Designed for actor/musician James Barry. It’s actually made from a tea box found at a local thrift store. Piezo pickup w/ volume and tone controls decked out with Lagunitas bottle caps, Irish coins, wolf scratch sound holes. Maple neck and fingerboard.
This is a mandocello commissioned by Andy York, guitarist for John Mellencamp, Jason & the Scorchers, Hearts and Minds. It’s made from a humidor, has a piezo pickup with volume and tone controls.
A friend came to me with a box that her bass playing cousin had painted for their grandmother who had recently passed on. I was honored to be asked to convert this box into a bass.
Java by Drew Estate
Java Robusto Mint
4 string “guitanjo”
Tuned (high to low) dADd
Maple neck. Red oak fingerboard
Piezo pickup w/volume and tone controls