I was up in the attic above the garage getting the Christmas supplies for my wife when I found an old violin case that we've carried around from coast to coast over the years. Inspecting the violin, I found that the neck was in pretty rough shape. We had originally picked it up at a junk store to use as a display piece before storing it away.
Anyway, I looked at the box and figured "What the heck..." It took less than a day to build up a neck and slider fret board. I already had tuners and strings and a brass cabinet hinge painted black seemed to look correct.
It is tuned GDG and sounds great!. That violin body resonates really well and produces a lot of volume. There is a 27mm piezo inside that works well with the rest of the build. This could become my favorite slider.

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Comment by J.D. on July 8, 2016 at 4:16am
Nice!!! I've read Stradivarius/Stradivari's Violin's are very famous Villon's and worth $$$$ "if genuine". Theres been thousands made as a tribute to the Genuine Stradivarius.
Comment by Bruce on March 10, 2015 at 2:24pm

That's nice!

Comment by Dave Lynas on March 6, 2015 at 12:52pm
Wow it sounds awesome! Great remake.
Comment by Sparky John on March 6, 2015 at 10:47am
Love the look of this guitar, really eye catching.
Comment by Dave Lynas on January 1, 2015 at 2:08pm

Beautiful work! Love all of it.

Comment by Tom T on December 30, 2014 at 12:46am

Thanks Bob.

It does sound good...........

Comment by Big Bob on December 30, 2014 at 12:14am

That is so cool

Comment by Tom T on December 29, 2014 at 11:21am

Bluesheart, this one is quickly taking first place for favorite slider. The box really resonates and sounds nice.

Comment by Bluesheart on December 29, 2014 at 10:47am

Great job on that, bet it sounds awesome!

Comment by Tom T on December 29, 2014 at 10:31am

Funny you mentioned Strat. I think every violin built in the last 100 years has a Stradivarius sticker inside the box when you can just see it through the "F" holes. I think if you read closely, it says something like "Stradivarius Style" whatever that means.

I carefully cut the neck from the body, but left a portion of the little heal that enters the box. I cut it down so that the new neck sat on top of it so I could run a screw through this heel into the bottom of the neck. Let me know if you want a bottom side photo.

T

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