frettedamericana | 1 decade ago
http://www.mcswainguitars.com/
I've always loved graphics that are somewhat subtle, but very memorable. Budweiser is not exempt from this concept. I found these old steel Budweiser cans and decided to give them a 2nd life as part of a McSwain guitar. These cans conjure up images of an old pickup truck with several of these rolling around in the back with the trusty old dog. So does the tone of the guitar. It is straight up punch and grit! The pickups are Rio Grande Texas and BBQ humbuckers. 1 volume and 1 tone.
I laminated the cans to the arched top of the tone chambered redwood body which has a book-matched koa back. The neck is a 22 fret, 3-piece mahogany with an aluminum bound 24-3/4" ebony fretboard and a nut width of 1-11/16". It has a vintage '59 era shaped neck contour. The inlays are aluminum Bud crowns.
Just to add a bit more colloquialism, I made the volume and tone knob from glass Bud bottle tops. My buddy Jhon Doria dug up an old pull tab in his garden, so I inlaid it into the koa truss rod cover. What else was I gonna do with it???!!! The finish is what I call a "dirty finish" which is distressed and looks like it has been around for as long as the beer cans.
24-3/4" scale. 3-piece mahogany neck, aluminum binding, aluminum bud crown inlays, ebony fretboard
Body: tone chambered redwood with a book matched koa back
1 vol, 1 tone
1950s steel vintage Bud cans, glass bottle neck tops and caps as vol and tone knob, old Pull tab inlaid into truss rod cover
Kluson vintage style tuners
Locking Tone Pros bridge
Rio Grande Texas neck and BBQ bridge pickups
