# Cocaine Guitar $3.5M Instrument Can't Play a Lick By Going Like Sixty | Published 2007-10-29 | Unique Source: Trend Hunter, https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/35-million-guitar-can-play-a-lick References: [bornrich.org](http://www.bornrich.org/entry/electric-guitar-worth-e2500000-damn-its-cocaine/) 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](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/mogabi-v3-guitar) to look like a [black Strat Squier](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/electric-guitar-pickups). He even bothered to put the label back on the fake. He was also carrying 10 insulated drink containers full of cocaine in solution. It totaled three kilogram of pure coke. Cocaine has been hidden everywhere, juice boxes, computers, arm casts, doors and even beetles! ## Trend Insights (Trend Hunter) - Score: 4.2/10 - Popularity: 79% | Activity: 40% | Freshness: 8% - Audience gender: 50% men, 50% women - Primary generations: Millennial - Top markets: North America, Europe ## Categories [Trend Hunter](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends) > [Unique](https://www.trendhunter.com/unique) > [Bizarre](https://www.trendhunter.com/bizarre) ## Key Themes ### Why This Trend Is Growing - **Hidden Drug Containers:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing advanced detection techniques or technologies to identify drug containers disguised as everyday objects. - **Innovative Drug Concealment Methods:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating new ways to conceal drugs using unexpected materials or techniques, such as cocaine guitar. - **Smuggling Innovations:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Designing countermeasures against increasingly creative smuggling methods, like hiding drugs in unconventional places like arm casts or beetles. ### Industries Being Reshaped - **Security and Detection:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing advanced security systems and detection technologies to combat drug smuggling. - **Law Enforcement:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Creating new strategies and tools to detect and prevent drug smuggling activities. - **Forensics and Crime Investigation:** Disruptive innovation opportunity: Advancing forensic analysis methods to identify drug concealment techniques and provide evidence for legal action. ## Related on Trend Hunter - [Recycled Guitar Prototypes](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/cardboard-guitar-1.md) - [Nightclub-Derived Wood Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/wood-guitar.md) - [Collaboration Fashion House Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/saint-laurent-x-fender-stratocaster.md) - [Shreddable Steampunk Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/steampunk-guitar.md) - [Carbon Fiber Smart Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/lava-me-3.md) - [Reimagined High-End Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/highend-guitar.md) - [Packable Electroacoustic Travel Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/travel-guitar.md) - [Eclectic Electro-Acoustic Guitar](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/electroacoustic-guitar.md) - [Affordable Retro-Style Guitars](https://www.trendhunter.com/trends/retrostyle-guitar.md)