Terry Carleton

Whack Job: With its ultra-narrow neck and onboard effects, the 1968 Vox Sidewinder Bass IV is a bass like no other.

Terry Carleton came across a counterfeit Gibson Les Paul Custom... and decided to see what it was actually like.

Inspired by African street musicians, Bohemian’s oil-can guitars are weird, wacky and wonderful.

Besides having a body shaped like a lopsided pear and a headstock like a hitchhiker’s thumb, this guitar has a friggin’ amp built into it!

Look beyond its paint job and this south-of-the-border Splattercaster compares with Fender’s Standard line.