Friday, May 09, 2008

Illustrated Les Paul guitars

Posted by Jon in • Cool Guitars in • Crazy Guitar Designs

Colby Nicholls Illustrated Les Paul
I’ve always been “drawn” (ha ha) to hand painted guitars ever since I saw Joe Satriani’s black guitar with the silver doodles on it, I think someone stole that guitar while he was touring “Flying in a Blue Dream”? Anyway I digress. I just came across these fantastic Les Paul guitars hand illustrated by Colby Nichols and Josh Kenyon, not only are these one off guitars great to look at but the two pictured above, ”Legends in the Wood” and ”A Household Nightmare” are part of the ’Music Saves Lives Gibson Guitar Project‘, yes it is quite a mouthful.

Music Saves Lives has focused its main efforts on blood donation and the bone marrow registry, reaching out by sharing facts and educating. The guitars were auctioned off on eBay but you can still buy prints and T Shirts. Check out the other guitars that were part of this worthy cause.

The guitars used are Les Paul Melody Maker’s with a Mahogany body, Rosewood fretboard, Chrome wraparound tailpiece and specially designed single coil pickups.

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on 05/09 at 10:34 AM

Awesome designs, I really like what it says on the back

on 05/12 at 12:17 AM

I think the artwork on these guitars is crapola. The people who paint this kind of junk on a guitar are free to call it art if they want but it still looks like crap.

Jon on 05/12 at 07:28 AM

Lou I understand these wouldn’t be to everyone’s taste but to call it junk is a bit harsh, a lot of effort went into these guitars and they were for a good cause.

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