Electric guitar made from cedar fence boards

Presenting the fence guitar! To my knowledge, this is the first guitar of its kind. The guitar appeared prominently in the video for "When This Is Over." In fact, this guitar was designed and built just for that song--a fence is a recurring theme in the video.

The body of the guitar is all cedar: a single 2x4 in the back and four 1x4 fence boards on the front. A knot got knocked out for the cutaway. The neck and ceramic pickups came from a 2001 Mexican Fender Telecaster. The vibrato is a Callaham + Bigsby B5, added because the guitar looks even more like a fence with that big whammy bar hanging out there.

Yes, it's a real guitar, and yes, it sounds amazing. Wired to be loud and bright, this guitar is all that and a property line. People always ask "are the boards sanded smooth?" You know the answer: if you can't take the splinters, get off the fence.

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