Guitar Shaped Buildings

Few months ago I had made a post about a Piano and Violin Shaped Building. I now present two Guitar Shaped  Buildings, perhaps the only two of such shape in the World. These are;

• The Guitar House, Fayetteville, Georgia, USA and
• Guitar Museum, Bristol, Tennessee, USA

The Guitar House, Fayetteville, Georgia

Elvis Cardin, a Georgian Country song writer and singer, had designed and built this strange looking Guitar House. The house took 16 years to take final shape. The main ranch house has a long walkway/hallway leading to the garage thus creating the guitar shape. Its flat roof has electrical wires running along the top to mimic the strings.

The singer was so inspired by the house that on its completion, he even created an album "Living In an Old Guitar".

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Another view from a different angle;

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Main Source of info: Elvis Cardin Official Webpage / GEC Forum Post "Guitar House in Georgia"

Guitar Museum, Bristol, Tennessee

Bristol, Tennessee, is officially recognised as  "Birthplace of Country Music" as some of the first commercial recordings of 'Country Music' were recorded here.

The Guitar Museum in the town, known as "Grand Guitar" is a 70 feet (~21.34 metres) long three story high guitar shaped building with  guitar neck inlay and sound hole as windows.

Built in 1983 it houses a collection of rare and unusual musical instruments from around the world, ranging from primitive American handmade to exotic instruments including guitars, ukuleles, lap steels, resonator guitars, banjos, mandolins, dulcimers, auto harps, and violins. 

Besides museum the building is also a shop for musical instruments and accessories along with a gift shop.

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Image from Flickr is by Mike D'Angelo

Main Source of info: talentondisplay.com - grandguitar

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