The Unique "Budweiser" Guitar.

This unique McSwain guitar features an offset asymmetrical double-cutaway tone-chambered Redwood body with an amazing sculptured arched-top made entirely of original 50s steel Budweiser cans. The guitar weighs just 6.70 lbs and has a 1.50 inch thick body rising up to 1.90 inches at the heighest point. The canson the top are all held together with a steel structural "T" outline and seams. The back of the guitar is of two-piece book-matched Hawaiian Koa. Three-piece Honduras mahogany glued-in neck with a very fast medium-to-thin profile and a scale length of 24.75 inches. Single-action truss rod. Hawaiian Koa truss-rod cover (secured by one screw) with an original 50s Budweiser pull-tab. Back angled three-on-a-side "M" shaped (for McSwain) headstock laminated with original 50s Budweiser cans. Individual 'vintage-style' Kluson Deluxe 'two-line' tuners with oval metal buttons. Aluminum bound Ebony fretboard with 'descending in size' Aluminum Bud 'Crown' inlays and 22 jumbo frets. One Rio Grande Genuine Texas (double-black) pickup in the neck position and one Rio Grande BBQ Bucker (double-black) pickup in the bridge position with outputs of 8.77k and 11.73k respectively. Both pickups have nickel surrounds and are uncovered. One volume control and one tone control (on the lower treble-side of the top) and a three-way pickup selector switch on the bass 'horn'. The volume and tone knobs are specially made from original Budweiser glass bottle neck tops and original red 'Budweiser' caps. Nickel-plated TonePros TP6 Nashville Style Tune-O-Matic bridge with through-body stringing. On the back of the guitar, the Switch panel and the control cavity panel are made of matching 50s Budweiser cans. This unique guitar is indeed a masterpiece in guitar making… and just listen to Phil X making it sing on our youtube channel at http://www.youtube.com/user/frettedamericana?blend=1&ob=4