(I used to own that one, and no it wasn't me.)Ī Gibson EB3 bass in otherwise tidy condition where someone had 'decorated' the pick guard and truss rod cover by engraving them with a power drill and a 1/8 bit over which they clearly had no control. (Kevin Ayers used to play it.)Ī Burns Split-Jazz guitar that someone had decided to convert to a 'three a side' head without too much forethought. Alas, I do not have photographic evidence but I have seen:Ī Strat where someone decided to cut off most of the body behind the bridge, sand down somewhat approximately, then finish in that dark varnish normally reserved for floor boards.Ī Tele that someone had added distinctly random contours to the body, then – bizarrely – paid to have resprayed to a really nice quality.Ī Precision bass given a similar treatment but with the horns cut off. Either way, the factor all terrible mods seems to have in common is a total lack of planning. I suspect that the worse mods are executed in either a moment of boredom, or some state of massive over-confidence.

Body mods gone wrong