SI200032 Telecaster
PBR Guitar (Pabst Blue Ribbon). The guitar top is heart pine 1×6 paneling from the 1870s Pabst brewery in Milwaukee. Thanks to Darren Cunningham Urban Timber Reclaimed Wood Co. for the wood and the idea. The back is ash
PBR Guitar (Pabst Blue Ribbon). The guitar top is heart pine 1×6 paneling from the 1870s Pabst brewery in Milwaukee. Thanks to Darren Cunningham Urban Timber Reclaimed Wood Co. for the wood and the idea. The back is ash died blue, ebony fingerboard, maple neck with aspen laminate and the pickups are Golden Age Vintage humbuckers. Instead of dots, the fingerboard has SI logos for frets 3 and 12 and PBRs for the rest. The headstock, control cover, and back inlay are Pabst beer cans flattened and epoxied. I’m really happy with this guitar, it finished at 6lbs 10oz so nice and light, well balanced and sounds great.
Materials Used
- Heart pine top from 1870s Pabst brewery paneling
- Blue-dyed ash back
- Ebony fingerboard
- Maple neck with aspen laminate
- Golden Age Vintage humbuckers
- Pabst beer can headstock, control cover, and back inlay
Work Performed
PBR Guitar (Pabst Blue Ribbon). The guitar top is heart pine 1×6 paneling from the 1870s Pabst brewery in Milwaukee. Thanks to Darren Cunningham Urban Timber Reclaimed Wood Co. for the wood and the idea. The back is ash died blue, ebony fingerboard, maple neck with aspen laminate and the pickups are Golden Age Vintage humbuckers. Instead of dots, the fingerboard has SI logos for frets 3 and 12 and PBRs for the rest. The headstock, control cover, and back inlay are Pabst beer cans flattened and epoxied. I’m really happy with this guitar, it finished at 6lbs 10oz so nice and light, well balanced and sounds great.
Final Result
The finished Telecaster gives reclaimed material a second life as a playable instrument, keeping the story of the original object visible in the final build, especially the use of Heart pine top from 1870s Pabst brewery paneling, Blue-dyed ash back, Ebony fingerboard, Maple neck with aspen laminate, Golden Age Vintage humbuckers, and Pabst beer can headstock, control cover, and back inlay.
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