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Fiddlestick-1

Posted by Diglydog on July 31, 2012 at 11:48am

Bored with straight lines and right angles ? Convert a violin ! This is the Fiddlestick, made from a 3/4 size cheapo fiddle and an oak stick. It has a rod piezo in the saddle, a disc piezo in the body, a volume pot and a blend pot for the 2 piezos. This is a sort of trial build, hence the back is tacked on with hot glue. It sounds OK and may improve when the back's on properly.

Comments

Careless John December 15, 2012 at 7:24am

lol just read what I posted ... wow that beer last night must have been strong stuff, its effected my spelling ... that should of course have read Bemuzic's playing ..!!!!
Careless John December 15, 2012 at 5:07am

Thats a real nice build Digly ... what scale length is it ....the video with Bemisic playing makes it sound awsome.
Diglydog August 2, 2012 at 4:06am

Thanks JP.
JP Swenson August 1, 2012 at 11:10pm

Nice
Dave Lynas August 1, 2012 at 7:38am

3 stringers are nice. I learned a lot from playing strum sticks. I had a G short one and then a D long strumstick. It led me to tenor banjo and 4 string box guitars.
Diglydog August 1, 2012 at 3:52am

Thanks Dave and Rodney - yes I like 3-stringers. I'm tempted to make 4-string 'standard' CBG but I can't play 3 properly yet !
rodney fruits August 1, 2012 at 12:37am

A 3-stringer too. Looks great!
Dave Lynas July 31, 2012 at 7:36pm

Very nice looking job. Clean work. Your guitfiddle is beautiful...
the anonymous pick July 31, 2012 at 1:52pm

its in a modded violin case ,, my idea while building these for production was to save on shipping with the shorter size , and a built in shippin box ;-)
Diglydog July 31, 2012 at 12:32pm

Thanks, Pick. It certainly caused a bit of head scratching, especially about the neck angle and attachment. I like the fact that 'Lil Hag' fits in a case ! Was it a custom case or a modified violin case ?