https://youtu.be/CZme5SwFJyI
This is rather lovely, there are two other videos in the series.
https://youtu.be/CZme5SwFJyI
This is rather lovely, there are two other videos in the series.
OK, that changes everything... or nearly everything.
The fingerboard surface of the neck will need to be milled for a good glue joint to the fingerboard, so milling it level with the riser block...
For your covenience, I embedded the video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRftx0ANA7M
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QSseN0A3kRw
This arrangement of a Zappa piece was never intended as a string quartet, but it does amuse me:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_w5h9UTxL8
A "bowed guitar from a cello" would be a re-invention of a very old instrument: the bass viol (or viola da gamba). Cello-size, six strings, fretted and bowed. Played upright like a cello or (more...
Dennis Havlena is a real tinkerer and inventor of really odd instruments. He made the guitello. His web page is a real blast. Be sure to scroll all the way down to take it all in....
Something like this?
http://youtu.be/42aYxC26WFA
Interesting, but it didn't start a trend!
D'Angelico did it with a guitar:
http://www.americanguitarmuseum.com/dangelicor2.htm
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www.condino.com
Theres guys are correct.
Plus the body feels really wrong to me when held like a lute or guitar. I've tried;)
Yes, the critical geometry related to supporting string tension is all wrong. The neck angle is way too high, to start with. You could put a new neck on it and beef it up enough, presumably. But then...
It would be like playing a guitarrón.
It would not work well. Bracing, sound post both wrong. Only room for 4 strings. Hard to hold.
Here's a few of mine...
Here is the version the OP probably means, in A minor.
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And here is the classic hit version from 1945, in G minor.
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I am coming into an Eastman cello and I've read all about the string spacing issues with this instrument. Mike Marshall was nice enough to provide me a tracing of his nut and bridge. I added a ruler,...
There are so many thousands of old Gibsons that clearly have no need for a CF rod, after 70 or more years. Why are you doing this?
It's not necessary to continue the channel / rod through the neck joint and into the head block. Besides complicating future repairs on the neck joint, the amount of support it adds in that location...