Steampunk-styled guitars with macabre pasts
(Credit: Tony Cochran Guitars)
If you're a fan of old electric guitars, then axes that have been modified to look like they came out of steampunk fantasy could be right up your alley. Guitar enthusiast (and man behind the comic strip Agnes) Tony Cochran is selling a range of instruments that have been meticulously modified to look like steampunk creations.
The guitars also come with interesting, and sometimes macabre, stories behind them--some that are linked to famous personalities from the past, as well. For example, one of Cochran's favorite guitars, the Alumicaster (pictured above), is said to be "clad with Aluminum from the Porsche James Dean died in". That's quite a bold claim. Another guitar, called the A-Bombcaster, is supposed to have been "Found buried with an unidentified body in an Alabama cornfield in 1971". Yikes.
Tony Cochran's guitars on display. (Credit: Tony Cochran Guitars)
If you're interested in intricately detailed guitars that make great conversation pieces--and if these don't get them talking, perhaps you need new friends--Cochran's steampunk-style instruments will set you back about US$1,800 on average. Find out more on the creator's Web site.
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Timothy Fernandez is the subeditor at CNET Asia, as well as resident movie and music buff. With a background in mass communication and photography, he decided on a career in tech writing. He's also--secretly--an aspiring pop vocalist.
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