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  Jess April 28, 2011 at 2:17pm

  Thanks Keith.  It is a fun one.
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  keith peterson April 28, 2011 at 12:59pm

  Thats the coolest thing I have seen in awhile.
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  Jess May 20, 2010 at 9:56am

  Bluesheart: Thanks. I've not seen any photos of other gitfiddles, so I thought what the heck, I'll make one to see how it goes over.
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  Bluesheart May 20, 2010 at 9:50am

  That is just a hoot! Great idea and work!
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  Jess May 20, 2010 at 8:56am

  Julian: Thanks. The violin was originally created to have great resonance accoustically, so I was certain that if converted it would sound good as a guitar, and it does. Everyone who's seen it thinks it's cool. It's a hoot when I light it up through my CBG amp, big sound from two little instruments. Yes, the recycling thing opens up some other possibilities, which I'm considering.
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  Julian Perry May 20, 2010 at 3:27am

  I love it Jess! I bet it sounds brilliant. It's a great way of recycling otherwise unwanted instruments.
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  Jess May 19, 2010 at 11:52pm

  While waiting for the varnish to dry on my doubleneck, I was tromping around a secondhand store and bumped into a old violin and instantly thought of McCartney's bass guitar, so I bought the thing, took it home, chopped it up, added a neck, modified the string retainer, popped in a Piezo and a jack, and voila, I got myself a real honest-to-Wally 'Gitfiddle'.