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[Mikes]

Here's some pictures of recently completed #2. Thought I would post for others to see. Not quite sure about posting photos so here goes!
Mike S






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[Mat Roop]

Beautiful work Mike... # 2 and you are already a pro! I like to focus on restoration and I have a restoration job that requires a new top... That will be my new years Challenge. Hope mine will be half as nice as yours!
Happy new year!!... Mat
ps.. I note that you are using a pad under the e string at the bridge... I find that a touch of super glue, touch of file and some graphite works really well to keep the string from sinking into the bridge and gives good contact string to bridge.

[M.Lange]

Very nice violin!
Congratulations.

Matthias

[Sharron]

Good work Mike.
Are you underway with no.3 yet?
A bit addictive this violin making

Sharron

[Mikes]

Thanks so much for the positive comments!

I should have mentioned that this fiddle was patterned after the Strad poster of the Stradivarius Kruse violin that came out a couple of years ago, not a copy but I used it for the corpus with some flattening of the arching.

Violin making does seem a bit addictive and I've been feeling without a cause since I completed it but am enjoying playing it tremendously! I'm thinking that #3 will be from the same mold only using traditional European tonewoods this time. #2 has a sitka spruce front and bigleaf quilted back, sound is good but what do I know.

Mike S

[kubasa]

Very nice. You and Matthias have both raised the benchmark for us beginners!