Trevor Steger of BabaJack is known for his slide style and his homemade ‘Winebox’ guitars:  unique instruments he has made out of old wooden wine boxes and literally anything else lying around, including bits of a wardrobe, the dog’s bone, old piano keys… They provide part of the very distinctive and rootsie BabaJack sound.  

But what drives a modern day slide player to make his own instruments?

Trevor and Joanna

In Trevor’s case, it was a combination of the quest as a musician and a slide player for a grittier, rootsier sound, and his ambition as a woodworker to make his own guitar.  

He made his first ‘winebox’ guitar a year or so ago: the four stringed ‘Beast’ (affectionately known as!): 4 strings, made from a winebox, bits of wardrobe and the dog’s bone!  It has a very distinctive rootsie, growl of a sound.

Buoyed by this success, Trevor decided to attempt the six string version: Joanna.  Again a winebox, but made out of ole bits of peeanna!  She has more sophisticated sound.
These are homemade in the early delta blues tradition, but Trevor is a master craftsman with wood and so they are also beautifully crafted instruments, and they sound incredible!

Trevor & the Beast