Biar Picker Brown on Cigar Box Fiddle and Twig Bow

Drew Estate cigar box which had good length and width dimensions for a fiddle but the inside depth was only about 1" so I glued in strips of wood all around ...

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Comment by J.Rob on July 6, 2018 at 2:34pm

Awesome !!!!

Comment by Jim Morris on June 25, 2018 at 11:39pm

Thanks Derek. I'll have to check with Unc about that, lol

Comment by Derek Rose on June 25, 2018 at 2:10pm

Doesn't get any better than that! Awesome Jim! Maybe Uncle John has a bow in his pawn shop he would "loan" you ;-)

Comment by Jim Morris on June 25, 2018 at 5:45am

Thank you Nancy!

Comment by Jim Morris on June 25, 2018 at 5:45am

Thanks Kirk.

Comment by Nancy kat on June 25, 2018 at 4:50am
Comment by Kirk on June 25, 2018 at 2:01am

Great stuff!

Comment by Jim Morris on June 25, 2018 at 1:21am

Thanks Richard. This old time style of of fiddling makes use of a lot of drone notes and unison notes on two different strings. That coupled with the big room acoustics might be what you're hearing. When I listen to the masters of this style it sounds very much like two fiddles at times.

Comment by Jim Morris on June 25, 2018 at 1:17am

Thanks James O

Comment by Richard Sundberg on June 24, 2018 at 3:01pm

That has amazing sound quality, loved it! It almost has a slight chorus feel or dual sound, probably the bow! Don’t stop fiddling around Jim, they keep getting better and more interesting!

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