7-string electric flying V... violin?

[TomAwesome]

I'm not sure if this is the right forum, but it was the most appropriate one I could see. I just saw this on eBay and thought it was pretty interesting. It's fretted, too! Interesting idea with the chest support system, too.

Wood Electric String Violin (7 string) - eBay (item 280394903573 end time Sep-15-09 07:27:52 PDT)

 

[SpaceDock]

 

[hufschmid]

nice awesome, thats Mark Wood's violin

http://www.markwoodmusic.com/index2.html

 

[Apophis]

interesting

 

[MF_Kitten]

i remember seeing the website for these. they are shredder-style instruments that go higher than a violin and lower than a cello

 

[hufschmid]

Mark Wood is like the Alice Cooper of electric violin, this guy has always been there, I was a little kid when he started to perform on an electric violin...

 

[sPliNtEr_777]

Im pretty sure if I could play it, I would buy it.

 

[troyguitar]

I've wanted one since I first saw him playing with the TSO, but they're too expensive for someone who sucks as much at violin as me

 

[Xiphos68]

That man is awesome live with Trans Siberian Orchestra!!!
I've meet him once too. Got his autograph win.

 

[ghoti]

What I wish is that there were a way for me to play one and see if my arm gets ripped out of its socket the way an ordinary violin does.

No frets, though; on a violin, fitting fingers on the notes is hard enough.

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

I'd play one.

 

[emguitars]

Hell, I BUILT one!

 

[troyguitar]

That is awesome! Do you have more pictures of that?

 

[lefty robb]

Mark Wood = Win.

 

[emguitars]

That is awesome! Do you have more pictures of that?

Yeah, here you go!

 

[All_¥our_Bass]

^Because It's headless I can't help but think of Steinberger.

 

[troyguitar]

I now know what I plan to build next year, that is a great idea.

Are those regular guitar tuning machines?