VIDEO: Man makes electric guitars and basses from shovels

We're not sure if they cover Ace Of Spades, but they probably should

Pavel Yatsyna - Russian frontman of "legendary punk rock band Red Mold, the band that has released 71 albums" - has found a way to turn an ordinary garden shovel into a functioning electric guitar or bass.

Watch the video if you don't believe us, and visit Shovellica to hear garden tools used to make symphonic heavy metal music.

If Pavel ever opens a Custom Shop, we'd like one with a cocobolo handle. At the time of writing, Shovel from the M People was unavailable to comment about a rumoured collaboration. Perhaps he too is being turned into an electric guitar as you read this.

Crazy enough for our gallery of the most outrageous guitars on the internet? You decide...

Chris Vinnicombe worked with us here on the MusicRadar team from the site's initial launch way back in 2007, and also contributed to Guitarist magazine as Features Editor until 2014, as well as Total Guitar magazine, amongst others. These days he can be found at Gibson Guitars, where he is editor-in-chief.

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