An ocean plastic guitar is quite creative, but Burl’s Art decided to things to the next level by creating an electric guitar by melting down 1,000 aluminum cans. More specifically, the body and neck are made from 38-pounds worth of aluminum cans, while pickups as well as other hardware were added later.
This project wasn’t as easy as simply melting down the aluminum cans, as they had to first be turned into ingots. Sand casting molds also need to be fabricated for the parts using Petrobond and wood plugs helped form the material into the final shape. After the neck was cast, it was then finished using a hacksaw, grinder and sandpaper to smooth everything out for the frets. The finished electric guitar weighs in at 12.3-pounds, which is right on par with a typical electric guitar, like the Gibson Les Paul Standard.
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