Made a mistake and originally posted this in the Gear section, but figured out how to delete it and move it here. Here is the original post now that it is moved over in the right place:
Maybe this has already been asked somewhere. If so, feel free to delete this.
I am interested in making some instruments for myself that will use bows. I was wondering if anyone knew of anyone that made fretted bass guitar necks (or i guess guitar necks too) that have a radius that would work with bowing for 3-4 strings? Unfretted would be fine too i suppose.
Also are there any bridges that could possibly work with this type of project? I could make my own bridges, but it would be nice to just know if anything existed like this. I know that i could just make everything myself and go that route too, but again, it would just be nice to know what is out there.
I know there are other people out there that do some great work with this kind of stuff, but nothing that i have seen fits some of the ideas that i have for making some instruments that i have been thinking about doing for the bodies over here with local materials. I have a few different things in mind for the body shapes, but most of them would be just played from sitting on the floor with the instrument resting on the floor (between your legs) on your crossed legs while you bow and play it in the same way that you would a cello, with the fretboard coming up by your head in the same way.
if anyone has any information, i would be really thankful for any ideas. If nothing like this exists yet with radiused necks that are easy to bolt onto bodies or bridges that can easily adjust the height to work with a neck like that, then i will just do things on my own eventually.
thanks