Fishing rocks! Here's a rod/reel/fish embedded in a Telecaster custom guitar body...

[Josh]

Here's something you all didn't know you needed. A telecaster style acrylic body custom guitar with a real fish, some wood "structure", as well as a bamboo rod/reel embedded in it. The headstock has a fish body/tail theme to it as well. Created as a collaboration between StirlingSelf Guitars and Gepettos Guild, it's listed at $3800 on Reverb:

https://reverb.com/item/89593013-the-fish-guitar

TBH, I was a little skeptical that much of the fishing stuff wasn't just some sort of printed image embedded in there as the listing doesn't offer much in the way of alternate angles to show depth. But the Stirling Self TikTok page has a video that proves, sure enough, that's an actual fish/rod/etc embedded in there. Their Instagram account has additional photos/videos as well.

 

[troutstalker]

That’s really cool! It does look like it’s just a printed image but the video proves otherwise. Thanks for sharing.

 

[Jacob Watrous]

“We sanded down a pirhana”

 

[Josh]

“We sanded down a pirhana”

The completely normal hobby you hear so many people talking about.

 

[Brute]

I’m a tele guy myself…i wonder if you can send them a fish to put into the body…

 

[albula]

I played lead in a band in school and have fished for the rest of my life and to me that thing is hideous. Just trying a little too hard to be edgy. A fine guitar is beautiful in its simplicity and that thing is butt ugly.

 

[the_chemist]

Oof. I see this thing being showcased on chibson.

 

[Bambooflyguy]

A Flying V shark…..

 

[RCF]

Sometimes I just ask "why"?

 

[Bambooflyguy]

How about a bass bass…….

 

[Josh]

How about a bass bass…….

I feel like this would be next level bonkerballs.

MAKE IT HAPPEN FISH GUITAR PEOPLE!

 

[Bambooflyguy]

Is still have my hollow body Greco electric guitar…..I played for ten years as a kid…..Fish guitars by Hotrodz?

 

[Brute]

I remember when Dan Armstrong came out with clear plexiglass bodies for guitars…guitar purists were against it…they are now collectors items.

Im totally ok with art experimentation for guitar bodies…im far more concerned with action, tone and playability…

My stepdad started Danelectro back in the late forties and built electric guitars from common building materials like masonite to make guitars affordable to the masses, but didn't skimp on certain items like rosewood fretboards and mahogany necks for decent action & playability

 

[Josh]

My stepdad started Danelectro back in the late forties

Well that's pretty interesting! I've always liked the style of many Danelectro guitars.

 

[Brute]

Well that's pretty interesting! I've always liked the style of many Danelectro guitars.

Still trying to get pops into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame…he deserves to be in it. Ask how many current members in the hof started with a Dano…

 

[Sam Roffe]

I played lead in a band in school and have fished for the rest of my life and to me that thing is hideous. Just trying a little too hard to be edgy. A fine guitar is beautiful in its simplicity and that thing is butt ugly.

I don't know Albula, you want a butt ugly guitar? Try this on for size...

 

[Bambooflyguy]

I heard one of those before….sounded kinda shitty!

 

[the_chemist]

 

[Peyton00]

Maybe my granddaughter will make her own custom guitar.

 

[Travis Bille]

Like if Greg Ginn from Black Flag was a fly flicker