Toby Rider wrote: > My next move is to buy an electric fiddle, either a Zeta or a Yamaha, > and start pluging it into all my guitar effects, just to see how much I > can tweak the tones out of 4 little strings. Guitarists have been > experimenting with this stuff since the 1940's, I think it will be > interesting to see just how much I can get my fiddle to not sound like > a fiddle.
Hi Toby, if you're looking for a solid-body electic you might want to check out Jordan electric violins, made by John Jordan who lives a couple miles from me (website is http://www.jordanmusic.com/violin.htm ). Nice guy and great craftsman. I've never played one of his electrics but have heard good things about them from people who have. Michael Mullen, the former fiddler for Tempest played one; he could definitely get it to not sound like a fiddle! -Steve -- "How can anyone govern a nation that has 246 kinds of cheese?" -Charles De Gaulle Steve Wyrick -- Concord, California Posted to Scots-L - The Traditional Scottish Music & Culture List - To subscribe/unsubscribe, point your browser to: http://www.tullochgorm.com/lists.html
