Rep. Paul Ryan’s hard-rocking musical tastes are now common knowledge. But who knew the GOP vice presidential hopeful had a thing for electric guitars?

Granted, we’ve never actually seen or heard the Wisconsin Republican so much as strum a single note.

Then the Bad Lip Reading crew blew our minds by exposing Ryan’s musical aspirations in this candid “video diary” post:

And while we cannot confirm that the Ryan-autographed guitar Team Romney is currently giving away is the same Fender the “Steak Baby” front man feverishly plays in the above video, what rock enthusiast would turn down any ax with the House Budget Committee chairman’s John Hancock scrawled across it?

Now, if you’ll excuse us, we’ve got to go camp out for tickets to the next “Joy Nuts” show …