Gaboon Vampire

  The Gaboon Vampire is included in the Maker Music Festival  

  On the road at STS (Charles M Schulz Sonoma County Regional Airport) and ORD (Chicago O'Hare International)  

  Loving my Mellow Product (Which I cut to shreds)  

  #Custom #5-string #electric #FrankenFiddle #Viola #Mark Wood #Viper #Knock-off #Imitation #Flattery #Making #transducer #bridge #volume control

 

Mark Wood-style tailpiece/Strandberg tuner geometry is just about perfect Arrr mi-Garrrd! Fingerboard looks pretty damn straight! F string is just about 5.5-6mm above the end of the fingerboard. A string ~3-3.5mm. C string is 1/4" too short. I don't think it will affect the playing. The Cello A-string really looks too thin. About the same thickness as Viola C. Maybe try Cello D and move cello A up to viola C? That would certainly be long enough. A fine-tuning adjustment point. If the body is strong enough to hold a tuning, then I think it is playable. Next: Install the volume control, output jack and do the wiring. I'm going to put some 3M tape primer on the backside of the bridge (from the self-adhesive vinyl kit) for the benefit of the double-sided tape of the transducer. #StrandbergGuitars #D'Addario #Helicore #5-string #extended-range #viola #electric #Rock'n'Roll #Shapeways #Custom #Knock-off #Wood Violins #Viper #Novel #Improvements #J.W.Winco #Locki...

  Hingies arrived this week. It's got WINGS! Another third of The GENERAL IDEA is demonstrated  

  Original bridge on this instrument was a "standard" (meaning nothing) viola bridge, and the attempt was to make this bridge exactly like it. Compare to: https://href.li/?http://www.makingtheviolin.com/Bridge  

  @ Shapeways , @ J.W.Winco @ StrandbergGuitars @JDMBESTBOY  

  https://href.li/?https://maestronet.com/forum/index.php?/topic/355894-octave-viola-strings/ https://href.li/?https://www.daddario.com/globalassets/pdfs/accessories/tension_chart_13934.pdf   A complete technical reference for fretted instrument string tensions Catalog Supplement/String Tension Specifications Their version of the magic formula features a mysterious constant (386.4). If you use it, the string density results seem plausible.  Anyway: I was trying to find out if I could put guitar strings on an octave-viola. So I wrote a python program to generate this table: c2: (e2) 1.66  (a2) 1.90  (d3) 2.01  (g3) 2.02  (b3) 1.61  (e4) 1.61  g2: (e2) 1.61  (a2) 1.85  (d3) 1.96  (g3) 1.97  (b3) 1.57  (e4) 1.57  d3: (e2) 1.71  (a2) 1.96  (d3) 2.07  (g3) 2.08  (b3) 1.66  (e4) 1.66  a3: (e2) 1.33  (a2) 1.53  (d3) 1.61  (g3) 1.62  (b3) 1.29  (e4) 1.29  Each r...

When projected onto the bridge, the fingerboard is really about 8mm too narrow. The fingerboard and tailpiece elevations look good.  https://href.li/?https://www.mycorene.com/_files/ugd/fdad7c_d1b9584e17cf4d4b9a164c03ed9a965a.pdf CAD Model / STL file top surface, 311mm 5-string Viola Fingerboard -- Extra Wide & Long Helicore Strings are too Short! Even "LONG" 16" to 17". https://href.li/?https://www.electricviolinshop.com/wood-violin-viper-f-string.html This special length F string is designed to fit the Wood Violins Viper 6 and 7-string violins, which have an angled tailpiece that requires a longer than normal string. ... And, they have been out-of stock since December. The angled tailpiece combined with the Strandberg tuners ... Unboxing the Nylon, 3D printed fingerboard from Shapeways  

A headless viola has the tuners on the tailpiece for better balance. https://href.li/?https://strandbergguitars.com/ The Mark Wood Viper tailpiece is already peculiar enough to require special extra-long strings. We are compounding the peculiarity in our design.