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Gaboon Vampire
Modified, electric, Rock'n'Roll FrankenFiddle
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Lessons Learned from the Second Prototype, ... so far
Making a neck from scratch is not easy. Make sure your bandsaw table is square to the blade!
When I want to mock-up the geometry of the strings, tailpiece and tuners, I already have a template from the first prototype's bridge!
#Making#Hacking#Modified#Custom#Music#Instrument#Viola#Electric#headless#5-string#frankenfiddle#chopped#mark wood
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v0.2 Fitting the Neck
3D printed custom fingerboard and nut @shapeways
Note: 5 grooves on the 3D printed nut
#viola#electric#5-string#custom#frankenfiddle#modified#headless#music#mark wood#chopped#V0.2#Second prototype#improved#design#modifications#making#hacking#instrument
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Version 0.2 (Second Prototype) Design Features
15.0" vibrating string length. v0.1 was 16.5". "It sounds like a period instrument." ... "It can play Metallica."
Handmade neck -- correct width from version 0.1 fingerboard design.
Poplar wood body; v0.1 was leftover redwood -- not quite 3/4" thick.
3D printed nut
Fingerboard is Shapeways glass-filled Nylon for better stiffness
Flat body, flattened bridge feet, better body strength
Tuner alignment to strings modeled in 3D CAD
More accurate drilling of tuner mounting holes
Transducer upgrade
Fender Stratocaster-styled output jack mounting
Recessed/coaxial hinge mounting (2)
Upgraded/engraved wiring covers on the back
Upgraded ball joint for better, stronger stability
Upgraded paddle, retrofitted to version 0.1
Upgraded paddle chain, planned-for in advance
Soft travel case
#viola#electric#5-string#custom#frankenfiddle#modified#headless#music#mark wood#chopped#Design#Improvements#Version 0.2#Second Prototype#Strandberg Guitars#Shapeways#Upgrades
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Gaboon Vampire turned 1 today!
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Strad. Standard violin, 15" and 16.5" viola neck fitting tools
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V0.2 Handmade 5-String Viola Neck
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#viola#electric#5-string#custom#Hogback#Nate Dee#Jams#Jimi Hendrix#Voodoo Child#Slight Return#Cover#uexdrukl#Pot盲toe Jones#Music#Nate Dickson#Youtube
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v0.2 wider neck tools, fixtures and techniques
#viola#electric#5-string#custom#frankenfiddle#modified#headless#music#mark wood#chopped#handmade#handcrafted#craftblr#diy
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Paddle v0.2 "Simplified" design, should be more stable
#viola#electric#5-string#custom#frankenfiddle#modified#headless#Flying V#Shoulder Worn#Chest mounted#Paddle#Steel#Brass#Brazing
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@NateDicksonMusic
#Titty#Flash#Concert#Crowd#Chick#Music#Request#Play Voodoo Child#Wah#Pedal#Stratocaster#Electric#Jimi Hendrix
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The Gaboon Vampire is in the Maker Music Festival!
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Errant Datum session at the Madison Music Foundry
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Gaboon Vampire's maiden voyage at Taft Violins, Madison, Wisconsin https://www.taftviolins.com/ Featuring Nate Dickson https://linktr.ee/Errant_datum
#Experimental#Maker#DIY#Luthier#Viola#Making#Electric#Chest-worn#Low-stress#Music#Musical#Instrument#Youtube
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Gaboon Vampire's maiden voyage at Taft Violins, Madison, Wisconsin https://www.taftviolins.com/
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Introduction of the custom-made headless 5-string electric viola featuring Nate Dickson https://linktr.ee/Errant_datum at Madison Music Foundry https://madisonmusicfoundry.com/
"It sounds almost like a period instrument ... It can play Metallica."
#Custom#Experimental#Maker#Music#DIY#Luthier#Instrument#Electric#Viola#5-String#Demonstration#Rock'n'Roll#Metal#Baroque#Metallica
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Shout-out to Nat, the awesome Luthier at Taft Violins
5956 Odana Road, Madison, WI, 53719聽 [email protected]
#FrankenFiddle#Experimental#Custom#music#Instrument#Viola#Electric#5-String#Mark Wood#viper#Maiden Voyage#Prototype#Testing#1-2-3#Sound
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