From my personal collection - this is a modified Orpheum resonator guitar, with a dark unfinished stain and acid-treated metal parts. And no, this is not my car.

On this guitar, I've fastened some old keys found on my own travels, some of which may or may not be from the basement of an abandoned bank building. The clock face was found years ago on the side of a road during a photoshoot.
   
Here's a good detail of the patina treatment I do to all the exposed metal parts of each instrument. Here you can also see some of the strange metal plates and gears I'm always on the lookout for.
   
Here's a detail of the headstock, with yet another strange key from an undisclosed lock and location. You can also see the acid-treated, blackened tuning pegs.
 

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