1) Peter Tosh's M-16 Guitar. No picture of it seems to exist, and the Peter
Tosh foundation are looking for someone to construct a replica for their
museum. Peter had it made for him in 1983. It may have actually been made
from a real M-16 of the kind used by fighters in the Angolan war. Peter Tosh
was shot dead in 1987. UPDATE: Now I have A picture!
5) The Flame Thrower. Former Alice Cooper guitarist Kane Roberts (right) is a true hero of gun guitars. His glorious story of hanging out with Chasey Lain and setting Alice on fire with his flame-throwing axe is here 
You might remember a post a few months back about Guitars Shaped Like Guns, in which I was unable to find a picture of Peter Tosh's M16 guitar-gun. Well, 'Collin' has got in touch, with the relevant pictures and the full story: "After his short-lived stint with The Rolling Stones, Peter got his solo career back on track. During his 1983 tour of Europe Peter unveiled a new instrument to fight against injustice. That instrument happened to be an early 70's Fender® Stratocaster® which he which he had carved into the shape of an M-16 rifle. When interviewed, Pete said of his new instrument: 'This guitar is firing shots at all them devil disciples. Music is my weapon to fight against apartheid, nuclear war and those gang-jah criminals.'"
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It comes with a real built-in laser sight. Nothing more to add, really. Here it is. Guitar Center are selling it, and looking for $2,400. More guitars shaped like guns here, here and here. (Thanks to Tom, who has a cool site)
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Eagle-eyed readers might remember the Guitars Shaped Like Guns post from back in September. #10 was a link to what I described as "a tantalising hint of an amazing world of Japanese manga-themed ray-gun guitars". Well, that amazing world has been thrown wide open by Gizmodo this week. This is the Heat Hork guitar, a baffling plastic combination of string and sound effects. I want one now. If any weird-japanese-guitar-import people are reading, get in touch!
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While everyone else has moved on to ironic plastic guitars and boring guitars, Justin from Algonquin, Illinois (that's him with Kelly from LA Guns and a polka-dot BC Rich bass with EMG pickups and a tremelo arm) is buying and selling and collecting the guitars that made 80s heavy metal. Not just blood-soaked pointy guitars but dozens of identikit Charvel, ESP, Ibanez and Jackson super-strats. His site is divided into guitars with Floyd Rose trems, and guitars without them. The highpoint, inevitably, is a skull guitar that he once sold to Randy Piper from WASP. One day, the Smithsonian Museum will swoop down on Angonquin and buy the whole collection for the Nation.
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