“It is crucial for me to take a big step back and ask questions that are essential but often overlooked or ignored due to tradition or expectations..”

I studied Fine Arts at Concordia University with a  specialization in Painting & Drawing, making a living in visual arts in my mid-twenties while exploring the Canadian gallery scene.

I grew up in a creative environment, doing mural work, faux finishes (which were hugely popular  in ‘90s) and scenic painting for my parents’ design firm in Montreal.  They made props, window displays and conceived mannequins for old school department stores throughout the 1980s and into the early 2000s. Working  for them as a kid was my first exposure to the “atelier” setting, a  work environment which immediately felt natural and, as it turns out,  has followed me my entire career.
I eventually got into guitarmaking by building whimsical instruments  inspired by Depression-era jug bands after seeing an ancient cigar box guitar for the first time on the internet. Its sheer simplicity and  historical significance struck a chord. I remember thinking it was the  most beautiful object I’d seen in a very long time. I made a replica for  myself in the studio and, quickly, one fretless three-string instrument  multiplied into a few more. Soon enough my painting space was littered with dozens of weird sounding stringed oddities. This in essence was the  beginning of  Daddy Mojo Stringed Instruments. After a chance meeting  with Luca Tripaldi (Instagram), my creative partner for the subsequent ten years,  the painting studio was slowly transformed into a full-fledged guitar workshop. Daddy Mojo has from the very beginning been dedicated to handcrafting  quality instruments inspired by the heirloom of American blues and roots  music. As builders, We have taken every opportunity to pay  tribute to  the resourcefulness  and ingenuity of the primitivists with equal regard  to the style and sophistication of the American classics. Over the course of a decade, we’ve tweaked and perfected close to twenty original cbg models as well as a line of  bespoke solid bodies, chambered and archtop guitars