Music: Cheap Guitar Feeds Rockers' Appetite for Destruction

Knee slides and windmill strumming are impressive moves for Guitar Hero geeks, but the heedless demolition of musical equipment is the true hallmark of a rock star. Now feeding an appetite for destruction comes cheaper than a case of Jack Daniel’s. A new line of $55 axes by K’s Japan are built for playing — […]
Photo Zachary Zavislak
Photo: Zachary Zavislak

Knee slides and windmill strumming are impressive moves for Guitar Hero geeks, but the heedless demolition of musical equipment is the true hallmark of a rock star. Now feeding an appetite for destruction comes cheaper than a case of Jack Daniel's. A new line of $55 axes by K's Japan are built for playing — and obliterating — with Townshendian fury. The hollowed-out body and lightweight neck, crafted from maple and rosewood, make for easy swinging and shatter on impact. The company also offers a pricey $1,500 amp capable of producing a cochlea-rattling squeal when thwacked. Sensitive emo types, don't sweat it: K's invites users to mail back the broken bits, which are then recycled into new guitars for the next Hendrix wannabe.

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