Certainly, the body shape is a bit unconventional, but that is not what is bizarre about this instrument. The Anderbilt is the first (and last) guitar in the world to feature a "floating neck".
Apparently, there are springs mounted in the neck pocket that enable a player to produce vibrato by pulling the neck back and forth "longitudinally" to change tension on the strings. In the words of the advertising literature, "this is a guitar players dream come true".
I found a Harmony Central review of this instrument that states it was designed and built by a former preacher in Texas. The fella goes on to say that the guitar is cool but he can't play it because "it won't stay in tune"
Gee, who would have predicted that
