I built a violin with a reverb tank inside of it

[@lukebortot7625]

I feel like you could really lean into that weird feedback sound and make some pretty haunting horror soundtrack style songs with this thing.

[@draugr905]

thats how id play it

[@DrJrGenius]

Yeah, that feedback/resonance sounds very similar to that of a Waterphone

[@bright218]

I think it lends it's way to last of us soundtrack feel, right?

[@4Bakers]

Reminds me of the Everything soundtrack (Everything is the name of a neat steam game)

[@bruellwitz]

Also my first thought! That would be amazing. Imagine the goosebump potential!

[@Saltytoastplebs]

Me: makes a violin shaped like a violin The violin: (demonic screeches) This dude: makes a box with strings The violin: (angelic chanting)

[@fatitankeris6327]

You should put effort into acoustic qualities for sure, that comes before the looks.

[@iandeare1]

It's called a Trapezoid Violin, and a hundred years ago one built by a professional Luthier was favourably compared to a Stradivarius in a blind test... The validity of the test may be debatable, my reference: Violin-making as it was and is, by Heron-Allen, Edward Published 1885 Was for many years, including my time as a student Luthier, considered the Violin Maker's Bible; but, it's author's reputation has diminished somewhat, more recently, he was, in truth, a collector, rather than a technician 😉

[@tomasotreasaigh111]

@@iandeare1 If it stood the test of time and was considered the 'Violin Makers Bible' for so long, then surely it would mean any recent revelations about the authors 'credentials' are purely academic at this point? ;-) If the books information was deemed important (pious even, lol) for almost 150 yrs, then I would assume to dismiss it now is a form of (the all too common) music snobbery, don't you think? Just a thought, peace and best wishes to you all from Ireland, keep making music x

[@sahandn9]

I think the "feedback" sound you're expecting is actually a resonance. I can't tell how it's occurring exactly but maybe has to do with the shape of the chamber

[@JGHFunRun]

There's a good chance that the amount of movement is simply more than would normally happen for a spring reverb which causes a bit of issues, best I can think of since it sounds a bit like when you hit one. Sadly I don't have one of these so I can't test that theory, and in fact it could just be that it's inside something designed specifically to resonate

[@Aeduo]

@@JGHFunRun I was thinking maybe it was the vibration of the note being played beating on the vibration of the sound held by the springs. It kinda had the beating interference sound to it of 2 close frequencies constructing and destructing with each other.

[@JGHFunRun]

@@Aeduo that also would make sense

[@bowdownandobey]

Maybe sympathetic vibrations?

[@wickharr]

I wonder if larger f holes could help?

[@mjordan4251]

I love how casually you just invented, made and played this amazing instrument. Kudos man 🤘🏻

[@Zavendea]

That strange “feedback” effect is definitely you hitting the resonant frequency of a spring. Sounds exactly like a wolf note on a cello (which is happens when you hit the resonant frequency of the body of the instrument.)

[@justaweeb9086]

Learned some new today. Thanks

[@itstyromusic]

Having a sort of "Dampening" mechanism to mute the springs when you want less or no reverb would be awesome. Bassically like a cloth pad on a lever you can move with your chin to mess with the reverb. Just a thought. :)

[@TheVarkol]

This!

[@warlordtf9608]

Use the chinpiece akin to a pianist pedal, I like it +1

[@LockOfImage]

Jesus, I have never heard a violin this sad... I love it!!! Will definitely try to simulate the sound digitally.

[@MrJasonodonnell]

I had a home made Valve amp from the 70's years ago. I played around with putting thin bands of ShrinkWrap on reverb springs, also tried adhesive foam. The shrink wrap was cool.

[@DavidHilowitzMusic]

Oh, I have to try that!

[@PeterEvans_music]

That would sound very cool for mandolin, because the unfreted strings are supposed to resonate for certain styles it would be like having continual ringing strings which would be great

[@SmolFrogge]

"Looking into the wistful mist, lost in memories one cannot recant. Mired in the echoes." Yes it is a very inspiring sound.

