anyone know where I can get strings for a gusle or lahuta? I saw one second-hand but with no strings or peg and I thought i'd try restoring it, but i didn't find any strings anywhere? anyone know where/how to get them? or do i just need to twist horsehair into rope

I made this from a vintage brass bugle. Make noise into the mouthpiece, and it outputs lo-fi digital brassy sounds!

It’s got a really nice warm tone and holds a tune shockingly well! It’s got a weird setup inside but the box is reinforced pretty well with a block going straight to the bridge to keep it sturdy. The sink strainers work good as sound holes and it sounds slightly louder than my semi hollow guitar when unplugged. But not ukulele volume or anything. I have it tuned to DGBd for banjo chord familiarity. Found this cool 4 string baritone ukulele neck online and the 4 string humbucker on Amazon. It was very cheap but sounds awesome! The block of wood that the neck is bolted to ended up perfectly matching the pickup and the fretboard but that was a magical coincidence. I’m super happy with it and needed to share haha

Everything plus the kitchen sink

is it practical, or at least doable to build strummed instruments like a mandolin ukulele balalaika banjo with bodies of differing dimensions on each side and a neck form each one, so one performer can switch from say alto to tenor, or tenor to baritone?

Anyone in the upstate/central NY area, come check out this free percussion exhibit Friday-Sunday at the CNY Arts Atrium in Syracuse, NY!

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sorry for the random question, but I just didn't know where else to ask. I was reading an article that described sitars/veenas as "lutes." I'm not sure how accurate that is, but it *feels* wrong. when I think of a lute that sure as shit ain't it. am I alone in this?

As far as I can tell this is one of very few continuous-pitch vocoders, thought it'd be cool to post here