File:Gibson Flying V (land of the giants version), Carnegie Science Center, Pittsburgh.jpg

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This is a the world's largest playable electric guitar. It is 43.5 feet long, 16 feet wide and weighs 2,255 pounds, as much as a small car. It was, I believe, built by high school students in a town in Texas, but I've not found much more info on that part yet.

"Playable" is a stretch... the strings are made of aircraft cable, but if you twang one it plays through a nice distorted amplifier. Maybe if you had three people you could play the beginning to Smoke on the Water ::)

The redheads are not mine, but they provide a good sense of scale.

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  • Aaron Jentzen. "Guitar". Carnegie Magazine (Summer 2012). "The Flying V that will greet visitors to a new traveling exhibit at Carnegie Science Center is essentially the same as Hendrix's: a V-shaped body in black and white, six strings, magnetic pickups. This one, however, lies flat on its back—and is 43.5 feet long."
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