[@rabiolied]

I think it'd be quite a good idea to try and maybe ship this out to people and stuff as it's own instrument because it really does look and sound like a whole different instrument from the regular violin

[@theaquariancontrarian3316]

Very eerie and beautiful!

[@glowinggrenade]

I'm not a professional luthier but I did read up a design document that the soundpost-bridge combo is meant to act as a lever system to convert the horizontal movement of the strings into a vertical movement on the sound board, and the soundpost acts as the stiffness required for one side of the lever to work.

[@eagereyes]

Very cool! You probably won't be able to do this through the sound holes, but I figure adding a bit of damping (like cotton or some thin pieces of fabric) would help control the reverb without reducing it too much.

[@DavidHilowitzMusic]

I actually might be able to do this? Somewhere I have a tiny dentist's mirror that I would need to use to actually see what I was doing. :)

[@eagereyes]

@@DavidHilowitzMusic Ah, neat! And your crazy sound post tool might work to get things into place. Seems worth a shot to me; it sounds fantastic IMHO, just needs to be reigned in a bit.

[@brad42948]

Not really - spring reverb is independent of air volume (unless you're intending to pack the spring enclosure itself with fabric... which would have some effect, mainly in reducing the upper frequencies 👍)

[@bronsoncarder2491]

@@brad42948 If the cloth is in the right position, the spring will contact the cloth when it goes out of control, dampening it.

[@generic_pebble]

That‘s a really cool video and I‘m only a few minutes in… The introduction was very good. I like the fact, that you explain, what a reverb spring does.

[@dekoningtan]

I love that you have a jaguar guitar! good taste, man, good taste!

[@MusicalWizardryMarcoIannello]

You never cease to amaze, my friend

[@chezLynn]

Love the haunting sound you've achieved with this reverb violin. really hope that you continue to experiment and fine tune it until it's a dependable/useful instrument and... fingers crossed... share the results with us. Good luck!

[@micah_noel]

That’s beautiful man. I found this from the homemade instruments FB page and I think I may be inspired to experiment with springs in my own fiddles.

[@bornwild3955]

Nice job you got a fine tune for a play wood box. In Mexico the armadillos and turtles shields are used as reverb box. The tuning goes depending the layers of epoxy or resins.. not to hard not to soft Thanks for sharing your masterpiece

[@JohnSk82]

I'm impressed dude !Great stuff

[@myrothe]

This sounds absolutely amazing. Once you get the hang of it, or find a way to slightly dampen it to control it the way you’d like I really hope you start posting some full length songs with this. I’m genuinely excited about this

[@TheEthanwilson]

I have been trying to play my sisters cheap violin for years and can’t make it sound as good as this hunk of plywood. This is amazing

[@titusbarker7921]

Think this is my fave of your videos! Lovely project. Really enjoyed it

[@DavidTritschler]

Sounds amazing David.

[@linqua1728]

I wager a lot of people would enjoy building your hobby ideas and the jobs that would create. I enjoy your videos, thank you.

[@ALRatmosphericmusic]

The sound of this violin is fabulous and your ingenuity incredible !

[@tomasotreasaigh111]

I have never played a violin but I have to give this spring reverb thing a try with a diy build, a cigar box guitar maybe? Thanks for all the great vids and inspiration David, peace from Ireland to you and yours mo chara.

[@guitarshredder1972]

So you could put a bit of fabric in the tank and it will act like a gate. You want to place the fabric towards one end of the tank. The closer to the end of the springs gives you max reverb, the closer to the middle gives you much less reverb or none.

[@Ithirahad]

This is a rabbit hole that needs deeper diving. One could probably make an amazing-sounding acoustic instrument (or several - what about dulcimers, for instance? erhu? even wind instruments?) by purpose-building a good spring array for this use case.

[@TheWorldBelow360]

Great performance. And the playing only adds to the experience. Nice presentation.

