~ Looking at electric violins I can't afford ~
Me: I like that one, but it would have a great Devil-went-down-to-Georgia vibe if it were gold-coloured
~ Further down the electric luthier rabbit-hole than I like to admit ~
Me: Wait
It has been a (lowers sunglasses) hell of a year
Btw, carefully note the year of the date on the first post of this thread
Still needs some adjustments, but it is technically playable haha
Once I've made a few adjustments, then I have some gold leaf that I'm going to use to gild the edges, because that was kind of the whole point of this project :P
As promised, a blog post on the making of the Stradivarielzebub
https://blog.bgcarlisle.com/2019/10/08/the-stradivarielzebub-making-an-electric-fiddle/
There we go, final touches applied—the tail and horns now have a bit of gold leaf on them
It is now literally a "shiny fiddle made of gold"
@bgcarlisle on your own on this one, pal, I'll talk you out of no such thing
@bgcarlisle oh yes. devil's in the house of some rosin fun.
@djsundog I should put little devil horns on it
@bgcarlisle sounds like a post doc project!
@bgcarlisle the fucking madman did it
@bgcarlisle This is honestly so cool and impressive and I'm proud of you.
@emsenn Aww thanks! :D
@bgcarlisle Amazing work!
Like you say, definitely could be gold-colored. Even just a gold hint. :P
@mdm I have gold leaf that I'm going to use to gild the edges now that I know it works haha
@bgcarlisle Also: Prince would've loved this.
@mdm I like to think so!
@bgcarlisle this looks awesome! :D
@robey Thanks so much! :)
@bgcarlisle
This is the greatest thing i've seen on mastodon.
@ksteimel High praise! Thank you!! :)
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@bgcarlisle i should hope so, you've got a fiddle with a backstory longer than i've been on Fedi
@bgcarlisle I'm sooo impressed
@bgcarlisle whaaaaaaaaaaaaaat i love this so much!!!1!!
HALP SOMEONE TALK ME OUT OF BUILDING MY OWN ELECTRIC FIDDLE-MADE-OF-GOLD*
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* Fiddle may be only gold-coloured and not contain any actual gold