How to turn your guitar into a flamethrower

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Colin Furze builds and plays fire-spitting axe in true Mad Max style

Remember Mad Max's Doof Warrior, the flamethrower guitar-toting noise monster? Well, we suggested a few guitars he might like to play, but we reckon this modified Epiphone from maker of wondrous things Colin Furze might just top his shopping list.

Colin details how he built the madcap axe above, and you can watch the inventor putting the guitar - and a smoking bass to boot - through its paces below.

Furze explains his motivation behind the stunt thusly: "I asked you what you wanted to see me put on a guitar in my support of Intel's America's Greatest Makers and you all said FLAMETHROWER."

That settles it: forget the Parker Fly; flamethrowing guitars are the future of the instrument. Expect to see MusicRadar's reviews section heating up very soon…

Michael Astley-Brown
Michael Astley-Brown

Mike has been Editor-in-Chief of GuitarWorld.com since 2019, and an offset fiend and recovering pedal addict for far longer. He has a master's degree in journalism from Cardiff University, and 15 years' experience writing and editing for guitar publications including MusicRadar, Total Guitar and Guitarist, as well as 20 years of recording and live experience in original and function bands. During his career, he has interviewed the likes of John Frusciante, Chris Cornell, Tom Morello, Matt Bellamy, Kirk Hammett, Jerry Cantrell, Joe Satriani, Tom DeLonge, Radiohead's Ed O'Brien, Polyphia, Tosin Abasi, Yvette Young and many more. His writing also appears in the The Cambridge Companion to the Electric Guitar. In his free time, you'll find him making progressive instrumental rock as Maebe.