Violin Forum/Message Board

Mandolin chord charts on the internet...+ spend some time at the site below...click select (violin) on the instrument tab...takes a few minutes to find you way around the scale and chord printer

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You would get a 'similar' effect with a thicker bridge...I'd hesitate to say exactly the same as these things are about mass and wood quality too.
I messed around some time back with small wedges...i ...

He probably did it to reduce excessive/unwanted/bad overtones.
You can replicate on a normal bridge with small wood wedges

If you get a chance.. try the Rezx...

Some neodymium magnets from e-bay etc. have the same effect. Much cheaper....

I don't know about bassbars, but have you tried a thicker bridge?.....
If its very strident and lacking complexity you could look at the thickness of the ribs...are they very thick...ie: sunlight or ...

Having just checked the Rezx site prices....get some geomag!...(2 discs in each piece)...discs are 3mm thick / 6mm diameter and highly polished with no sharp edges.....they can be stacked if you think ...

'Geomag' and 'magnetix' are 2 toy products with strong magnets....cut the magnets out and try these....on violin they seem to work...satisfy some curiousity and are cheap......

Hi ernie...a 'lump hammer' (over here) is the nearest thing to a sledge hammer that can be held and used in one had....used it to knock an axe to start the split....then a pounded a flat crow bar thro ...

Thanks for the info ernie....I'll dig out the lump hammer and find something suitable to split the logs Wink

Thanks Ernie,
I'm in the UK so guess the climate may be similar...not sure.
2 things on my mind....
What would be the best age to start splitting it?...and do you thing its characteristics would ma ...

I've just salvaged a couple of long logs from a broken hawthorn to season....sealed the ends with candle wax. Should I leave the bark on or not? Confused

....any advice apreciated........

Bow bugs shouldn't really be a problem if you use your stick daily....however on rainy day sticks its likely to be at some stage. They eat the horse hair...the stick may look fine..you pick it up and ...

I looked at cue cases some time back too.....OK for travel....but those bow bugs love dark places...keep my surplus in sealed clear perspex tube now with a cedar stick....

I've straightened the end of a fingerboard in situ successfully with a heat gun. The end had bowed so it was touching the strings.
I did'nt protect the instrument as well as I might....just tin foil ...

Xylene can be had from auto factors....in the uk its available in a spray tin and called leveller...(for levelling paint finishes).
Its very powerful stuff....has its uses, but I would guess too stro ...