Current issue of The Word (U.K. music mag)lists what its staff maintain are the 20 best & 20 worst musical instruments.
The best in no particular order are:Fire Extinguisher,Stylophone,Live Elephant,Hosepipe,"Super Yob" Guitar played by Dave Hill,Power Drill,Theremin,Musical Saw,Cymbalom,Donkey,Melodica,Roland TB-303 Bassline,The Flaming Lips Boombox Orchestra,The Voice of Bjork,The Pet Sounds Box of Fun,Sousaphone,Mellotron,Glass Harmonica,Double Bass & their choice for absolute best musical instrument is the Vocoder.
They also list what they maintain are the 20 worstinstruments.
Again in no particular order:"Keytar",Pan Pipes,Crumhorn,"Additional Percussion",Harmonica,Bob Dylan style,Rhodes Electric Piano,Rototoms,Shaun Ryder chasing The Dragon,Slap Bass,Gong,Side of Pork,Flying V Guitar,Simmons Drums,Feedback,Paul McCartney chewing Vegetables,Sitar,Fretless Bass & their choice of worst instrument in the world is...Acoustic Guitar.
Their quote for this choice is Stop talking,sit down,pay attention.This is important.Has any artefact ever allowed as many no-marks and bores to cloak themselves in Meaning and Seriousness? Good for two things:Kumbaya,and beating James Blunt to death with.
OK Controversial choices.I am aware of the disdain held for the Banjo & the Hurdy-Gurdy by some round these parts but what are 'Catters least liked instruments?
Can we provide a more rational list than this?
BTW If you're wondering about some of their more eccentric choices,they're all things which have been used in reasonably well known recordings.