[@angeruroth]

Wow! It sounds really really good David 👍

[@daneguitarist1]

could you put like.... a movable level sort of deal that can mute the reverb tank, or dampen? really cool! I hope new instruments come from this :)

[@Jim_One-wl4ke]

Wow 🤩..that’s the effect I was looking for without electronics tweaking. Thanks so much ❤ love it.

[@Mevzuderin]

I guess you have to make some sort of mechanic that you can control the tightness of the springs. If you want to controll the vibration ofc

[@rasmusn.e.m1064]

Yeah. In cigar box guitars, some makers use box mattress springs with hooks on them and then attach them to screw-in hooks attached at an angle inside the body. You can then turn the screw-in hooks to tighten the springs, or even adjust the height so you can control whether the spring is touching the soundboard or not. Dell Puckett has an excellent video on that: kzbin.info/www/bejne/onundJ2lj6-MbJI

[@DavidHilowitzMusic]

That’s really cool!!

[@iancameron]

Very cool David, what a brilliant idea! Cheers from Vancouver Canada.

[@heyitsburt]

Amazing content! I just subscribed this past week and have not been disappointed yet! So many ideas for projects now!

[@273Marcelo]

Amazing watching someone crossing the border of regular life, congratulation about your creativity

[@eatfruitsalad345]

amazed at the intricate engineering of the reverb tank -- great job explaining it!

[@julianl.109]

Oh that’s amazing! I’ll make one if I can get my hands on a reverb tank

[@jessebondmusic]

dude glued the back on before testing the electronics... balls of steel, legend lol

[@guitfidle]

Wow, this is my first visit to your channel, and I absolutely love this!! I recently bought a cheap violin neck and hardware to put on a cigar box, also recently set up a cheap violin with octave strings (one fifth above the tuning of a cello!), and have yet another cheap violin I will be setting up with flourocarbon ukulele strings just to see what it sounds like (make sure you get a non-reentrant set, so the low string is the fattest). I have also in the past made a teardrop violin completely from scratch- carved the neck, fingerboasrd, tailpiece, and scratch made bridge. I also have a few reverb tanks sitting in my garage, a couple new old stock and a couple used ones..... I think I might have to give this a try! Thanks for the inspiration 😍😍

[@That_Wise_Sage_]

What a lovely experiment! The finished sound kind of reminds me of a twisted landscape in an RPG style game. Like you've just been teleported to another realm and you have to navigate the strange environment to return home and continue your journey. It reminds me most of the Silent realms in Skyward sword and the Dark realm from a Link to the Past.

[@karingriffinelectricacoust8822]

Dave…love your demo!

[@floatingdoor]

Dude you have started to become one of my favorite KZbinrs. I love all your work. Really looking forward to seeing more in the future.

[@AAIVE]

i love the texture of the finished product on my ears, what a cool thing you made! music experiments are so beyond worth embarking on. :)

[@karingriffinelectricacoust8822]

Dave, love your explanation and the way you take the viewers through the process…💖👍👏👏👏👏

[@joshbabbitt9243]

After watching many videos, I had no idea you played violin like that...nor that you build them. Love finding what other vices each musician I encounter also likes to mess with. Like it's always visable whatever someone is headfirst into...(Like a guitarist for example.) But then, you later find out they play the keys and then the drums and then even wild synths at home, after work, lol. I guess I don't know what I'm really getting at, but it seems we never ever want to stop making music, somehow.

[@TLA-ml2lg]

This would be great for acoustic guitar.

[@mchest7000]

Super cool David 👍

[@JonDeth]

*Very, very clever!*

[@TxmmyBeats]

So cool!

[@k4rec4]

Wow, the first "riff" (if I could call it this way) gave me deep Bioshock vibes. Pretty cool sound.

[@ossirioth]

Sounds amazing, what I'd suggest as an upgrade would be a muffle button to kill the reverb (including that resonance feeback loop which you noted) - fit a button/switch/pad somewhere accessible which activates a maffle bar to drop across the reverbe springs: similar to a piano's muffle peddle. I'd guess somekind of shaped lever that's activated by laying the pinky side of the fretting hand into it, located around the (vertically) bottom of the body by the neck might be the place to put it? I'm not a violinist but that feels the right place for it as a first go. Great experiment though, sound fascinating!

