This is a video of musician Astaremi showing off the custom liquid-filled electric guitar he built, using two colored liquids of differing viscosities so they flow around each other in there kind of like a lava lamp. Apparently the build was inspired by Kirk Hammett’s Wavecaster and John 5’s lava
This is a video of musician Charles Berthoud, who apparently shreds so hard he shredded the other three strings right off his electric bass, putting the remaining string to good use with this impressive single-string solo. Not bad, but I can even take it a step further and perform a
Because playing with yourself gets boring, this is a video of guitarist Dave Simpson and bassist Carina Powell performing a duet while they fret the other’s instrument and Dave gets a very clear idea what red hair dye smells like. That’s cool. Also cool? Those tapestries. Reminds me of a
This is a video of very talented musician Charles Berthoud performing Earl Scruggs’ bluegrass standard ‘Foggy Mountain Breakdown’ but on a bass guitar, making it sound as much like a banjo as he can while doing so. According to the Youtube comments, his technique is most impressive. Me? I don’t
This is a video of musician JMAPMUSIC attempting to play the iconic riff from Metallica’s ‘Enter Sandman’ wearing more and more pairs of latex gloves, all the way up to twenty. He does a fine enough job I guess, although Lars Ulrich and James Hetfield will probably still try to
In real mature news, this is the already-funded Kickstarter campaign for the Fart Pedal, a guitar effects pedal that turns guitar input into farts. It includes a switch for selecting either juicy or dry farts, and a knob for just how much gas the pedal produces. It also comes with
This is a video of Brazilian musician Johnatha Bastos performing Guns N’ Roses’ 1987 banger ‘Sweet Child O’ Mine’ on electric guitar with his feet. Johnatha was born with partially formed arms, so he plays with a pick between his toes as a testament to overcoming life’s challenges. Most impressive.
Because the internet, like an old fashioned butter churn filled with who-knows-what, never stops producing something to melt into the pockets of your Eggo, this is a video of a man recreating the intro to Michael Jackson’s ‘Smooth Criminal’ by bouncing a ping pong ball off the strings of a