First Fiddle

I made this several years back, I wanted a fiddle, could afford one so I made one. I made every part ofit except the strings from scratch.
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  • Thanks for the nice comments Dave!
  • Nice life story Bobby. Nice to meet you.
  • Very nice. First is tops.
  • yep.,.,great stuff.,.,I built mandolins and dulcimers and a guitar in this style.,my grandfather played a homemade electric guitar his neighbor built in the 1950's up in the hills.,,.love them mountains.,,.

  • Excellent!

  • Thats the straight truth of it too brother, I am one generation removed Appalachian hillbilly and I went back to the hills. I grew up in the mindset make it yourself and make do. Toys, tools, everything. I love making instuments. The only problem is playing them. Took this one to a teacher and she looked at me like I was crazy. Been trying to learn from books, but with out comparison to other players and a none "standard" fiddle I never new if my technique was even close to "standard". So I got the "proper" one to practice "proper" playing then I can do my own thing...thats a lot of quotations ;-)
  • That looks good and historic.  It looks like just what it is.  Somebody wanted a fiddle and lacking funds, made their own.  

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