[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPBmyFsfyPc]YouTube - Bela Fleck & The Flecktones - The Sinister Minister (Part 1)[/ame] the only thing i can think is that it's some sort of MIDI controller/synthesizer worked into the body of a guitar.
are you talking about future man drum thingy yea its a controller like you thought, seen these guys b4, not my kind of music doe