Friday, April 23, 2010

nice!


outopi taste so good...
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every so often, i get to borrow a nice viola from someone for a while! in this way, i've tried 5 different violas made by the legendary Marilyn Wallin. i admire her free hand at crafting awesome sounding violas. every instrument reminds you of the others, but is always unique.all 5 were slightly different models but all shared the gentle slopping shoulders. one had an edge that looked like the thick crust of a pie and another had the gentlest recurve. you never know what you're getting, but its always exciting coz they are all so frightfully delicious . i got to borrow this one for the weekend!


please excuse me, i have to go play it for a few hours now!

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i still think cats are cold and mean even though.
 
that's where i'm at.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

scrub scrub

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a small scrub i made from left overs, its been very helpful this last year:



took a few hours to make and there are some obvious errors that anyone who has made a plane would know about. but it is usable as is and i need to make a few more in different sizes because i can't afford to buy them!

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makes me sad whenever i hear it. HEY! wait a minute! the caption is displaying the wrong info! this is the one in D not G...

i'll be back

Monday, April 12, 2010

VSO #?


 

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ok, VSO #5 needs to take back seat for a while.
i need to make 3 violas in a hurry.
here are preliminaries of 2:


the back of one is drawn onto a plank of 3/4" thick maple i bought on eBay.
i suppose this is maybe going to become VSO #5 or 6.


here's the other sister VSO. both will be built on the same pattern.


necks are going to be made from these blocks i have floating around.


hmmm... here's some scrap maple. i think there's enough material here for 20 to 30 bridges.

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HOT TIME folks. Dateh on 5 string, Yoon and Belcher on guitar.

i'll be back.

Monday, April 5, 2010

VSO#5 ep.14

i had a few hours to work on the neck this afternoon.
here's the other side:

i'm getting closer. working without guide lines can be fun. the symmetry is a little off, but its too minor for me to worry about. i kinda like it that way to be honest. a sterilized scroll can be boring.
 
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giving Blu Cantrell (awesome vocals by any standard) a run for her cash... Rhiannon Giddens *killed* this cover. OWNED. opera training sure came in handy...

i'll be back.