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Permalink Reply by Tom T on January 2, 2016 at 9:58am

You mean something like this?

It uses a tambourine body with an oak dowel for the neck. I grafted the head-stock from an old violin.

Mine uses a 25" scale length, so from bridge to nut is, of course, 25". You could use any reasonable scale length you like. If by "Full Sized violin" you mean a 4/4, then the bridge to nut is 325mm (about 12.8"). That's  pretty short scale.

Here is a link of scale lengths for violas, cellos and upright bass Scale Lengths

Mine is set up as a slider (fret-less) and I did install a single piezo pickup under the bridge inside the tambourine.

Tuned to DAD with fairly light strings, it sound very nice.

Give it a go........

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Permalink Reply by GARY KNIGHT on January 2, 2016 at 10:32am

Excellent, Thankyou :O)

Have you done a youtube vid of it in action?

I'd love to hear it.

Cheers

Gary

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Permalink Reply by Jim Morris on January 2, 2016 at 10:22am

Most 4/4 (full size) fiddles are on a 13" (325 to 330 mm) scale. I've made them slightly longer and slightly shorter. Fiddle strings usually have a lot of extra string to wind around the peg so anything in that ball park should work.

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Permalink Reply by GARY KNIGHT on January 2, 2016 at 10:35am

Brilliant, Thanks.

I've just ordered a violin bridge off ebay to adapt for mounting onto the drum skin.

I was going to make one, but hey, at 99p with free delivery !!

Thanks again

Gary

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Permalink Reply by GARY KNIGHT on January 2, 2016 at 12:12pm

I BOW down to your superior knowledge :O)

Oh Dear... we seem to have gone into Pun mode.

I got all Punned out when I did my Toilet seat guitar !!

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