The Brooklyn Doctor Who themed bar, the Way Station, commissioned this steampunk cigar box guitar. It’s a Davidoff Double R box decked out with a spigot volume knob and a clockwork tone knob. Skeleton key bridge. Copper piping. Spent .22 bullet shell fret markers. Clock gear side fret markers. Gold frets and hardware. Maple neck. Red oak fingerboard.

Every now and then I like to branch out of the stringed instrument world. Here is a washboard I designed and built for the Way Station. Patina Way Station logo on the copper face. Attached cowbell, kazoo holder and soup cans.

Davidoff Lonsdale
Maple neck
Red oak fingerboard
Piezo pickup w/volume and tone controls
Torched finish

4 string bass with nautical themed decor
Shell sound hole
Woodburnt compass
Seagull fret markers
Piezo pickup w/volume and tone controls

Arturo Fuente Gran Reserva Chateau Fuente Pyramids
6 string guitar
Maple neck and fingerboard
Piezo pickup w/volume and tone controls

Davidoff Aniversario #3 Tubos
6 string guitar
Maple neck
Red oak fingerboard
Carved F holes
Piezo pickup w/volume and tone controls.

Davidoff Aniversario #3 Tubos
6 string guitar
Maple neck
Red oak fingerboard
Piezo pickup w/volume and tone controls
Vintage El Guardo cigar box decal.

This was commissioned by a gentleman who works at a power company. He loves Pink Floyd so I figured the Battersea Powerplant would be a good piece of decoration for this particular instrument. It has a piezo pickup with aluminum volume and tone knobs. I also wired up a pair of light bulbs to a 9 volt battery and on/off switch for a little extra flair. Maple neck and fingerboard.

Cohiba Toro Mandocello
Maple neck. Red oak fingerboard
Vintage Aurelia decal
Piezo pickup w/volume and tone controls

Humidor Mandocello designed for actor/musician Travis Smith. Maple neck and fingerboard. Piezo w/ volume and tone controls.

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.