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Watch A Craftsman Build This AK Guitar [VIDEO]

August 18, 2015

If you don’t already play guitar, you will want to after you watch this time lapse video of an AK-47 guitar being made. This awesome guitar was designed and built by designer Jimmy DiResta for the musician Wyclef Jean.After all is said and done, the AK-47 guitar looks remarkably similar to the weapon that inspired the design . . .

The gold paint job and working whammy bar trigger really push this AK-47 guitar from pretty cool to absolutely badass. Watching such a skilled designer turn an ordinary guitar into such a unique piece of art is truly remarkable.

Makes you want to go build something, doesn’t it?

22 COMMENTS

DrVino August 18, 2015 At 18:00

So wrong. On so many levels.
- dlj95118 August 19, 2015 At 11:27
  
  …got that right.
Matt in TX August 18, 2015 At 18:26

I thought, at first he was going to cannibalize the rifle. Glad it din’t go that way.
Geoff PR August 18, 2015 At 19:07

What kind of groups is he getting now?

(Running like Hell…)

*snicker*
- Matt in TX August 19, 2015 At 17:43
  
  Shouldn’t that be “Groupies”?
Noire August 18, 2015 At 20:12

I was hoping for a guitar that could shoot. This was just a butchering of a perfectly good guitar and a lot of wasted man hours. I’m sure some trendy somewhere in tight jeans thinks this is cool.
- Jason Byrne August 19, 2015 At 07:03
  
  Man hours that could have been better spent commenting on blogs.
Tom in Oregon August 18, 2015 At 20:36

Now he needs to play some Jimi Hendrix “machine gun”
- Chris T from KY August 19, 2015 At 06:47
  
  +1
- Lotek August 19, 2015 At 12:50
  
  Or ACDC ” Gone Shootin”
Andrew Lias August 18, 2015 At 20:47

Wasn’t this already a Ted Nugent album cover?
- Chris T from KY August 19, 2015 At 06:57
  
  That was only a painting. No real guitar used.
Omer Baker August 18, 2015 At 22:39

That was AWE-SOME. At first I thought to make the switch the trigger but the whammy is WAY BETTER. I’m floored.
- Geoff PR August 19, 2015 At 01:24
  
  “I’m floored.”
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sO_QntXc-c4
Andy August 19, 2015 At 03:11

I think I’ll stick with Telecasters.
Pantera Vazquez August 19, 2015 At 07:20

Evolution of the “axe” .
Flubnut August 19, 2015 At 13:03

A very interesting build, but not really my cup of tea. Rob Allen (blog.roballen.com) came up with something a bit more classic: http://www.virgilguitar.com/gallery/guitars/020-la-pistola/#tab-2
- Roymond August 20, 2015 At 14:07
  
  Oh, yay — inlay. Big whoop.
  
  Now, if he’d built a concealed-carry compartment into the guitar, I’d be impressed.
Kevin b August 19, 2015 At 16:27

Bandsaws terrify me.
- Matt in TX August 19, 2015 At 17:48
  
  We should ban them, for the children.
Roymond August 20, 2015 At 14:09

I’m disappointed it isn’t a working gun. It would give a whole new meaning to saying, “Knock ’em dead!” as a performer goes on stage.
andrew August 21, 2015 At 05:28

Awesome, however the gold paint spoiled everything IMHO.
Black true CCCP instead of gangsta gold would have been waaaaay better.