“A guitar from that dark period when the single-cut Les Paul was discontinued”: Is this oddball ’60s electric the weirdest custom model Gibson has ever created? Gibson’s archive curator sure thinks so

Billy Gibbons holding the 1966 Gibson Torpedo Joe Custom guitar.

Gibson’s electric guitar catalog is in no short supply of iconic designs. However, there are a few lesser-loved Gibson creations – such as the wild headless 1981 Futura prototype – that aren’t as well-known.

That’s usually either because of the sheer scarcity of the design, or due to the fact some models are just downright weird.