“Skelecaster”? Hard Rocker Turns His Dead Uncle’s Bones Into a Ghoulish Guitar!
Tampa-based hard rocker Prince Midnight credits his uncle Filip with inspiring his love of heavy metal music. “He was the biggest metalhead I’ve ever known,” he told HuffPost.
Filip died in a car accident in Greece back in the 1990s at the relatively young age of 28-years-old. 20 years later, his family was on the hook for “rent” at a Greek Orthodox Cemetary. That’s when Midnight decided to have Uncle Filip’s skeletal remains flown back home.
But Midnight didn’t simply relocate Filip’s bones to a new cemetary plot. Rather, he turned his dead uncles bones into a guitar. A real, fucking guitar. Check it out in the jaw-dropping video below!
Midnight explained the entire process to MetalSuck:
“I decided to turn Uncle Filip into a guitar, which proved to be challenging. I did a lot of research and no one has ever made a guitar out of a skeleton. So, I did it. I started out consulting with two guys in Dean Guitars’ woodshop in Tampa but they got cold feet. Anyways, now Uncle Filip can shred for all eternity. That’s how he would want it. I’m super proud of the project and how it serves to honor him, his life and his influence on me.”
Prince Midnight
Rock on, Uncle Filip. Rock on forever!
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