I applaud your enthusiasm Mike, but I think this might be very technical to produce effectively. Thanks for sharing. Enjoy.

Hey man, great stuff here!

thanks for the comment mike,you say door plank and it do look like that,but its really an old spirit level made of cherry wood that i got on e-bay fer about 10 bucks,just wanted you ta know that in case you might try one of these fun lap steel builds,take care man,looks like you got lots of cool builds going on yep. i like the walking cane builds you have,and the cigar box amps,and all the other stuff you built too,great work man.

Congrats on the win!!!

When I made my fiddle I did not use plans but spent a lot of time working on paper. Member Nick made one from vintage plans he found somewhere -- maybe even here. I used a pre-made fingerboard and tailpiece because I wanted a very standard feeling. Some folks bolt on the neck, some attach to a strut that goes across the bottom of the box, some build a cradle and have the box rest in it but provide no structure to the stress of the strings. You can search for "fiddle" and "violin" in the ning search thingy at the very top right of this page.

Also google "carolina fiddle". That guy is a member here, too, but I can't remember his member name just now.

Do a little looking around and I'd be happy to answer any questions that come up! Good luck -- it was a great adventure, but I am not sure I'll be building another one any time soon!

Hey Mike,Nice job on your build you got my vote!It all fit well together great use of salvaged stuff.

hey mike, how are ya? i get most of this stuff i use to build with at junk stores but i did get the blender part of this build about 6 months ago from an old blender my sister-in-law had that she burned up the motor in. when she got a new blender i got the old one to take apart,and got some old baking pans from her i used to make resonator cover plates too.so its her kitchen i get some stuff from with her permission yep. my lil womans kitchen don,t got no stuff i can get from it haaaaaaaaa. so i,m safe indeed.

Mike, that is too cold for me. I bet you are used to the weather.

Nice CBGs. Very creative with the beer cans. Nice to meet you all the ways from OK, are you? What is the weather like out there?
There are so much information on this site, it is so unbelievable, and so many talented people, too. They are always willing to help you. Talk to you later.

Thanks, that's what I am doing right now. Searching the site for info and plan on doing this (making one) as soon as I can get the stuff needed.

hello mike, just returning an answer to yer question----i haven,t done any pickup winding yet,i have bought the wound pickups i have on the builds that have them.