T h e re are all kinds of guita rs
o u t th e re —h igh -end, lo w-end,
m i d d l e o f t he ro ad, an d everything
i n b e t we e n . Some t imes guita r
s h o p p i n g s e ems o ve r w helming
b e c au s e t here are so many choices.
S h o u l d y o u buy a c h eap guita r, a nd
s u p e rc h a rg e it w it h aft erm a rk et
p art s ? S h o u ld yo u get a custom
s h o p j o b fro m your favorite big
b r a n d ? H ow abo u t a c u stom order
f rom o n e of t he many boutique
b u i l d e r s a ro u nd t oday? Sure, those
are a l l g o od o pt ions, but I’ve
g o t a n o t h er opt io n for you: B uy
s o m e t h i n g t hat ’s freaking weird.
Weird is good , a n d t h e re a re f e w
things more q u ir k y in t h e wo r ld
of electric gu it a r s t h a n a x e s t h a t
ha ve effects b u ilt in . I pre v io u s ly
touched on s o me o t h e r gu it a r s wit h
onboa rd effec t s , a n d by p o p u la r
dem a nd, I dec id e d t o t a lk a b o u t
som e other odd d u c k s . I f y o u ’ re
trying to be d iff e re n t , a n d y o u d o n ’t
wa nt the ha ss le o f h a u lin g a ro u n d a
peda lboa rd, h e re a re s o me o ddba ll
options tha t ma y ju s t b e t h e t ic k e t .
“Buy something that’s
freaking weird”