Cajón!!!

My cajón, custom-built for me by Germán Ocaña in Barcelona, is finished! He sent this picture and I will get it just before we leave. After completion, he keeps the instruments for a week or more to monitor acclimation, fine-tuning, etc. It looks absolutely beautiful. The artwork is an image of one of Picasso's guitar sculptures, and my name is written around it. The wood on the sides and top is African mongoy, and the face is cherry.

A very, very special thanks to Juan Carlos Melián for introducing me to these beautiful instruments and for arranging to have Germán build one for me while I am here!