Pipsqueak is too young to drink but old enough to rock the Monterey music scene.

Pipsqueak’s three young musicians tear through a set of raw, timeless garage rock – at hyperspeed – to kick off a recent benefit for the Big Sur fire victims in Carmel. It’s not easy to open for three more-established acts, but 17-year-old bassist Miranda Zipse (an early high school grad in her first year at MPC), 17-year-old drummer Tyler Beron (a junior at P.G. High School) and 19-year-old guitarist/lead singer Jacob Ellzey (MPC) rise to the occasion. There’s no sweat to be seen or struggle to make the notes land loudly. They look like they’ve been performing together for at least a decade.

In addition to several originals that blend modern riffage with classic vintage, Pipsqueak tosses in well-crafted covers, including Q65’s version of Lee Dorsey’s “Get Out of My Life, Woman,” The Rolling Stones’ “Mercy Mercy” and The Sonics’ ’60s garage rock staple “Have Love Will Travel.”

The group agrees that a lot of its musical flavor was inspired by the inventory at Vinyl Revolution. Shop owner Bob Gamber, in fact, plays drums in heavy psych trio The Tombweavers, who join Pipsqueak and Burnt Palms on Friday at Bay of Pines with Lumiere Alchemical providing psychedelic light effects.

“[Gamber] has a lot of really good ’60s psychedelic garage rock and I wanted to put that type of music into what we were doing,” Ellzey says. “Miranda writes most of it and I just add the guitar parts to it.”

Pipsqueak enjoys the kind of intimate knowledge of its material you see in groups twice their age. They rarely require cues from one another.

The threesome also sports a hip blend of 1950s and 1960s style – with poodle dress and saddle shoes on the side.

“We’re always trying to look sharp,” Ellzey says.

Pipsqueak’s fashion sense and talent has turned a lot of heads over the past few months, especially among local bands who’ve been inviting them to share bills on a regular basis. Pipsqueak was booked every weekend in January.

The trio just recorded a six-track demo of original tunes in Ellzey’s bedroom, using a student edition of Pro Tools. (CDs will be distributed at their Friday show.)

“I would love to do music as a career if it worked out that way,” Ellzey says. “We have at least a couple years to really work on our sound and we want to get it much more refined than it is right now. We still really don’t know what we’re doing yet.”

If Pipsqueak sounds this good without knowing what they’re doing, then watch out world.

PIPSQUEAK, THE TOMBWEAVERS and BURNT PALMS perform at 8pm Friday, Feb. 21, at Bay of Pines Restaurant, 150 Del Monte Ave., Monterey. $5. 920-3563