Food for thought - cool links to cool bowed instruments

http://www.togamanguitars.com/, for starters!

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Cigar Box Fiddlers Find The Fiddler's Bow BEST for fiddling!

Or at least that's what they tell me, that carbon fiber is better for CB fiddling due to its light and unbreakable nature http://adamrsweet.com/mybow.html

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Messing about with a bow

Hi folks Just been messing about with a bow on my 3 string CBG tuned DAd sounded quite good. Try it out using diffrent ways to hold the bow. Tam

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Neck design and construction

Although the cradle design is really beautiful, I'll likely go with a bolt-on heel. My woodworking skills are not there yet. And I worry the cradle stops the sound on the bottom of the box. And let's face it, this is a cigar box we're talking about

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Pegheads - scroll/friction or otherwise!

I'm too intimidated for now to try the traditional model, so I'll probably opt for a flat peghead scarf joined on and uke tuners thru to the front for now. Any better ideas?

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Boxes for fiddles - modifying, reinforcing, bass bars and soundposts

I've seen a few ways of modifying the dimensions of a box to be narrow enough in the playing zone so the bow does not clip the box. If you're lucky, you can get a 4.5" box. The fella at Carolina Fiddle uses a short box keeps the box below the playin

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