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22 Visually Inspiring Guitars

July 2, 2009 by Radu Chelariu

guitars_thumbHey everyone, this is sort of a special kind of post for me. Inspiration is as vital as breathing if you want to still be in the design game and so I see a lot of these kind of posts every day. Most of the time they picture designs, obviously, but sometimes you’ll see an inspirational post that draws from fields outside of design. One thing I never saw was inspiration from guitars and this is what this post is all about.

I’m a huge fan of guitars and a lot of manufacturers put out models that boast amazing art or are so well proportioned and elegantly designed that you can’t help but get creative ideas from these amazing objects. To me they’re especially an inspiration because not only are they well designed but their meaning and purpose is one of creativity and self expression. Enjoy!

FENDER

01-roadworn60sstrat

Fender Road Worn™ ‘60s Strat®

02-customtelecasterspaltedmaple

Fender Custom Telecaster® Spalted Maple

03-elviscostello

Fender Elvis Costello Jazzmaster®

04-ericclapton

Fender Eric Clapton 10th Anniversary

GIBSON / EPIPHONE

05-lespauldarkfire

Gibson Les Paul Dark Fire

06-lespaulstudioswampash

Gibson Les Paul Studio Swamp Ash

07-emilythestrange

Epiphone "Emily The Strange" G-310

08-tomdelongees333

Gibson "Tom Delonge" Signature ES-333

SCHECTER

09-schecterapocalypsec1

Schecter C-1 Apocalypse Limited

10-schecterporlthompson

Schecter Porl Thompson Corsair

11-schechter006custom

Schecter 006 Custom

12-schecterc1classic

Schecter C-1 Classic

CORT

13-cortsfxsa

Cort SFX-SA

14-cortg290

Cort G290

ESP

15-espclockwork

ESP EC-CZ II

16-espf2e

ESP F-2E

17-espkh2ouijawhite

ESP KH-2 Ouija White

PRS

18-prssatin24

PRS Satin 24

19-prssantanaiiisy

PRS Santana III SY

IBANEZ

20-ibanezart300

Ibanez ART300 Brown Caiman

LUNA

21-lunahennaparadise

Luna Henna Paradise

22-lunasolscorpion

Luna Sol Henna Scorpion


Disclaimer: sickdesigner.com in no way sets out to promote any of the guitars above. This post’s purpose is not a commercial one but simply an artistic one. Furthermore, sickdesigner.com is not affiliated with any of the manufacturers present in this post. But if anyone would like to, oh, say, donate a guitar to me well … I guess I’d have to accept.

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17 Comments

  • Bill Chambers said: No. 1

    Here is one for you to add.
    http://www.ovationguitars.com/?fa=hires&mid=2455
    I’m actually considering buying this one.

  • Rodrigo Ferrari said: No. 2

    i like ESP KH-2 Ouija White!

  • bono said: No. 3

    wow nice post! the ESP ones are wicked. thanks for sharing! cheers!

  • Ashely Adams : Online Printing said: No. 4

    It’s amazing to see so much art can be squeezed onto the small body, the slender neck and the little headstock of a guitar. These guitars just scream style even before you pick ‘em up. Nice post. Quite a new way to rediscover the guitar.

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  • Benjamin said: No. 6

    I have that same ibanez only in green, its dope

  • Drew said: No. 7

    I love the Luna Henna Paradise, some very unique peices of art. I would love to have any one hanging on my wall as art. Priceless thanks for the post!

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    Guitars are an awesome source of inspiration to me, both musically and visually. So with this post I set out to share some of the most inspiring guitars I know of with you guys, the great community (yeah, both of you) of sickdesigner.com

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  • radu said: No. 15

    WOW! That is a superb design, Adam. Kudos to you!
    I had an attempt to reshape/repaint my Strat copy back in my first year of University but I gave up on it after I accidentally severed the electronics and cut waaay too much into the body. Ah, too be young and own a Flex Saw!

  • adamgf said: No. 16

    oops, wrong link:
    heres the real one! http://moourl.com/r61ka

  • adamgf said: No. 17

    hey man, love the blog.
    i have recently done a custom paintjob on a fender strat. Would love if you checked it out/featured my work!! http://moourl.com/fender... thanks.

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