sharke
The Band19
Some people pay good money to get those whistling ringing tones in their guitar performance? Now put the ebow DOWN!
You think that Fender has issues? Try this on for size... my guitarviol, Togaman baby!
Now that just doesn't look practical, lol!
Well, it's not actually a guitar in the true sense of the word? It's tuned like one? But it has a curved neck, and it's designed to sit up on your lap and be played essentially like a cello? (that's why there's a bow hanging there with it)
They're pretty cool instruments, you can learn about them at
http://www.togamanguitars.com/ They can sound like a guitar, they can sound like a cello, they can sound like a violin. But it's tuned like a guitar? Good times... The "stuff" on mine is the head of Leonitus and his shield (from the movie The 300.) And the model (at the time) was called "The Spartan." So I thought it would be cool to customize it with a 300 theme. He made a few more customized instruments after that? But my idea started the trend :-)
The sound track from the movie "The 300" actually has this instrument (not this one, but an electric guitarviol) on it. They are actually used in many sound tracks, guitarviols made by Jonathan.