Generally, people don't watch Apple's annual WWDC (Worldwide Developers Conference) expecting to see electric guitar fireworks, of all things.
Some shredding, however, was indeed on the menu at this year's event, thanks to the company's Senior Vice President of Software Engineering, Craig Federighi.
It's unclear who actually made the 12-string/7-string/6-string beast, though the interesting assortment of headstocks (that sure looks like a Danelectro up top, and possibly a reverse Ibanez at the bottom?) seems to suggest it's made up of bodies from different builders.
Whoever made it, we absolutely love the rainbow stripe that runs across the guitar's bottom-left side – a callback to vintage Apple branding.
Though this is the first time Federighi has had the opportunity to show off his tapping acumen at Apple's much-watched event, it's actually not the first time he's managed to sneak guitar into the conference.
At Apple's 2018 WWDC, the executive demonstrated the company's then-new Universal Scene Description (usdz) tech by visiting Fender's website and selecting a nice-looking Strat, which he was then able to project to viewers in 3D using usdz.
Do we officially recommend that you plug into a Marshall stack in the conference room next time you've got a big presentation? We're not not recommending it...
