Pheo Baby Head

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.

Pheo Baby Head - $4800

The Baby Head body is made with swamp ash and a small piece of basswood. The neck is maple with a rosewood cap, 25 1/2 inch scale, 10 inch radius, thin C profile. Pickups are a Chandler lipstick and a vintage Schaller single coil for the bridge. The Schaller is a very vocal, honky pickup with good output. Controls are a push/push switch for choosing the primary pickup, master volume, master tone, and a blend control for adding the secondary pickup. Design is fully ergonomic despite how it looks. The absolute tone secret is the addition of a rubber baby head and baby arm with hand. This exact amount of rubber, added to the body mass, sucks out all bad frequencies, leaving only dulcet harmonics..