Eric Normand's Prepared Bass, 2013
Michael Yonker's Prepared Guitar
Randy Branch's customized Guitar
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Doug Holbrook's Prepared Guitar and Tool Kit
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Dave Kuzy's prepared guitar
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Chris Cooper's Prepared guitar
Bill Horist's Prepared Guitar
abs(.)hum's Prepared Guitar
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Giacomo Fiore's Refretting Guitar (tuning by Lou Harrison/Bill Slye); picture by Paula Lerner, 2012
Bjørn Fongaard's Prepared Guitar
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Christian Blandhoel's Prepared Guitar
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Giuseppe Calamia's Prepared Guitar
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Reid Karri's Prepared Guitar
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Xinæsthetic's Prepared Guitar
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bRICKbAR? Delusion's Prepared Guitar
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Derek Bailey's Gibson ES 175
Text by John Russell, guitarist and former pupil of Derek Bailey
Gibson photos by Susie Barnes
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Derek Bailey's Epiphone Empire Regent
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John Russell's Guitars
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Photo Andy Newcombe
Daniel Thompson's Epiphone Emperor Regent
Harold Schellinx's Har$ - Found Prepared Guitar (October 26th 2012, Vincennes (fr))
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Ian Simpson's Prepared Guitar
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Javier Pedreira's Prepared Guitar
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Abdul Moimême's Prepared Guitars
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Yannis Frier's Prepared Guitar
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Two of Fred Frith's homemades, The Stone, August 30
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Photo: Kazue Asano
Fred Frith's Prepared Guitar
Paulo Hartmann's Prepared Guitar
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Augustin Brousseloux's Prepared Guitar
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Photo Hiro Ugaya
Joshua Weitzel's Prepared Guitar
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Michał Seta's Prepared Guitar
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Chris Rainier's Prepared Tools
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Bobbylands, Tours, France, 2014
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Ken Butler Hybrid Guitars
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John M Shaughnessy II Circuit bent toy guitar
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Xabier Iriondo DIY table-guitar Mahai Metak.
Amaury Cornut's Prepared Guitar
Anthony Taillard's Prepared Guitar
Tobias Vethake's aka Sicker Man Prepared Guitars
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Layne Garret aka Wee D Tree Prepared Guitar's
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Amaury Cornut's Prepared Guitar
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Anthony Taillard's Prepared Guitar
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Tobias Vethake's aka Sicker Man Prepared Guitars
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Layne Garret aka Wee D Tree Prepared Guitar's
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Hyper Tremolo
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Moodswinger
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Springtime 5 pickups
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White Eagle
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