Fred Mangan's Flying Organ: This Guitar's Got Some Hot Pipes

November 26, 2007
Fred Mangan cross guitar

In the past week, this is the second instrument we've seen that was built from the remains of a church. This "Flying Organ" comes from pieces of an old church organ. After undergoing an organ transplant, it found new life as this crucifix shaped guitar which was based off of the first unconventional guitar Fred made.

The first guitar had a four foot crucifix for a body, and some great tone to match up. If you want to hear that guitar, check out Queens of the Stone Age's Era Vulgaris. Josh Homme uses it on the recording.

Presenter: Bill Holland, Gearwire
Location: Chicago, IL

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