Weird & Wonderful New Musical Instruments

US From the Annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition 05/02/25

We're often looking for new sounds, so this collection of entries into the Annual Guthman Musical Instrument Competition might be the instruments of the future. You'll find all of the 2025 finalists on this page. There's certainly a nice selection including a very cool talkbox, in addition to an instrument you will have seen in our NAMM coverage. And here are some more unusual and strange instruments:

More on the annual competition: https://guthman.gatech.edu/

About the author [midierror]: midierror is co-founder of Potato Audio, he makes nifty Max For Live devices, award-winning Sample Packs and hosts the 'midierror meets...' interview series speaking with all kinds of people working in sound & music.

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