Pheo 59

The Pheo 59 is made from a1959 Gibson Melody Maker mahogany body and neck, with an added multi-piece maple cap, all the maple coming from unrestorable 1950's Gibson steel guitars. The body and cap are bonded with rabbit skin glue. Neck is a hefty C, 24 3/4 " scale, 12" radius, newly fretted, with a Brazilian rosewood fretboard and a huge tenon. Pickups are a JM Rolph 58 humbucker in the bridge position and a Pheo humbucker in the neck position. Pheo humbuckers are based on the Gibson steel guitar humbuckers that predated the PAF. The Pheos use polepiece magnets rather than bar magnets and have greater clarity and sparkle in the neck position than PAFs. The Pheo 59 weighs 7lbs 7oz and has an oil finish. This guitar has more nuance, clarity, and growl than any guitar Pheo has ever built.

About Pheo Guitars
If you're new to Pheo Guitars, read on. 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.