Pheo Clifford

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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 Clifford - $2600

The Clifford is a Pheo hot rod, that is, not an original design, but a vintage guitar that has been heavily Pheoized. This guitar was once a Gibson SG Melody Maker with a light, one piece mahogany body. A maple neck with a maple cap was added, but the neck is Fender scale, 25 1/2 inch, rather than the typical Gibson scale, with a12 inch radius. The maple and longer scale give this guitar a decidedly brighter and more complex voice than a typical SG. The pickups, too, are very atypical for an SG. All are by TV Jones. The neck and bridge are Magna'Trons, an original TV twangy humbucker design, and the middle pickup is a TV-HT, TV's version of the Hilo'Tron. Controls are master volume, master tone, and a three way switch to select each of the pickups.