shirt - Technology Translates Your Motion into Music (VIDEO)

UPDATED WITH A VIDEO: Stairway to heaven, Bohemiam Rhapsody or November Rain. I KNOW you've strummed alone in your bedroom to these songs. But how cool would it be if the movements your making with your… [More]

Virtual Air Guitar (VIDEO)

We first published this article last December, but now there's a video and that's worth a revisit. Air Guitar is already based on the idea of 'Pretending', so why not extend the concept one step further?… [More]

RKS Wave Guitar With Interchangeable Skins

The new RKS Wave Guitar features interchangable skins. Hot! From the Company: It’s light and swift… It’s sleek and sexy… It has all the attitude of a supermodel—and it ROCKS! The Wave Guitar,… [More]

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