SpongeBob Squarepants, if you don't know, is a mental cartoon that defies most logic and is the natural successor to Ren & Stimpy. As a result, SpongeBob must be a big hit with the stoners of the world. Now, said stoners can rack up a Sonic Youth LP and plug in a SpongeBob guitar and strum along!
Becoming a rock god just became that little bit easier with the newly-launched Gibson Robot guitars.
An earlier limited edition of the self-tuning guitar sold out in just one day, prompting Gibson to release two new versions, using two if its most iconic guitars - the Robot Les Paul Studio and the Robot SG Special, both sold in this rather interesting shade of purple.
To tune, just strum the guitar - that's all. On the downside, the guitars are only available for a limited time - so expect high demand and a high price. Which is $3,999 (around £2,000) for the Les Paul and $3,599 (around £1,800) for the SG.
Find out more at the Gibson website
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How many times in your life have you found yourself tapping away on a table or desk with a pencil? If the answer is 'far too often', you need a pair of Drumstick Pencils.
Designed by Moko Sellars, it's a simple idea, but a brilliant one - converting the top end (or eraser end) of the pencil to a drumstick-shape, so if the mood takes you, just flip them over and bang away. And of course, you can't just have one drumstick, so they're sold in a pair.
Available from Suck UK later this month - price is still to be confirmed.
Find out more at the Suck UK website
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Ideal for the aging rocker in your life is this superb Fender Stratocaster table.
Manufactured by Fender itself, the tables are made of a durable wood composite, then custom-stained and varnished to resemble the tone and colour of a vintage guitar. There's also three chrome support legs and serial number - which could make it an investment for the future. Or not. The six tuning peg caps are silk screened, as is the lettering.
Sized at 381 x 1220 x 508mm, you can pick up the table for £200.
Find out more at the Home Temptations website
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Want a drum kit, but worried that the neighbours will knock you off the Christmas card list? You need the Traps E400.
It's an electronic drum kit, which still casts an 80s shadow (think Spandau Ballet on Top Of The Pops), but thankfully the technology has moved on, with the E400 offering the look and feel of a real kit, but with less weight and the ability to slip in some headphones for noise-free drumming. Well, for everyone bit you anyway.
The kit includes two cymbals, a hi-hat, three toms, a snare drum, bass drum and the stool. It retails for £450.
The air guitar - the perfect instrument for the musically inept. And now it's just got better with the Air-Musician Virtual Guitar.
Fresh out of Japan (naturally), the Virtual Guitar fits your wrist like a watch and features five rock 'classics' - Black Night and Smoke On The Water by Deep Purple, Walk This Way by AeroSmith, T-Rex's 20th Century Boy and Are You Gonna Go My way by Lenny Kravitz. Choose your tune and start strumming - every time you move your wrist, the next chord plays, as fast or as slow as you want.
The most fun you can have with your wrist in public. And just $19.99 (£10).
Fancy rocking out with your electric guitar, but don't want to wake the rest of the house? You need the Vox amPlug.
Styled like a classic Vox amp, it plugs straight into your guitar, stick on your headphones and enjoy a 'proper' guitar sound anywhere. Three versions available, the Vox AC30, the Classic Rock and the Metal, which probably has the volume hitting 11. All three replicate the sound of a classic amp and the high gain of a large amp stack.
You can also plug in our MP3 player to play along to your favourites and you get up to 15 hours of thrashing from 2x AAA batteries. Expect to pay around £40.
Find out more at the Vox Amps website
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There's a good choice of guitars out there if you're after a retro or vintage look - and here's another option for you - Danelectro.
If the name sounds familiar, that's because it has a rich pedigree - the company was founded in 1947 and peaked in popularity during the 50s and 60s, with the likes of Link Wray, Syd Barrett, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jimi Hendrix and Tom Verlaine listed amongst its happy customers.
Daisy Rock describes itself as the "girl guitar company" (as opposed to catering solely for men with bad perms and body odour). We'll do a proper feature on some of their guitars at a later date, but in the meantime, check out Heartbreaker Guitar bag.
Based very much on one of the company's big sellers - in fact including all the detail from the Heartbreaker's body - it also features a zip fastening and matching red strap.
Available online, you can pick it up for around $25 (around £13).
Find out more at the Daisy Rock website
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Amplifiers aren't exactly the most stylish of items - practical, large black boxes to blast out your favoured guitar riffs. It doesn't have to be like that - you could pick up a Greg Hansen retro amplifier.
All the amps featured are bespoke creations. Greg buys in the inner workings, so you'll be getting up-to-date technology - but you'll also be getting something stylish - very important if you're amp never gets further than the living room.
Check out Greg's website for the full details of each model. he's US-based, but does ship elsewhere. Prices are good too, you can pick up the smaller models for around £65, with the more expensive models no more than around £350.
View the full range at Greg Hansen's website
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