Strange Guitar Used by The Flaming Lips

[SBax]

Does anyone know what kind of guitar this is? Thanks.

 

[Kasey]

haha man i love the flaming lips.
wells... its a twelve string electric of some sort... he's goofed with its appearance so much it'd really be hard to figure out what it actually is. it might be a hollowbody. i cant tell.

 

[faderbug]

it looks like a high tech resonator guitar.

 

[Jamal Bucket]

I JUST saw them last weekend ....AWESOME SHOW !...

 

[rushofblood]

some kind of rickenbacker 330/12 copy he's done some awful(amazing) things to.

 

[Dani Pace]

The body shape looks like a Rickenbacker, with some serious modifications. Whatever it is, I think it would be safe to say, it has been customized quite a bit.

 

[travelin travis]

It's not a guitar at all. It's the space ship that The Flaming Lips used to get to earth.

 

[SBax]

It's not a guitar at all. It's the space ship that The Flaming Lips used to get to earth.

 

[fretwire3d]

it looks like it has some sort of dorky built in amp or something.

but the flaming lips can do whatever the hell they want because they are the best band to walk on the planet...


or elsewhere......

 

[Flamin Lip]

probably just a prop. as Wayne hasnt really played guitar live in years. He does have an acoustic that he installed somekinda KAOS pad to tweak effects.

Saw the lips a ton "back in the day" livin in the midwest. Saw Michaels hair catch fire at the grand emporeum in Kansas City!!!!! WOOOOHOOOOOOOOO they were a hell of a great live rock band, but I dig the dreamy new stuff too!!!! Just different.

By the way Steve Drozd is a friggin genius no matter what instrument he is playing!

 

[Anfontan]

Its a secret weapon

In the latest Guitar Player (July Issue) there is an interview with the Flaming Lips and Wayne Coyne is photographed with a beatup 12 string. It has a device installed called an Alesis "Air Synth" in the sound hole, it works like a theremin, wave your hand over it for effects. I'm betting that photo is the latest version of that guitar.

 

[travelin travis]

I have'nt heard the new album yet. How is it?

 

[SBax]

The new album is amazing. The songwriting is not as strong as The Soft Bulletin but how can one expect a band to repeat that kind of breakthrough on every album? The new one is more guitars and drum than TSB. A good review that explains it is here:

http://www.soundandvisionmag.com/article.asp?section_id=4&article_id=1478