Wow, i listened to the demo. This is really great. Nice to have a good picker to do it right. I love it. Fiddles beware... I've been getting fiddle cases for ukuleles. I redo the inside. I've got 3 fiddles that came with old cases. I may have to try something. Neckecktome...
yup you got that right .. also, it should be noted .. that rib is not down the center ,, it is more off to one side .. thus a smaller width neck like a diddly or a 2 stringer would fit and slip in beside it with no issues .
Thanks pick, that's really useful, especially the 'exploded' violin photo. So, as I understand it, you ran the neck through a hole at the front and attached it at the tailpiece so that the through neck would take all of the string loads. That makes sense, and I can see that getting the electrics in there would be a challenge. I had thought of using a microphone pickup of some description. However, I'm sort of getting ahead of myself (again) because I need to finish the Cohiba Behike before I start anything else. Thanks again for taking the time to help.
i'll try and add to digly's question , as i said i built a few similar before .
most violin/fiddle bodies have a long rib inside the the body that runs the length of it . it is tapered at both ends and usually glued with saddle glue to the top . this may be very hard to remove without damaging the thin violin top . you may be able to snap it off and sand the hell out of it etc..
for my builds it was not much of an issue since they were only sliders and not fretted, i actually used the rib as a ramp and set my neck ontop of it along the one side , and ran iy all the way to the back .. this gave the neck a forward tilt compensating for the high body . it kinda worked out .
i used a new violin body and did not want to seperate the top .. only big problem was fishing the electronics in with a magnet and fishing line through the neck hole ;-)
so , yes you "can " go right though to the back ,, but removing that rib may be an issue . or gor around it and use it like i
did .
here's a vid of my swampwitch lil hag build, ill post a picture to show you the rib i am talking about in a min
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Can you see how the neck attaches - does it go all the way through ? It's just that there's a scruffy fiddle in our local antiques shop and, if I know what to do with it, I may go and see if I can do a deal.
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Wow, i listened to the demo. This is really great. Nice to have a good picker to do it right. I love it. Fiddles beware... I've been getting fiddle cases for ukuleles. I redo the inside. I've got 3 fiddles that came with old cases. I may have to try something. Neckecktome...
Jay from Tinyguitars made one of these fiddle body builds a few years ago
Excellent - I may just have to go into town tomorrow and pop into the antique shop !
yup you got that right .. also, it should be noted .. that rib is not down the center ,, it is more off to one side .. thus a smaller width neck like a diddly or a 2 stringer would fit and slip in beside it with no issues .
Thanks pick, that's really useful, especially the 'exploded' violin photo. So, as I understand it, you ran the neck through a hole at the front and attached it at the tailpiece so that the through neck would take all of the string loads. That makes sense, and I can see that getting the electrics in there would be a challenge. I had thought of using a microphone pickup of some description. However, I'm sort of getting ahead of myself (again) because I need to finish the Cohiba Behike before I start anything else. Thanks again for taking the time to help.
i'll try and add to digly's question , as i said i built a few similar before .
most violin/fiddle bodies have a long rib inside the the body that runs the length of it . it is tapered at both ends and usually glued with saddle glue to the top . this may be very hard to remove without damaging the thin violin top . you may be able to snap it off and sand the hell out of it etc..
for my builds it was not much of an issue since they were only sliders and not fretted, i actually used the rib as a ramp and set my neck ontop of it along the one side , and ran iy all the way to the back .. this gave the neck a forward tilt compensating for the high body . it kinda worked out .
i used a new violin body and did not want to seperate the top .. only big problem was fishing the electronics in with a magnet and fishing line through the neck hole ;-)
so , yes you "can " go right though to the back ,, but removing that rib may be an issue . or gor around it and use it like i
did .
here's a vid of my swampwitch lil hag build, ill post a picture to show you the rib i am talking about in a min
<br /><small><a href="http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/video">Find more videos like this on <em>Cigar Box Nation</em></a></small><br />
That's a really nice instrument.
Can you see how the neck attaches - does it go all the way through ? It's just that there's a scruffy fiddle in our local antiques shop and, if I know what to do with it, I may go and see if I can do a deal.
Thanks, Keni Lee! Contacting him now to say thanks and check on building a larger version!
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