Pac-Man Guitar
Please call 773.489.4830 or email info@specimenproducts.com to discuss details and make arrangements for your commission.
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).
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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
“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.
