AGP #472 – “Strad-Hilarious”3 String Fretless Fiddle GuitarScale: 26 inchesStrings: .042NW .028NW .019NWTuned: F C fThe cheap 4/4 Ebay Chinese Violin was purchased many years back specifically to be converted into a CBG Type Build, but because of my lack of confidence and knowledge about how to remove the Neck, it has taken this long to get around to doing it, mainly due to finding some recent Utube Vids on how to go about it, and will gladly pass on those links, if anyone is interested.A 6.7k Single Coil Delta Type Pickup is wired through Volume and Tone Pots to the Output Jack, the Bridge is Forest Red Gum.The Main Neck is recycled Merbau, the Nut is Buffalo Bone, the Bottom through the Fiddle Neck is recycled Radiata Pine. :-)
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"Thanks UJ" :-)
Great name. That looks great too!
"Thanks Doug", swap the high and low strings over, and "Bingo", you a have a Mollydooker (Left Handed) Guitar ;-D
This is an awesome guitar Alan! I only see one serious flaw: it’s not left handed. Fabulous build nonetheless.