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= Guitbass and Basitar = Guitbass and basitar are guitars modified with experimental string configurations popularized by Chris Ballew and Dave Dederer of the American alternative rock band The Presidents of the United States of America. Ballew played the two stringed basitar, and Dederer played the three stringed guitbass. Both instruments are created by removing all six strings from an electric guitar and replacing them with strings from a bass guitar.

Background
The guitbass and basitar were invented by Morphine frontman Mark Sandman. Sandman was famous for playing instruments with non-standard string configurations, famously using a two-stringed