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  • 2021-02-11 (xsd:date)
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  • Is This 'Skeleton' Guitar Real? (en)
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  • In February 2021, a photograph supposedly showing an electric guitar made from a human skeleton, dubbed a skelecaster, went viral on social media: This is a genuine photograph, but we're not sure if it's a genuine skeleton. The man pictured is a Florida musician known as Prince Midnight. On Jan. 26, 2021, Prince Midnight told his followers on Instagram that he was attempting to turn his uncle Filip's skeleton into a guitar. The musician claimed that his uncle's remains were donated to a school in Greece after he died in a car crash in the 1990s. Recently, however, the school decided that it was no longer going to use real skeletons in its education programs and returned the remains to Filip's family. The Greek Orthodox family opposed cremation, Prince Midnight wrote, and burying the remains proved expensive. So, he came up with a solution: He would turn the skeleton into a guitar. Prince Midnight wrote in two Instagram posts: Over the next few weeks, Prince Midnight documented what he said was the process of turning the skeletal remains into a heavy metal instrument. The musician said that he had to run a steel rod through the entire spine because Filip's skeleton was too rickety. He also noted that drilling through bone smelled worse than soldering wires. On Feb 10, he posted a video of the supposedly showed the skelecaster in action: Prince Midnight's account did not include too many specific details that we could fact check. We don't know uncle Filip's full name, for instance, nor the school where his remains were stored for the last two decades. The Tampa Bay Times also cast some doubt on this story. Reporter Christopher Spata noted that Prince Midnight bore a resemblance to local prankster. Spata wrote: We reached out to Prince Midnight to clarify some of the details of his story. What was his uncle's full name, we asked. What Greek school had possession of his remains for the last 20 years? Prince Midnight responded: Check out my ep on Spotify! While we can't say for certain that this skeleton guitar is a hoax, it certainly seems like a promotional stunt. (en)
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