My first attempt to build a Cigar Box Fiddle. I would like to craft everything myself, even the fingerboard. Hopefully the sound justifies the effort..

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Comment by Elmar Zeilhofer on May 21, 2012 at 11:23am

the guts of Klangbox violin n°5

Comment by Elmar Zeilhofer on May 21, 2012 at 11:21am

The cutaways are covered with brass tin..

Comment by Crimson Toad on May 13, 2012 at 10:16pm

YES please do...  cameron_bleuer@yahoo.com  ...thank you very much !!

Comment by Elmar Zeilhofer on April 29, 2012 at 11:21am

Cigar Box Violin no° 1 had a quite thick bridge 5->3 mm. The current one, n°2 is slim: 4->2 mm

Comment by Elmar Zeilhofer on April 29, 2012 at 6:12am

Some more finetuning and n° 2 will be finished. The magnetic Flatpup is attached, I'm curious how it will sound..

 

Comment by Jon Pruett on April 28, 2012 at 2:14pm

Exciting! Can't wait to hear how the experiment works!

Comment by Elmar Zeilhofer on April 28, 2012 at 2:13pm

seems so :-) I must admit I got a little bored from building CBG. Violins are new to me and really challenging. I think of making five 'cause I got pear wood from an old barn at the countryside.

And... ta-taa.. I will try the Flatpup as pickup system. That's why I used guitar strings instead of violin strings. But I'm not sure whether it works, because the pickup is placed where the bow moves. I could transmit the scratchin, but let's try it

Comment by Jon Pruett on April 28, 2012 at 2:03pm

Looks like a serious jig setup for building more than just one of these. Are we going to see a production line of Klangbox violins soon? :) 

Comment by Elmar Zeilhofer on April 28, 2012 at 1:56pm

cool Jon, I create such a file and mail it to you.

Here is the link again that shows the making of the fingerboard (had to remove the first video which had copiright music):

http://http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XgU8b3Hw4qg

Comment by Jon Pruett on April 28, 2012 at 1:48pm

I'd be interested in that file of the neck shape as well - that's beautiful work!

Thanks!

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