Angelina Baker on the Frustrating Fiddle

Here's the demo of the box fiddle that I struggled with to get a couple of notes to sound right. Angelina Baker is an old fiddle tune/song from the mid 1800'...

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Comment by Mark Bliss on May 24, 2015 at 1:55am

Turned out great, sounds good, well played. 

You are a multitalented dude Jim, I am diggin' it!

Now what we need is a link to the details of your box fiddle building adventure. Surely you did document it?

Peace.

Comment by Stephen Twohawks Reed on May 23, 2015 at 9:22am

Love it Jim sounds great. Love the song and hearing you sing it is just cool. Love the Fiddle. 

Comment by Dave Lynas on May 22, 2015 at 2:54pm
Wow Jim. Sounds great. You can play great too! Love the results.
Comment by Merlo on May 22, 2015 at 6:01am

That is a thing of beauty!

Comment by Jamie MacBlues on May 22, 2015 at 4:35am
:)
Comment by Jim Morris on May 22, 2015 at 4:05am

Thanks Jamie. Yup, microphone might work better!

Comment by Jamie MacBlues on May 22, 2015 at 2:50am

Ps I used to sing this on my old Granpappy's knee, then I discovered it was  better to sing on microphones!  ;)

Comment by Jamie MacBlues on May 22, 2015 at 2:48am

Nice build, and great performance, Jim :)

Comment by Jim Morris on May 22, 2015 at 2:08am

Hey RTZ. I measured the top of a violin and the cutout is about 4 1/2". The fiddle in this vid is 6" wide and the bow just touches the side on the outer strings. I think 5" might be about as wide as I'll go on future builds to avoid cut outs. You can also do a ramp sort of shape in the bow area which works pretty well on wider boxes. This box is 6" wide and there's good clearance.

Comment by Jim Morris on May 22, 2015 at 2:00am

Thanks Bill.

Thanks Markus.

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