Help Eastwood Guitars find and recreate the World’s Ugliest Guitar, from among some odd looking vintage instruments.
Known for their unique and unconventional designs, Eastwood goes against the norm again by planning to recreate an instrument that others would consider as ugly.
To help them make their decision, they have put up an interactive voting system where in you can pick your favorite(or least favorite), from a bunch of weird looking instruments.
The voting page will let you pick from among eight instruments that Eastwood considers to be “extreme mistakes” in mass produced guitars from the past 50 years. This collection of vintage instruments represent the worst (or best) of the kooky retro vintage era, and it includes instruments like the 1969 EGS-650 dubbed as the “Soviet answer to the Telecaster”, the 1970 Jolana Star IX dubbed as the “Czechoslovakian rocker”, and the Wandré Sacrabeo, a unique guitar design from Italian guitar maker Antonio Pioli.
The guitar with the most votes at the end of May 2013 is to be recreated in a limited production run of 24 numbered guitars. And one lucky voter will win their own copy of this Eastwood “World’s Ugliest Guitar #1”, or their choice of any Eastwood Guitar.
Mike Robinson, President and founder of Eastwood Guitars, said: “To say these oddballs are ugly is a little harsh. They are all over the top and we know that a lot of our fans would love to have any one of these guitars. After all, beauty is in the eye of the beholder.”
The first round of voting has already started, for more information and to cast your vote, you can head over to Eastwood Guitars.
Here at Guitarsite, we’ve also compiled a list of what our readers consider to be the ugliest guitars, do check them out.
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