Twelvestringtex's Violin Build!

[twelvestringtex]

for christmas i got the Stewmac Violin Kit, and have already begun assembly.

this looks to be a very rewarding, enjoyable, and involved build. =)

here's the whole kit layed out:


the right corner is what it looked like upon arrival, and the left corner of the channel is what was left up to me, not much, i just had to make it a straight corner.


the back is beautiful


I had to improvise a bending iron for the binding


and here's the binding installed (poor quality pic so it's hard to tell)


that's all for now!!!!

[bulletbass man]

sweet dude. I kinda want to get a violin. Or join orchestra at school and bring along the fingering talent of a guitarist.

[twelvestringtex]

sounds exciting! i can't wait to learn how to play this thing.

[kaplac]

haha thats pretty funny

"Merry christmas!"

"B..b..b..bu..but I dont' play violin!

"

[twelvestringtex]

hahaha, that's true, but this is something i've REALLY been wanting for a long time.

i've got a friend who wants to teach me how to play, and four who want to play this when it's done.

and i get to learn a new instrument

and i get to have a fun build too!!

anyway, progress has been made, all the binding is installed. up at the top of the backside there's a little semi-circle... that 2" space was left blank when it arrived to allow a little bit of creativity for anyone who wished to try it, so i put in that little semi-circle as an accent instead of doing a straght line across. and in either case i had to carve the channel out by hand with an exacto knife and micro-chisels.

[Dave293]

Looks great! I like what you did with the purfling and the kit looks it of good quality.
I'll be watching this build, i'm hoping to build a volin after my acoustic.

[twelvestringtex]

Dave293:
i would highly reccommend it!

[bulletbass man]

I wish the top wood was as sexy as the bottom wood.

That bottom is just awesome. The top is just like eh ok.

[twelvestringtex]

yeah, i'm pretty sure it's sitka spruce like on most acoustics. and probably for the same reason, it has good resonance.

[I_<3_Ibanez]

ownage, you better learn to play good quick, cos nothing sounds worse than a violin played badly...

[twelvestringtex]

no kidding!!! it's too bad i live on the quiet floor.

[utsapp89]

Doing anything cool with the stain, or just the traditional violin color
?

[twelvestringtex]

i'm still debating that....

I may just cheat and finish it with Tung Oil leaving the natural color.

[Rocknificent]

Dave says paints it like this:

[twelvestringtex]

hahaha, wow.