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@@Lutsenkooo yes, these are "long" viola C G and D strings

Thank you. They all have sound posts and bass bars. A good bit of the sound difference is that they use steel strings and are also built around using them. I love the sound of horsehair but am also not a traditionalist 🤷‍♂️ I borrow things from modern stringed instrument construction like graduated backs and tops. I'm still experimenting a lot to see what I can get away with. Next will be seeing how thin I can make the sides vs the typical 4mm and what kind of effect it has on the sound.

Some of it will also likely be construction method; I have access to and use CNC machines for a lot of the grunt work and am able to make perfectly dimensioned/flat/parallel surfaces because of that (within about .002" in wood where it's necessary); it also lets me make small repeatable changes to the designs to see what if any effect they have so there is less guess work when experimenting

@HavocHarpa that's awesome, I was thinking that was a big key to your instruments sounding so clean. oh man, keep messing with the build and you will be making violins soon lol. Thank you so much for the info and giving some insight into your process. I'm curious if you've experimented with using a rounded back like a hollowed out log and what that sounds like.

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@@darige thank you!

@@МартаВ-е1ъ thank you. I like the sound of all the different string materials but prefer playing the steel strings 🤷‍♂️ I'm not really a traditionalist type person; I just make things I like the sound of

@@Tader_d_tot Thank you. C3 C2 G2

@@SoultrapMetal thank you. This is a mid size, octave above my bass instruments; C4 G3 C3 tuning

@@benjaming7268 thank you! Yes c3 c2 g2.

Thank you!

Thank you! I just kind of played obsessively until it sounded good. There are some good tutorials out there though; the ones by @afternstorm here on youtube are really good.

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@@rocknrollbarbecue5166 curved bridge and curved nut. A flat string presence with cello strings makes it really hard to finger anything but the melody string. The bow just can't get enough bite

@@Orbital_Actual thank you

@@HavocHarpa No, thank you sir! Please keep up the great work!

Thank you! Yeah, I am kind of seeking my own sound with the bass instruments. :)

Keep it going, man. It's amazing work. Can't wait to hear more.

@@cliffemall. I'll see if I can find the original audio

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@@stevenw.5997 yeah but only a couple a month at most. Sign up for my email list at HavocHarpa.com if interested.

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All of my instruments except my first one have it. It's a "nut" that the strings rest on. It's not necessary to the instrument or traditional by any means but allows me to know precisely where the scale length starts, makes sure the first half tone is comfortably playable, makes the string heights consistent and let's me engrave the sides of the "neck" with accurate note locations to help new players and those who need a visual reference.

This one is ash body with a spruce top. I think 15-16" scale length. I was using a carbon fiber bridge and tailpiece because I had the material sitting around. I used cheap bass guitar tuners and d'addario prelude (long) viola strings for the low C and G, I think I used a 1/4 scale cello A string for the high string in this video.

@@HavocHarpa Thank you!

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Thank you for listening! I appreciate it always

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@@codysutherland4379 1/4 scale D'Addario prelude cello strings

@@seanquinlan6887 thank you

@@bullkrap5926 they make prelude strings in all sizes from 1/8 scale to 4/4 scale. On this instrument I'm using a prelude c and g string and a dominant cello D string. This instrument is tuned C3 C2 G2 from top to bottom, the bass string is in the middle

@@HavocHarpa Thanks! So your instrument also has a cello 1/4 scale? Or did you just like the tension of the 1/4 ones? And why is your bass in the middle? Isn't that impractical?

@bullkrap5926 the use of 1/4 scale instead of full size just allows the instrument to be smaller and easier to play (the notes are closer together). Bass string in the middle sounds better to me, the bass string gets more emphasis in the overall sound balance when all 3 are being played and allows for just the two C strings to be played as well. Other drone instruments are sometimes setup this way too like the moraharpa. With cello strings the G string tends to want to dominate if It's in the middle which isn't the sound I'm looking for.

@@HavocHarpa Thanks!

@@tine-l4j thank you. This is using 1/4 scale cello strings and is tuned c3 c2 g2

@@Anubid disasters are just opportunities to learn and do better next time :) good luck!