A metalhead from the United States did the most ‘metal thing’ ever by turning his uncle into an electric guitar.
Prince Midnight, a musician, an avid consumer of metal music and a resident of Tampa, Florida built an electric guitar out of his uncle’s skeleton.
No, he did not ground up the bones and shaped a guitar out of it. He put a guitar neck and the accompanied electronics right though his Uncle Filip’s ribcage, giving birth to one of the most staggering musical instruments on earth.
Filip died in a car crash back in his native Greece.
According to MetalSucks, Filip’s bones were kept at a local Greek college for 20 years for educational purposes. After the bones were retired, Midnight decided to honour his uncle’s memory in the most metal way possible.
“So, I got the box of bones from Greece and didn’t know what to do at first. Bury them? Cremate them? Put them in the attic?” said Midnight. “All seemed like poor ways to memorialize someone who got me into heavy metal.”
“So, I decided to turn Uncle Filip into a guitar, which proved to be challenging. I did a lot of research and no one has ever made a guitar out of a skeleton. So, I did it. I started out consulting with two guys in Dean Guitars’ wood shop in Tampa but they got cold feet,” he added.
“Anyways, now Uncle Filip can shred for all eternity. That’s how he would want it. I’m super proud of the project and how it serves to honour him, his life and his influence on me,” he said.
PNN