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5 String Cigar Box Fiddle

Posted by Jim Morris on June 2, 2016 at 9:26pm
Had to slightly widen the nut and lengthen the head to fit the extra string. The extra string is a low C which puts this down into Viola territory.
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  • Sarah June 7, 2016 at 5:03am
    This answers my question about the 5th string
  • Jim Morris June 4, 2016 at 8:42am

    Yup AGP.

    Yeah Dave I learned it as G'Day so I'm liking Canadian G'Day! While researching this I came across a 5 string mandocello which has the same tuning an octave lower. That might be an interesting next project.

  • AGP # June 4, 2016 at 2:01am

    "Voila it's a Viola"

  • Dave Lynas June 3, 2016 at 8:00pm
    I call it"Canadian GoodDay".
  • Jim Morris June 3, 2016 at 12:10pm

    Thanks Maddog. If I do another one I'll leave a bit more room.

  • Maddog June 3, 2016 at 9:59am

    Ya got some tight quarters to work with there Jim but you pulled it off, looks awesome!

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