The Pac Man Guitar. This guitar was made in 1998 at the request of Dave "Timely" Winer of the Howards and the Baltimores. He called my bluff after I replied, "Not only can I build it, I can make the headstock blink as well!"
A variable-speed knob is located on the eyeball so you can synchronize the blinker to the beat. There is also an emergency push-button kill switch (another request of the client).
- "People always ask me where I got it. It gets a lot of attention. What most people don't realize is that aside from being really cool looking it's an extremely well crafted and easy to play instrument." - Dave Winer
• 25-1/2" scale length with two octave maple neck
• Double black-bound body made of basswood and finished in yellow cellulose lacquer
• Twelve blinking light bulbs nestled beneath translucent white acrylic on headstock
• Ebony fretboard
• Three large round mother-of-pearl fretboard markers
• Traditional vintage-style tremolo bridge
• Two single-coil pickups with yellow covers
• Geared banjo tuners
• One control each for volume and tone
NOTE: This guitar is a one-of-a-kind and not part of Specimen's available portfolio of instruments.