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Well it`s been awhile since i did such a unique instrument as this one. It all started with buying an old washboard at the local thrift store. Sittin in my shop and staring at it … thinkin…now what can i make out of this…lol. Then it started…a stringed instrument ! there`s 11 strings in all...

Just finished this build…went with the hawk theme on this one. Carved a hawks head on the bottom of the neck and a feather. Carved bocote feather jack plate, mahogany neck with bocote fretboard, old western cedar cigar box with a tax stamp date- 1910. Carved out " hawk " soundholes, Bocote...

I mentioned that I was thinking of making this obscure musical instrument. I've actually been thinking about it for months. An erhu is a chinese instrument and sounds a bit like our western violin and is sometimes referred to as a chinese violin. Starting with a discarded bongo drum, I...

This instrument is made from an old silverware box as the body with a 3 piece neck. The neck is made square with an oak bottom and two pieces of cherry as sides and exotic paduak for the fretboard. There`s a soundport in the peghead and the other ends inside the body. One of my own custom made...

Here`s another one of my unique stringed instruments. Its a 4 string lap stlye dulcimer made from a hollow butternut tree limb, the top wood is hemlock. This instrument is filled with bone, deer antler, wood and butternut shell carvings. If you look through the soundhole you can see the ground...

Here is another one of my unique stringed instrument builds. I luv carving and decided to adorn this with some wood and bone carvings. I call doing details like this " eye candy" and seems folks who know my work luv looking at them too. This started out as a small ciger box [ middle ] and...

I enjoyed making the first guitalele so much that I decided to make another one. This time I used a more common body style, but I retained the slash sound holes. I also borrowed a certain headstock shape from my favorite guitar company…again, don't sue me because I'm not selling these. Future...

Here`s another one of my unique homemade instruments…the neck was carved from a butternut tree limb. The body has thin ash wood top and bottom with poplar slabwood sides. I carved some bone details on this one as most of my instruments also have on. The under the body frame is black walnut...

Wall art that makes a great sound is the easiest way to describe this project. Part rustic wood part per-cut lumber from Lowes.