Cheap?*2

20 03 2010

If you’re looking for a guitar pick, there’s no shortage of different shapes, styles and materials available for you to choose from. Customized picks have been prevalent since the days when Rick Nielsen of Cheap Trick would throw hundreds of them out into the audience. In fact, most famous guitarists have their own custom guitar pick. Even among the myriad of different styles, some plectrums are more unique than others. The world’s most expensive guitar picks are some of those.

Starpics, an Australian company known for plectrums made of precious metals, created a completely unique pair of guitar picks. Like their other picks, they’re guaranteed to last pretty much forever and to significantly reduce string breakage. So what makes these picks so special?

They’re made of meteors.

World’s most expensive guitar picks

These two luxury picks were fashioned from pieces of Gibeon meteorite. Said to be around 4 billion years old, Gibeon meteorites were discovered in 1836 in Namibia, Africa, where their sale and export were banned by the local government. Despite that fact, over twenty-five tons of the meteorites have been recovered and it is the most commonly found meteorite on the market today. One of the most interesting things about the meteorites is the pattern of Widmanstatten lines created by their frigid passage through space. These patterns are preserved in the picks and can be seen in the picture .(linked up)

The most expensive guitar picks in the world are priced at $5,000 AUD ($4,674 USD).





Cheap guitar?

17 03 2010

Blackie, Eric Clapton’s favorite mid-career modified Strat has been surpassed in value and is no longer the most expensive guitar ever, despite that it was bought for $950,000 USD in 2004 by a guitar archaeologist.

The latest most expensive electric guitar in the world dethroned its predecessor at an auction in Doha, Qatar on November 16th, 2005. The Strat was signed by several rock musicians to benefit a tsunami charity, ‘Reach out to Asia’. It was bought one year ago by Qatar’s royal family for a million dollars and donated back to the Asia Program, bringing in $2.7 million USD at the more recent auction, whose attendees included Former President Bill Clinton. Technically, the guitar has generated a total of $3.7 million USD, making it the most expensive guitar yet.

Signees of this expensive electric guitar included Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Eric Clapton, Brian May, Jimmy Page, David Gilmour, Jeff Beck, Pete Townsend, Mark Knopfler, Ray Davis, Liam Gallagher, Ronnie Wood, Tony Iommi, Angus & Malcolm Young, Paul McCartney, Sting, Ritchie Blackmore, Def Leppard, and Bryan Adams, the coordinator of the project.





Weird guitars.

5 03 2010

I’ll not post the images as I did in the other posts.I guess it’s annoying to just scroll down again and again and again…and again.and again again.and again again and again….I’ll post them links on the words in a upcoming description about each one.So..here we go:

1.– Gun guitar

Play and kill at the same time with the Gun guitar.

2.-Pikasso guitar

The Pikasso guitar was built for Pat Meheny by luthier Linda Manzer in 1984 and it has 42 strings.

3.– Cigar box guitar

As it’s name says,the cigar box guitar is for players with few money.It’s handmade and has quite a good sound.

4.Toilet seat guitar

This toilet seat guitar includes all the accessories for making it look very real, like the turd and the toilet paper. Makes me wonder, does it sound like sh*t?

5.-Harp guitar

For some people (like me) it’s difficult enough to play the guitar, leave alone if it is combined with a harp. This is a combination of two instruments in one, and there are thousands of models, with different number of strings and configuration.

6.Skate guitar

The first combination of a guitar, a bass and a transport. Get on stage, play the damn thing and be the first to leave on your skate. Just take care of not stepping on the strings.

7.The Angel guitar

Ever heard of YOUR angel?Now this is more than that,cause this angel can fight,sing and also protect you from nightmares…pretty sure it’s price is bigger than these advantages.

8.Angel’s sword guitar

Hmmm..guess your angel died fighting a robber or something…now it’s your turn.Grab this..uhm..guitar..or sword..and go kick some of those haters.

9…Another guitar

I won’t describe this guitar.I don’t want to.

10.Scissors double neck guitar.

You can cut your…sound..with this one

11.Omg!!

You can tell me what this is..or what is it for?

12.Fresh guitar.

Now this is a nice guitar..Isn’t it?

13.Skull guitar

I guess it’s fake..I hope so.

And I’ll end here..It’s already too much.