Marine plastic pollution is a big problem, as currently it’s estimated that over 1.4% of global plastics produced from 1950 to 2022 has entered the ocean and accumulated there. Burls Art collaborated with 4ocean to help the cause by transforming some of the reclaimed ocean plastic into a fully-functional electric guitar. It all started with a trip down to South Florida to scavenge for suitable plastic, before taking the haul back to his warehouse. Read more for two videos and additional information.
Next, all of that plastic had to be melted down before forging it into a large workable block. The guitar’s neck was then assembled using solid pieces of plastic cast inside epoxy resin, but that didn’t quite work out when trying to add the frets. So, plastic straws filled with epoxy resin were used instead as the guitar’s neck material. The frets were then heated with a blowtorch before installing them on the neck, causing them to melt safely into the epoxy in the neck when fitted. Lastly, a pair of pickups were installed consisting of a humbucker in the bridge position and a single coil in the neck.
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This was easily the most challenging build I’ve done so far. But it was a fun project where I got to use different methods I haven’t tried yet, and overall I think it came out looking pretty good. I want to say thanks to 4ocean for teaming up with me on this project. They’re doing good work out there cleaning up our oceans, so it was a really cool opportunity to work with an awesome company on this build,” said its creator.
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