From removing his socks with a handbuilt rocket launcher to creating a working homemade hoverbike, garage inventor Colin Furze has somehow managed to keep his limbs intact over the past few months – which is saying a lot, because his projects as of late have been getting bigger, faster and certainly a lot more explosive.

With tea kettles, prams, go-karts, bicycles and ejector beds behind him, Furze’s latest takes rock n’ roll to a new level in the form of the Flamethrowing Guitar and the Smoking/Strobing Bass.

“I’ve been creating these wonderful machines as making anything doesn’t just mean solving a problem or making life easier,” says Furze. “It can also be to just make you feel good – and it did feel pretty rockin’ to stand on top of my house with this amazing guitar.”

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As always, the best part of any Furze project is his build process, which borders perfectly between mad genius and totally insane:

Making a Smoking/Strobing Bass

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I asked you what mods you would like to see me make to guitars and you just about all said you want to see a Flamethrower Guitar, so to warm you all up I’ve made a little extra in the form of a Bass Guitar that emits smoke and has built-in strobes.

Making a Flamethrowing Guitar

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I asked you what you wanted to see me put on a guitar and you all said FLAMETHROWER……so here’s me putting it together.

Check out the rest of Furze’s impressive project portfolio – and close brushes with death – over at his YouTube channel.

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