This is the five-string box fiddle I built. The body is cedar tonewood and the neck is maple, cedar, and walnut. I inlaid a picture of a rooster on the back ...

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Comment by Chris Thomas on February 4, 2014 at 10:06pm

Hi Jim, glad that you enjoyed the video again and was inspired for your builds too, keep up the good work mate, all the best, Chris. :)

Comment by Jim Morris on February 4, 2014 at 2:23pm

Oh yeah! Beautiful playing and beautiful box 5 string. Did I see this on you tube a couple of years ago? If so it inspired me to make the ones I've made!

Comment by Muddy Creek Guitars on February 4, 2014 at 2:16pm
Thoroughly enjoyable!
Comment by Slowpaw Steve T on February 2, 2014 at 5:53am

great playing and nicely built fiddle! (-:

Comment by Chris Thomas on February 2, 2014 at 3:12am

Glad you enjoyed it guys but it's not one of my builds sadly, the five string extra string is tuned to C, made popular in the 1960's by Bobby Hicks, I will try to find a video and download if I can Uncle John. :)

Comment by Richey Kay on February 1, 2014 at 7:45pm

That is amazing work Chris!

Comment by Richard G Caudill on February 1, 2014 at 3:21pm

That was great ,, and sister can play !!!

Comment by Uncle John on February 1, 2014 at 1:14pm

That is some fine and beautiful work.  Man, it sounds good.   This lady can fiddle. 

What is the reason for a 5 string?

Comment by Vinylhed on February 1, 2014 at 12:28pm

That's wonderful! Good job.

Comment by Marcus Darwell on February 1, 2014 at 11:35am
Chris: WOW! That is one solid fiddle. Congratulations, be prepared for orders......

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