Some day there’s gonna be a backlash to the current trend of adding strings to extended range guitars in which some young kids just decide one string is really all that’s needed.

That day is not today. Behold: Gear Gods informs us there is now a 17-string guitar. This instrument was manufactured by Olson Guitarworks and was commissioned by YouTuber Jared Dines for his upcoming Djent 2017 video.

I’ll let that all sink in for a moment.

Check out some photos of the 17-string beast below. Can anyone could even utilize this thing effectively… yeah, I don’t know either.