Four New Pheos!

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Pheo has done it again! Here's a stunning new set of instruments from builder Phil Sylvester. You can be sure you won't find guitars like these very often. Introducing the "Prepaul," the "Capri," the "BB," and the "Tonabar."

No, you didn't forget to put on your glasses! These fractured, yet crafted, random yet profoundly organized instruments are the creations of Phil Sylvester of Pheo Guitars. They are the very epitome of functional art - they play, beautifully, even startlingly well. They are consummate instruments that press hard at the boundaries of what we normally think an instrument "should" be. From Pheo you will find remarkable guitars and amplifiers made from found objects and crafted elements - old instrument parts, hairdryers, grills, vacuum cleaners, etc. all deconstructed and reassembled into a whole that only vaguely resembles, and certainly transcends it's origins.

Destroy All Guitars is uniquely proud to be representing Pheo. Pheo rounds out, yet simultaneously dissects the DAG collective in a way that no one else could. Are you an adventurous type? Can you appreciate deconstructionism, cubism, impressionism? Do you love the idea that your favorite guitar could simultaneously inspire deep humor and gentle insight, along with sounding awesome AND presenting uncanny functionality? Then browse along, you've found a world unique unto itself and filled with the unexpected, the oblique and the yet to be.

Prepaul ($3750):

The Prepaul has traditional construction and materials with a few major twists. Basically it is a Honduras mahogany body and neck with a rock maple top, 7 lbs 15 oz. However, the maple cap and the rest of the body are decoupled, i.e. separated by a quarter of an inch. The neck is 25 1/2 inch scale, fairly hefty c profile , with a 1 5/8 inch nut. The decoupling and the longer scale length give the guitar a slightly brighter voice, a bit more detail. The detail is enhanced by the pickups, actual 1956 Gibson pre PAFs, a design I prefer over actual PAFs, because of the clarity the polepiece magnets have over the later bar magnets. The neck is at least forty years old and is connected by a complex long tenon joint. The top wood is from a 1956 Gibson Pedal Steel. Tuners are locking Sperzel.

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Capri ($2650):

The Capri is a weird little guitar. Based on a semi hollow Alamo Capri body from way back, the Capri weighs only 4 lbs 12 oz. The neck is a thin flat c profile, 19/16ths nut, 25, 1/4 inch scale, made of walnut with a slab maple cap, locking Sperzel tuners. The neck pickup is a Chandler lipstick. The bridge pickup is a stealth Tele bridge pickup. There is an actual hand wound T bridge pickup with base, hidden under that humbucker cover. This guitar has one of a kind character both visually and sonically. Only the Brave.

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BB ($2750):

The BB is a Pheo Hotrod, that is a preexisting guitar that has been Pheoized to within an inch of its life. This guitar was once a Ventura, obviously, but has been massively upgraded and revoiced. First, the top is all new, solid spruce, flat, not arched, x braced with a custom flanged bracing system. The neck pickup is a 1956 Gibson pre PAF, a superb pickup if you are not familiar with it, has the body of a PAF, but better clarity in the wound strings. The bridge pickup is a 40's Gibson lap steel pickup, rewound with the actual original wire. The 5 ply 24 3/4 scale neck is very small, 1 9/16ths nut, shallow c profile, very fast and easy to play. Body is maple ply, 3" thick. This guitar is both a superb jazz box and a honkin' rockabilly barker with a vintage feel and sound and the scars to prove it.

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Tonabar ($4250):

The Pheo Tonabar is a new kind of solid body. The bridge is anchored in two floating lengths of walnut, connected to the rest of the body only at the neck and tail. This construction makes the guitar exceptionally loud acoustically, while not dissipating sustain through membrane vibration. The neck is a hefty, c profile, 25 1/2 inch scale neck, formerly from a Fender Newporter, maple with a veneer rosewood cap, newly fretted, grrreat vintage feel. The body is honduras mahogany and walnut. The guitar weighs 7 lbs 8oz. The neck pickup is a Pheo custom, based on Gibson's pre PAF pedal steel pickups. The bridge pickup is a vintage Baldwin single coil that slides forward and backward. The forward position is great for lead playing, the back position makes for wonderful shimmering rhythm sounds when both pickups are on simultaneously.

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