so anyway, i thought i would bring on some pictures of old stuff and write a little bit about them.
here's VSO#2:
the whole point of VSO#2 was to see if i could learn wood carving in a hurry. this was my first attempt at carving a human head onto some awfully hard maple. the work of Susanne Küster formed the basis for my inspiration. this fiddle was also the first time i tried routing the purfling channel with a Dremel rotary tool. it was also the first time i tried overboard antiquing.
VSO#2 features a one piece back made of poplar i bought at Home Depot. the sitka top came from Bob Tibbetts as usual. the sides and purfling are from IVC. the maple for the neck and fingerboard i bought on eBay from someone... the accessories i bought from dov-music.com.
concept based loosely on Gasparo da Salò. really didn't quite work out as you can see from the pictures.
i posted it at maestronet.com (one of my favorite haunts in the past few years) and got a lot of very insightful and helpful comments. you can see it for yourself here.
my bridges tend to look like this:
VSO #3 is the viola i've been playing on since it's completion. i have a love-hate relationship with her.
and here's VSO#4. based loosely on an Amati bros.
as posted on maestronet here.
you can get an idea of what she sounds like at 2 in the morning here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpC69QFi3OA pretend you didn't hear the mistakes please.
that's all for now
