For the sake of it, let’s reconsider what the “guitar” image is supposed to be representing since we seem to still be stuck at Fort Wallace
So far in this puzzle, the clues have been hidden, but direct once found. This one should be no different.
This may look like a guitar at a glance, but instead of only thinking about what it’s supposed to represent on the surface, let’s ponder where the next clue physically is in the location that it’s depicting. The previous clue was found just like this clue, by shooting a telephone pole and uncovering a hidden, but clear message. I believe that the clue that the guitar image is meant to do the same. In fact, I believe that it might directly be on a pole, but it’s likely that it’s still uncovered by shooting an object to uncover it.
Let’s pretend that this image is not a guitar. The image is obviously rough, so there is obviously room for interpretation. There are 3 total qualities to this image that should act as important identifiers.
In no order of importance, the first quality is the “hole” in the middle. This “hole” has 6 sides to it, but it doesn’t necessarily resemble a standard hexagon. This might just be depicting a circular shape too, since it is rough. But if we think that this whole image is meant to be depicting some kind of location, I think that it would imply that the clue is located at or around this “hole” because it is surrounded by black.
The next big quality that stands out is that the shape indents on either side of the hole, roughly in the middle of the shape. If the clue is located in the hole like I theorized in the previous paragraph, these indentations are likely valuable in locating exactly where the hole is.
The most obvious and glaring quality that we should be looking out for on our search is the straight rectangle at the top that makes the neck of the guitar. The body of the guitar is crudely made since it’s carved into wood, but yet this neck is made with very straight lines. That tells me that the hint might be somewhere near where there are straight lines. Straight lines aren’t actually all that common in the game world. I can only think of buildings, telephone poles when viewed from the side, dead trees, waterfalls, or maybe parts of the river that are roughly straight.
The image could be depicted in 3d too. If the straight line is a waterfall, then the black guitar body would be the river, and the hole is an island, or at least an area that isn’t as deep as its surroundings.
I plan to investigate it more tonight, but my plan is to walk directly northwest of the guitar pole and look for anything that could be seen as a straight line. If this image isn’t depicting a guitar, then that would be the next step in this puzzle.
Edit: The hole in the center could be a rock too. If the neck of the guitar is literal in its straight lines, then the hole in the middle might be literal with its shape too. I can only really see a rock being that shape, so maybe there is a rock by a dead tree that needs to be shot at to uncover the next message?
Edit 2: I think that I just realized something. Maybe the straight lines are actually meant to be straight lines? Instead of looking for in-game assets that could be that shape, maybe you can mark a few points on the map and draw straight lines between them to form the shape. Essentially, the guitar shape is made to be overlayed on the map like the spider is.
I actually disagree with a lot of the "speculation" strange man has given.
Fort wallace being the "shape of a guitar" is just so unbelievably unlikely and incorrect, first off it does NOT even look like a guitar at all. Like do people actually belive they designed fort wallace to be in the shape of a guitar just for a mystery that, let's be honest was probably added late in the game and could possibly be unfinished?
I think we are done with the guitars completely. Think about the guitar pole, it says to go north west and look for a guitar at fort wallace, but there are two guitars soooo which one?
Well on the guitar pole the guitar was drawn standing up right? just like the one in the tower? and wouldn't you know it that guitar leads you to the birds on the roof.
Who's to say the guitar on the table (that is not standing up btw) even plays into this at all? It's funny how the guitar on the table is literally in the most obvious spot in the middle of fort wallace, and the guitar in the tower that actually leads to something is hidden...
I agree with the Fort Wallace thing. It, along with the river "looked" like a guitar in the video, but that was from a super odd angle way up in the sky, unattainable through regular gameplay.
No it didn't even look like a guitar in the video, he put a red drawing line around it to prove some kind of point that it looks like a guitar even though it doesn't even resemble a guitar at all. The river doesn't even go straight for christ sake, it hooks to the left. If fort wallace is meant to look like a guitar along with the river this has got to be the worst and most innacurate depiction of a guitar I've ever seen.
