What's the dumbest guitar accessory you have ever seen?

[slimey]

another huge fan of powered string winders here, faster and more accurate control of the string as you wind onto the peg. Wonderful tool.
If it's dumb I guess I like dumb useful stuff.

[varmonter]

Years ago there was a gizmo called Twanger prax axe.
Found a pic here.
https://goo.gl/images/PjwME5
Basically it was six strings on a board designed
To be worn on a belt so one could practice anywhere.
Can't imagine why they went out of buisness.

[jfq722]

Originally Posted by 1neeto

This thing right here. I can’t think of something more detrimental to learning guitar than turning your real guitar into a guitar hero guitar.

Absolutely!!

[jfq722]

Originally Posted by guitar george

Don't know if this would qualify as a dumb guitar accessory or how dumb it really is.

It's the whole guitar!

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I actually think these can be helpful.
What I find dumb are the newb complaints that they 'don't make any sound'...

Its finger picking training.
If you're still working on fretting cleanly you shouldn't be moving on to portable training like this.

[Stevied63]

Originally Posted by Goodallboy

The battery powered string winder-tuner..........

Totally disagree on this one - one of my favorite accessories!

[kaos]

Clip on Tuners that don't work in a noisy environment. Like the stroboclip ... I don't get it. If I can only use it in a quiet room I may as well use a phone app.

[Tico]

Originally Posted by Eric_M

... Gibson robot tuners

FWIW, I love mine!

But I get it; guitarists are largely a tradition-embracing group.
IMO cutaways look goofy.
Go figure.

[rampix]

Originally Posted by Swamp Yankee

Probably take a bit of flak - but the rattlesnake rattle in the soundhole always struck me as a bit goofy.

Yeah, I know, tradition and all ...but, really?

Yeah but, what else are you going to do with all the buzz tail button sets? After living in Nevada for 20 years I ended up with a mayo jar full of them. Apparently our home was built on a nest and we'd get a new crop every year. With kids and dogs any rattlesnakes around the house were dispatched.

Then I read the old blues guys put them in their guitars for mojo. I don't know about the mojo, but you should see the look on someone's face when they think the rattle is a pick and shake it out for me...priceless! Oh, and my blues playing seemed to improve overnight???

[Swamp Yankee]

Originally Posted by rampix

Yeah but, what else are you going to do with all the buzz tail button sets? After living in Nevada for 20 years I ended up with a mayo jar full of them. Apparently our home was built on a nest and we'd get a new crop every year. With kids and dogs any rattlesnakes around the house were dispatched.

Then I read the old blues guys put them in their guitars for mojo. I don't know about the mojo, but you should see the look on someone's face when they think the rattle is a pick and shake it out for me...priceless! Oh, and my blues playing seemed to improve overnight???

It's one thing to dispatch the snake on your own then use its rattle - that's MOJO.

It's quite another to find someone selling them online - buy one and drop it in your guitar - that's McMOJO®

[ChrisE]

Originally Posted by Swamp Yankee

It's one thing to dispatch the snake on your own then use its rattle - that's MOJO.

It's quite another to find someone selling them online - buy one and drop it in your guitar - that's McMOJO®

It's only mojo of if the snake is still attached to the rattle. And moving.

[BobbyBadd]

Gorilla Snot - gripping aid

[Captain Jim]

Originally Posted by Goodallboy

The battery powered string winder-tuner..........

I am a big fan of the powered string winder I bought this summer... don't know why it took me so long to pick up one of these. Makes string changes go faster, and easier to hold the string in place while winding.

[Goat Mick]

My guess is the majority of folks that have an aversion to powered string winders don't change strings on several guitars every week. Yeah I can do it by hand a do a good job at it, but when I need to put new strings on 3 guitars after work one night it's just nicer to be able to do it faster.

[Eric_M]

Originally Posted by Tico

FWIW, I love mine!

But I get it; guitarists are largely a tradition-embracing group.
IMO cutaways look goofy.
Go figure.

Nice! My objection isn't because they're nontraditional, but it is possibly based on outdated info. I test drove a guitar with robot tuners years ago (possibly their first incarnation) and found that they simply didn't work very well. They didn't feel as good as even the most basic of Gibson's traditional tuners and their advertised functionality wasn't impressive at all.

If they've improved to the point where one can switch between tunings quickly, or even if they get a guitar to standard tuning quicker than the average player, then cool.

[Swamp Yankee]

Originally Posted by Mick's Goat Whiskey Picks

My guess is the majority of folks that have an aversion to powered string winders don't change strings on several guitars every week. Yeah I can do it by hand a do a good job at it, but when I need to put new strings on 3 guitars after work one night it's just nicer to be able to do it faster.

I see a niche market for a stringwinder on an articulated arm which is mounted to a worktable and has a foot operated control unit...
I sure could have used such a contraption when I was stringing my 12 string the other night...