We've seen many examples of cardboard breaking out of its box, including a rolling Lexus, play furniture for kids, and a bike and helmet. But the crazy folks over at Signal Snowboards and Ernest Packaging have teamed up with the Fender Custom Shop to build a one-off Strat that really rocks.
California-based Signal teamed up with Ernest at the beginning of last year to make asnowboard from 100 percent recycled cardboard for the first in a series of Cardboard Chaos projects. Subsequent cardboard creations have included a kid's pushbike, asurfboard and, most recently, a skateboard deck. All pretty cool, but not Fender Stratocaster cool.
California-based Signal teamed up with Ernest at the beginning of last year to make asnowboard from 100 percent recycled cardboard for the first in a series of Cardboard Chaos projects. Subsequent cardboard creations have included a kid's pushbike, asurfboard and, most recently, a skateboard deck. All pretty cool, but not Fender Stratocaster cool.
After pushing together strips of cardboard to create a semi-transparent Strat-shaped body and neck, the Signal team paid a visit to the Fender Custom Shop where the pieces were reshaped by master builder Paul Waller. Frets and dots were added to the neck, a rod added for strength and it was then bolted onto the body, which had been treated to three single coil pickups, a Strat scratch plate and other stock Fender components.
Once Fender's techs and builders had spent a little time with the custom instrument, the Signal cardboard guitar was taken for its first real-world acid test – a shred-tastic workout by Linkin Park's Chester Bennington and Brad Delson.
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