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Andy Scott of Blindworm Guitars created a special “Elephant 6 Guitar” specially designed for Elephant 6 co-founder Robert Schneider. You have to check out this video. It will blow your mind.

Robert Schneider writes Optical Atlas, “It is the coolest guitar I have ever played!! The inlaid Elephant 6 logo is made of meteorite dust, and on the headstock, the elephant’s eyes are made of dinosaur bones. It feels like I am holding a living creature, and plays great– I used it at the most recent American Revolution show, and played extra psychedelic.”

Here are the complete specs (more photos of the guitar can be found here):

- Solid wood, five piece neck through construction of Walnut with Poplar stripes
- Solid Poplar body
- Osage Orange fingerboard, nut, truss rod cover, pickguard, (same family as ebony, but domestic)
- Meteorite (collected in NW Africa) inlay for side fret markers, Elephant Six logo, and Blindworm Guitars logo
- Lower elephant (upside down) is Indian, with pronounced trunk carved in the poplar body
- Upper elephant is African, and carved into Walnut, with Osage Orange tusks
- Dinosoaur bone excavated in Colorado fills in the upper elephants’ eyes and the Blindworm snake’s eyes
- Custom made Walnut and Poplar knobs and switch
- 25″ scale, 24 jumbo frets
- Cream colored Duncan P-Rails, 2 Vol. 2 Tone. 3-way selector
- Sperzel locking tuners

If that isn’t cool enough news, Robert has announced more dates as his children’s side project, Robbert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine. Bring your psychedelic kids!

Robbert Bobbert & the Bubble Machine Live:
Saturday, June 13: Children’s Day / South Street Seaport / New York, NY
Sunday, June 14: World Cafe Live / Peanut Butter And Jams
Monday, August 31: Children’s Day / Jay Pritzker Pavilion / Millennium Park / Chicago, IL