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Escopetarras
Escopetarras
Colombian Musician Luis Alberto Paredes, invented these instruments. His inspiration came after a terrorist bombing performed by FARC. He went along with other musicians to support people as an exercise on civil solidarity. He noticed, standing next to a soldier, that his pose resembled his own with his guitar. Afer a long process he finally got some guns and transformed them into this instruments. He wants to make guns that dont kill but create!
According to this article, he's sent some to Juanes, Shakira and Julieta Venegas to be be actually used on performances!
Way to go! i hope they really do use them! looking forward to this.
Source: El tiempo
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ReBlogged by juan ospina on Jan 19, 2006 at 02:16 PM
Posted by juan ospina on Jan 19, 2006 at 02:16 PM
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I would love to see a photograph of one of these guitars, I cannot see one on your page, do you know where i can find such a photograph, also i am interested in other works by Paredes, do you have any suggestions on where i can look?
thanks alot,
StephenM.
Posted by: Stephen at 14.09.2006 11:02 PM
Hi Stephen,
One of those 'escopetarras' can be seen at the address below : news.bbc.co.uk/hi/spanish/misc/newsid_4644000/4644028.stm
Anyway I'd like to buy one and sell at the level of killer-records.
Posted by: Phil at 15.09.2006 12:49 PM
any chance of directing me to a place that would enable me to purchase one of these escopetarras. i love em, the idea is incredible!
Posted by: phil canham at 27.10.2006 01:20 AM
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