This is called a "Tritare" instrument. Look closely and you'll see that while it looks like a guitar, the strings are not lines, but rather form a "Y-shap." This shape gives the instrument a different sort of sound. Click on the link and scroll down to download some sounds and see what you think.
I haven't seen any discussion on just how to understand the sounds analytically and mathematically, but I'm sure that's coming.
Here's a link about this from Science News, too.
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