A man who goes by the name “Prince Midnight” has turned his deceased uncle’s skeletal remains into a fully functional guitar.
Filip died in a car crash over 20 years ago. His skeleton has been donated to a local college in Greece. The college used it for educational purposes for two decades. When they no longer needed it, they returned the skeleton to the family.
The family was unsure of what to do with the remains as Orthodox Greeks frown upon cremation and they could not afford the cost of a burial.
“So, I got the box of bones from Greece and didn’t know what to do at first. Bury them? Cremate them? Put them in the attic? All seemed like poor ways to memorialize someone who got me into heavy metal,” Midnight Prince told MetalSucks.
“So, I decided to turn Uncle Filip into a guitar, which proved to be challenging. I did a lot of research and no one has ever made a guitar out of a skeleton. So, I did it. I started out consulting with two guys in Dean Guitars’ wood shop in Tampa but they got cold feet. Anyways, now Uncle Filip can shred for all eternity. That’s how he would want it. I’m super proud of the project and how it serves to honor him, his life and his influence on me,” he continued.
Filip’s torso acts as the “body” of the guitar. Prince Midnight added a neck, pickups, volume knobs, and more. Midnight Prince named the guitar “Filip Skelecaster,” which is written on the headstock.