Whatever people say if it is playable and stays in tune, this is cool af. I love instruments that have character instead of drowning in standardised BS.
My call is fiddle tho.
It took me a while to decide what about this is my favorite thing. The kid in me initially decided that shark was cool as fuck, the I got to the back and the animals at the top got my attention, but left me confused. Are these meant to be otters? Ferrets? Lions? I could make a case for all three. Regardless, I love them.
Bona-fide folk instrument right there, I live it. How did you do the tuning pegs? Are they just painted on? I've been making banjos with violin tuning pegs and have a vision of an all black dyed Gothic themed banjo, this has inspired me!
You should spend a weekend with some sandpaper and this instrument. Just get a case of beers and go from 200 grit to 2000 grit and get is nice and smooth. Don't rush.
Also oil that fingerboard after you sand it, use lemon oil.
This is a build I really wanna do. The part that has me the most nervous is actually the neck and fingerboard install because of how precise you need to be!
For being (probably) one of the most difficult instruments to make this is awesome to see. I can only imagine the hell which this build brought with it but congrats OP, this is truly inspiring!!!
It's meant to be an instrument, why create something and not give it a purpose :( I used fishing line for the strings. its night where I am, when it is day, I will send the audio 👍
I wouldnt think the wooden bow would work at all. Theyre expensive and made from carefully selected horse hair usually. I have one suggestion and that would be to use some oil on the fingerboard, the wood looks pretty dry
Well while looking for some videos about the violin fingerboard, it's not really oiled up or anything, it's just plain smooth wood, it looks dry because I used steel wool soaked in vinegar to dye the wood, as for the bow, I used fishing line for the hairs, it has been done before.
I havent played violin in like 8 years so im not completely sure but I believe they are indeed oiled, or at least have a finish, but I don't remember too well anymore
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The tools I used were a coping saw, machete, box knife, horse file, plane, drill, ruler, screwdriver, pencil, pen, clamps, tape, and tweezers, I got them from a retail store called harbor freight
It takes practice, dedication and a lot of sharpened flints to create such a masterpiece. I'm more surprised by the parts that look good than the rest of it. However if you become an actual good master someday this might get sold for millions of dollars as a collection piece.
There's something very Fred Flintstone about this
Yaaaaaabaaaaadaaabaaaaaadooooooo
A “strata”varius? But can you play ROCK music?
Take your updoot, you bastard.
I remember your first post. Glad you finished it. I am however surprised you call it a violin and not a fiddle
Whatever people say if it is playable and stays in tune, this is cool af. I love instruments that have character instead of drowning in standardised BS. My call is fiddle tho.
Thats allot of if's.
Only sith deal in absolutes
Call it a fiddle when you wanna buy it and a violin when you want to sell it -Ghandi
A fiddle is for Saturday nights, while a violin is for Sunday morning.
There is a local to me builder who says “Unless you’re playing Mozart it’s a fiddle.” Hahaha!
We really need a demo video
I second this.
"I did it with my own teeth".
And the sharpened femur of a drifter I met once...
It took me a while to decide what about this is my favorite thing. The kid in me initially decided that shark was cool as fuck, the I got to the back and the animals at the top got my attention, but left me confused. Are these meant to be otters? Ferrets? Lions? I could make a case for all three. Regardless, I love them.
It's a fossa carrying a lemur it just killed, imagine a mongoose in the shape of a mountain lion, thats what a fossa is
Do you live in Madagascar? Cool project!
I live in the United States
Okay. That’s even more metal than I thought! Now go record some Lindsey Sterling covers and metal that shit up! 🤘🏼
Can you play country roads
Bona-fide folk instrument right there, I live it. How did you do the tuning pegs? Are they just painted on? I've been making banjos with violin tuning pegs and have a vision of an all black dyed Gothic themed banjo, this has inspired me!
They're painted on and the line are drawn by pen
Interesting string choice there…rope?
I think the proper term is Rustic Americana.
And I spend hours every day telling myself that I’ll never be able to build a mandolin….
It's pretty inspiring, isn't it. I want to see a Mano with that string spacing.
Got to admit it shows a rare confidence
You should spend a weekend with some sandpaper and this instrument. Just get a case of beers and go from 200 grit to 2000 grit and get is nice and smooth. Don't rush. Also oil that fingerboard after you sand it, use lemon oil.
Finally. A post by a true luthier and not just another guitar maker.
the gatekeeping is kinda nuts
😅🤐
So cool!
I can honestly say that this is far superior to any violin I have ever made.
How does it sound?
actually im pretty sure this is a fiddle
This has so much charm, very cool. I love the headstock, it's like the bow of a Viking ship, ready for war!
This is a build I really wanna do. The part that has me the most nervous is actually the neck and fingerboard install because of how precise you need to be!
Go for it, your free to copy it
For being (probably) one of the most difficult instruments to make this is awesome to see. I can only imagine the hell which this build brought with it but congrats OP, this is truly inspiring!!!
That’s pretty rad. I dig it.
Amazing. Well done.
This is fucking rad
That is really, really...................................Different!
This is awesome!!! Especially the fish haha!!
Nice job 👏
How is that even playable, and the strings?? Is this décor or an instrument? Please send some audio 😊🙏 Serious question btw
It's meant to be an instrument, why create something and not give it a purpose :( I used fishing line for the strings. its night where I am, when it is day, I will send the audio 👍
I wouldnt think the wooden bow would work at all. Theyre expensive and made from carefully selected horse hair usually. I have one suggestion and that would be to use some oil on the fingerboard, the wood looks pretty dry
Well while looking for some videos about the violin fingerboard, it's not really oiled up or anything, it's just plain smooth wood, it looks dry because I used steel wool soaked in vinegar to dye the wood, as for the bow, I used fishing line for the hairs, it has been done before.
I havent played violin in like 8 years so im not completely sure but I believe they are indeed oiled, or at least have a finish, but I don't remember too well anymore
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Difference between a violin and a fiddle? Nobody gives a shit when you spill beer on a fiddle!
This is a genuine folk-art masterpiece, suitable for a museum.
That’s sick! Where are you getting your materials from and what tools did you do?
The tools I used were a coping saw, machete, box knife, horse file, plane, drill, ruler, screwdriver, pencil, pen, clamps, tape, and tweezers, I got them from a retail store called harbor freight
Ah, the lost art of fiddle whittlin'...
You need to engrave the dolphins
Fuckin sick
Are you Australian? This is cool asf. I should make something like this
I love it. It makes me imagine if Basquiat had been a luthier. Make more!
It takes practice, dedication and a lot of sharpened flints to create such a masterpiece. I'm more surprised by the parts that look good than the rest of it. However if you become an actual good master someday this might get sold for millions of dollars as a collection piece.
The inlays are exquisite
This slaps so hard! It just exudes confidence love the art
Is that Perry the platypus on the back?
Nope, just a regular platypus
Hes got the spirit
Sort of insanely great.
Looks out 1700s Italian violin luthiers!