[@AlexeyFilippenkoPlummet]

How David accidentally created a superb sounding violin. I mean you could record it for movie soundtracks and I doubt anyone would think "hmm this violin doesn't sound pro enough". And when it falls apart, just glue it back together! Don't forget to use the same glue for the signature sound %) Let's make a library out of it too!

[@bjrnvindabildtrup9337]

Those imperfections sound awesome!

[@robertchamberlain]

Amazing!!

[@nicholaswalker7198]

Try using different rubber washers with varying softness and rigidity between the chassis and the wood like shock absorbers. I’m going to try this! Thanks for the video!

[@robwebnoid5763]

I've done the same thing decades ago on my 1970's Conn home keyboard organ with that resonation & noise from the spring reverb tank, as when you push or bump around the organ which makes the springs go wack.

[@doctorauxiliary]

this is just plain fantastic!! bravo!!

[@totallyunmemorable]

There was a device back in the early 80s (if I remember right) called the Aspri reverb. It hooked under the string and against the front edge of the bridge saddle on an acoustic guitar. The other end attached at the butt end of the guitar. It contained springs that were shorter and fatter than those in a reverb tank. It did the same as this, and sounded quite good. I had one. They didn't sell well though so the company went away. I wish I could find one now.

[@No.0.o.0]

Holy cow! I need one! Do a bass one with screen door springs next! Haha

[@Duncan-Mac-Raven]

I like the box look, and that sounds Awesome! 😊

[@anymoretime]

Oh, that's very nice to hear. All your videos are rich and interesting. Hope you sell this violins! I wish to have one.

[@PhillipRaymondGoodman]

Actually really love the reverb distortions, one of the quirks of the instrument

[@ViolinSoundscapes]

Wow!! Sounds amazing!!!❤️❤️❤️👍

[@discontinuuity]

Very cool! Reminds me of some of the Scandinavian fiddles with resonant strings like the nyckelharpa, hardingfele, and låtfiol.

[@BF-up5xw]

That sense of danger of everything getting too crazy makes it even more poignant to listen to. It can be understated and yet still sound dangerous. The Brown Sound of violins!

[@tonymckeown1314]

Nice one, Dave - great idea!

[@andrewvitale7128]

It's got an unusual sound that I can see many musical applications for it nice job!

[@andrefelixstudio2833]

Bloody amazing excellent video nice job on the violin!

[@themadduck8784]

Yep, gonna need a sample library of this.

[@mr.astronuts3825]

When it falls apart, you could maybe rebuild it and make the soundpost go onto the reverb tank where the transducer would go so it vibrates the springs more directly

[@somnyad]

I love your creativity and excitement. Your ideas are so good. Now I want to make something like this!!

[@indiefilmandmusic]

Very much like an Indian sarangi. Instead of springs, it's 32 resonating strings.

[@TheErilaz]

Taggelharpa also has those.

[@ruthmcevoy8300]

omg this sounds incredible. I would for sure buy one of those.

[@zeromt3577]

Great work! I can't wait to try out the Decent Sample library you posted too. Also, I don't know if this was intentional, but the lighting and colors in your workbench shots (from roughly 0:25 to 5:15 ) are extremely soothing and meditative. Those shots (or similar), possibly at slower speeds, would make a great, ambient "music video" for a track or two of the big, swelling reverbs you're getting out of that great super cool box violin.

[@charlyandco.4488]

Wow I really want to hear more music played with this violin

[@mikedegrazia]

That sounds really awesome! Nice job.

[@karingriffinelectricacoust8822]

Love your experimenting…thats the head space that will take the violin to the next level! Love your work! 💖👍

[@naimabid]

Wow! That's a very nice idea! Well done David. I like it! Congrats

[@FLH3official]

The soundpost: In French this piece is called l'âme, the soul. