This instrument is a tribute to everything flawed, scarred, twisted, grafted, wrinkled, salvaged or cast aside. It’s a celebration of sustainability, art, real emotions and honest work. It’s for an artist named Todd Fink, which will make perfect sense when you go to his website and check out his TED talk below.

The back, sides, headplate, fretboard and bridge are made from grafted, scarred and tractor blight Pistachio, salvaged from California orchards by woodfromthewest.com. The Douglas Fir neck and top are salvaged from the garage at the Carpenter Ant stash in Portland. The rope binding stitches it all together, unifying the two woods from California and Oregon.

It has some songs inside, I can’t wait for Todd to find them.