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Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on May 21, 2012 at 3:28pm

Wow, that brass is really nice!  How does it effect the sound? 

The hard-core luthiers say you can adjust the afterlenght (between tail and bridge) to be a particular length to vibrate sympathetically.  They adjust the tailpiece gut to just the right length.  Ive never gone that far into tweaking.

Permalink Reply by Elmar Zeilhofer on May 21, 2012 at 8:30pm

the brass is very thin (0.2mm), I don't think there is a noticable difference in sound, but I'll check it out.

The afterlength sure does, although I didn't tune it. There is a nice sustain rich in overtones which might be related to the stiff box itself with the bridge placed right in the middle.  I used a normal 008 guitar string set (ADGe) and tuned it to GDAe

Permalink Reply by Diane in Chicago on May 22, 2012 at 1:43am

I wish I lived closer to you -- I really want to play that one!  Next time I'm your way . . .

Permalink Reply by CrocBite on May 22, 2012 at 4:52am

wow.  amazing looking fiddles!

i've been waiting to tackle my fiddle build, but yours are extremely beautiful and inspiring.  well done!