Pac-Man Guitar
Please call 773.489.4830 or email info@specimenproducts.com to discuss details and make arrangements for your commission.
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Neck
Two octave maple neck
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Scale length
25-1/2"
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Fretboard
Ebony, three large round mother-of-pearl fretboard markers
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Headstock
Twelve blinking light bulbs nestled beneath translucent white acrylic on headstock
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Tuners
Geared banjo tuners
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Body
Double black-bound body made of basswood and finished in yellow cellulose lacquer
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Pickup
Two single-coil pickups with yellow covers
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Controls
One control each for volume and tone
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Bridge
Traditional vintage-style tremolo bridge
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
NOTE: This guitar is a one-of-a-kind and not part of Specimen’s available portfolio of instruments.
