TODAY I STRUNG IT UP again after putting on a final application of French Polish and reducing the height of the new bridge. The bridge, being a little bit higher than the previous one has eliminated the buzz while the playability seems fine. I think my sanding on the back and front has increased the volume, the thinner neck certainly makes it easier to play. Now I just have to learn how to do so.
Here is a contrast, The Son of Gut Bucket backed by my Baritone, my Concert Pinecone, and my favorite tenor.
My wife has made it plain that this is too much for the living room so I guess the big guy will have to live in the basement. I am going to take him to the jam in the Village Green tomorrow night. Maybe I will try for a video with sound
My wife has made it plain that this is too much for the living room so I guess the big guy will have to live in the basement. I am going to take him to the jam in the Village Green tomorrow night. Maybe I will try for a video with sound
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This has been a fun project | 
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This has been an interesting project and I learned a great deal in the process. If I were ever to make another one I would do a few things differently. I would carve the neck and fiddlehead from one piece of tiger-stripe maple. The maple neck would be thinner and more rounded but broader where it meets the body. It would be rather free form. I would like to carve another fiddlehead scroll now that I know how to do it. The next one would be better. I might make the top a bit thinner and brace it a bit lighter. But all in all this has been a successful and most fun project and I think I will have a lot of fun playing it