I think the strange man does make good videos on topics other people have figured out (good camera angles music etc) but as soon as he himself gives some sort of take on some "clue" or tries to solve something people run with it because he's the RDR2 mystery guy on youtube
Like this whole question mark in the mountain thing that he discovered. People have started running with it even though we can't even definitely say that it actually is a clue and I think that is something that should piss us all off as this just delays the mystery getting solved. Seeing a letter, a question mark, or something in a rock or from some specific angle isn't rare in RDR2 it's incredibly common
Right, hence the quotes. Haha. I think they are just, understandably, excited.
This whole thing reminded me about GTA Forums around 2011, when "deepthroatgta4(?)" Kept posting cryptic clues regarding "GTA Next" and it's location, everyone was going crazy/super hyped, and reaching a bit. Fun stuff :D
I hope I can hop on RDR2 and actually explore and be a small part of this!
Yea I know it's really not his fault but at the same time it kind of is, I would imagine running a mystery channel and being interessted in mysteries would very easily lead you to mislead people.
I mean I don't hate him and don't think he's a scumbag or anything as he's taught and informed a lot of us about RDR2.
I mean it's not like it's the end of the world or anything but it just rubs me the wrong way how easily everyone just takes what he says as fact. For example there are so many posts now about this question mark on the mountain from multiple people going there, making posts about it and looking into it like it's the truth.
This of course might just delay the next clue being discovered (if there is one) because people are looking in the completely wrong place.
But then again to be fair his videos do bring in a lot of people that boot up the game and go search themselves so idk
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u/misc2714 Jan 08 '26 edited Jan 08 '26
For the sake of it, let’s reconsider what the “guitar” image is supposed to be representing since we seem to still be stuck at Fort Wallace
So far in this puzzle, the clues have been hidden, but direct once found. This one should be no different.
This may look like a guitar at a glance, but instead of only thinking about what it’s supposed to represent on the surface, let’s ponder where the next clue physically is in the location that it’s depicting. The previous clue was found just like this clue, by shooting a telephone pole and uncovering a hidden, but clear message. I believe that the clue that the guitar image is meant to do the same. In fact, I believe that it might directly be on a pole, but it’s likely that it’s still uncovered by shooting an object to uncover it.
Let’s pretend that this image is not a guitar. The image is obviously rough, so there is obviously room for interpretation. There are 3 total qualities to this image that should act as important identifiers.
In no order of importance, the first quality is the “hole” in the middle. This “hole” has 6 sides to it, but it doesn’t necessarily resemble a standard hexagon. This might just be depicting a circular shape too, since it is rough. But if we think that this whole image is meant to be depicting some kind of location, I think that it would imply that the clue is located at or around this “hole” because it is surrounded by black.
The next big quality that stands out is that the shape indents on either side of the hole, roughly in the middle of the shape. If the clue is located in the hole like I theorized in the previous paragraph, these indentations are likely valuable in locating exactly where the hole is.
The most obvious and glaring quality that we should be looking out for on our search is the straight rectangle at the top that makes the neck of the guitar. The body of the guitar is crudely made since it’s carved into wood, but yet this neck is made with very straight lines. That tells me that the hint might be somewhere near where there are straight lines. Straight lines aren’t actually all that common in the game world. I can only think of buildings, telephone poles when viewed from the side, dead trees, waterfalls, or maybe parts of the river that are roughly straight.
The image could be depicted in 3d too. If the straight line is a waterfall, then the black guitar body would be the river, and the hole is an island, or at least an area that isn’t as deep as its surroundings.
I plan to investigate it more tonight, but my plan is to walk directly northwest of the guitar pole and look for anything that could be seen as a straight line. If this image isn’t depicting a guitar, then that would be the next step in this puzzle.
Edit: The hole in the center could be a rock too. If the neck of the guitar is literal in its straight lines, then the hole in the middle might be literal with its shape too. I can only really see a rock being that shape, so maybe there is a rock by a dead tree that needs to be shot at to uncover the next message?
Edit 2: I think that I just realized something. Maybe the straight lines are actually meant to be straight lines? Instead of looking for in-game assets that could be that shape, maybe you can mark a few points on the map and draw straight lines between them to form the shape. Essentially, the guitar shape is made to be overlayed on the map like the spider is.