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Topic: New Bass Project |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 32
Views: 98634
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Forum: Double Bass Making Forum Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 8:47 pm Subject: The bass |
The bass sings well across all five strings. There are some bugs to work out: I did not use strong enough magnets to hold the side port closed, so it is barely staying in place.
I see some spot ... |
Topic: haven't posted in a while |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 4
Views: 5124
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue May 18, 2021 8:34 pm Subject: not really retired: just repurposed |
Thanks, Don!
I am still hanging onto the hope of making a living at lutherie, and have not (yet) drawn Social Security, so I guess, technically, I am not retired.
Currently in the process o ... |
Topic: Pore filler |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 7
Views: 9033
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:47 pm Subject: Pore filler |
I absolutely agree! If you are using a gelatine sealer, do NOT use the gypsum!
The other sealers make it transparent. The glue-sealer does not, and you can't fix it afterward. (One time error, only ... |
Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 15
Views: 16774
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:40 pm Subject: ball point |
Sorry I didn't see your question until now, Mat:
I use the ball-point because I can see the ink. My eyes are not what they once were, and I cannot reliably see the pencil marks. Besides...all the p ... |
Topic: Tuning the violin bass bar |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 2
Views: 3534
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:18 pm Subject: Tuning the violin bass bar |
Ha! I love it! |
Topic: haven't posted in a while |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 4
Views: 5124
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Apr 24, 2021 2:14 pm Subject: haven't posted in a while |
Hi, folks.
I haven't been here in a long time. Lots of life-changes. After 33-1/3 years at Gunderson Inc, I was laid off in January of 2020, before the covid pandemic was a known factor.
I dec ... |
Topic: Making my first bow |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 24
Views: 34430
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Forum: Bow Making Forum Posted: Sun Aug 23, 2020 1:59 am Subject: first bow |
Yep, stainless was far more difficult! Annnnd, it would have helped if I had known to make the ferrule FIRST, and then make the frog to match the ferrule, rather than the other way around.
On the o ... |
Topic: New Bass Project |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 32
Views: 98634
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Forum: Double Bass Making Forum Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 7:43 pm Subject: Double bass finally became a reality |
Well, I finally went back and completed the bass I had begun so long ago:
The whole story is over on my website at https://fivestringfiddles.com/blog-posts/, under the blogs.
I did post regularly, ... |
Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 15
Views: 16774
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Wed Mar 04, 2020 1:27 am Subject: Wintergrass 2020 |
The festival ran from 2/20-2/23. It was a very good experience, though we were too busy at our booth to go hear any of the bands.
We hope to go again next year. |
Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 15
Views: 16774
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sat Feb 15, 2020 1:15 pm Subject: Thanks. |
Thanks, folks! I hope the exhibition at Wintergrass goes well. I have never been there before. |
Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 15
Views: 16774
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Thu Feb 13, 2020 2:02 am Subject: Completed five string fiddle |
Here is the final installment on that commissioned five-string, for anyone interested:
https://fivestringfiddles.com/2020/02/12/completed-five-string-fiddle/
The customer gave her enthusiastic ble ... |
Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 15
Views: 16774
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Feb 03, 2020 2:18 pm Subject: 5-string fiddle update |
Here is another update: the body (corpus) is closed, leaving a fair amount of final carving and scraping before the instrument will be ready for varnishing.
https://fivestringfiddles.com/2020/02/03/c ... |
Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 15
Views: 16774
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Tue Jan 07, 2020 10:13 pm Subject: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way |
Thanks! I hope she loves it!
She is currently playing an earlier 5-string I made, as a loaner, while I build her custom 5-string fiddle. She is getting more and more happy with it. Four-string pla ... |
Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 15
Views: 16774
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Mon Jan 06, 2020 8:59 am Subject: Ipe challenges? |
Extremely hard. This piece is harder than any ebony I have dealt with, so it is a lot of work to get the shape right, and you have to watch out for splinters all the time, or they will be in your skin ... |
Topic: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way |
Chet Bishop
Replies: 15
Views: 16774
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Forum: Violin Making and Restoration Forum Posted: Sun Jan 05, 2020 12:47 am Subject: New Five-String Fiddle on the Way |
I am chronicling the building of a new 5-string fiddle, over on my website. It is a commissioned instrument for a person who wanted specific woods used (primarily Oregon woods), including Ipe for the ... |
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