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Fourth Build

Posted by Tom T on December 28, 2014 at 9:40pm
I was up in the attic above the garage getting the Christmas supplies for my wife when I found an old violin case that we've carried around from coast to coast over the years. Inspecting the violin, I found that the neck was in pretty rough shape. We had originally picked it up at a junk store to use as a display piece before storing it away.Anyway, I looked at the box and figured "What the heck..." It took less than a day to build up a neck and slider fret board. I already had tuners and strings and a brass cabinet hinge painted black seemed to look correct.It is tuned GDG and sounds great!. That violin body resonates really well and produces a lot of volume. There is a 27mm piezo inside that works well with the rest of the build. This could become my favorite slider.
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  • J.D. July 8, 2016 at 11:16am
    Nice!!! I've read Stradivarius/Stradivari's Violin's are very famous Villon's and worth $$$$ "if genuine". Theres been thousands made as a tribute to the Genuine Stradivarius.
  • Bruce March 10, 2015 at 9:24pm

    That's nice!

  • Dave Lynas March 6, 2015 at 6:52pm
    Wow it sounds awesome! Great remake.
  • Sparky John March 6, 2015 at 4:47pm
    Love the look of this guitar, really eye catching.
  • Dave Lynas January 1, 2015 at 8:08pm

    Beautiful work! Love all of it.

  • Tom T December 30, 2014 at 6:46am

    Thanks Bob.

    It does sound good...........

  • Big Bob December 30, 2014 at 6:14am

    That is so cool

  • Tom T December 29, 2014 at 5:21pm

    Bluesheart, this one is quickly taking first place for favorite slider. The box really resonates and sounds nice.

  • Bluesheart December 29, 2014 at 4:47pm

    Great job on that, bet it sounds awesome!

  • Tom T December 29, 2014 at 4:31pm

    Funny you mentioned Strat. I think every violin built in the last 100 years has a Stradivarius sticker inside the box when you can just see it through the "F" holes. I think if you read closely, it says something like "Stradivarius Style" whatever that means.

    I carefully cut the neck from the body, but left a portion of the little heal that enters the box. I cut it down so that the new neck sat on top of it so I could run a screw through this heel into the bottom of the neck. Let me know if you want a bottom side photo.

    T

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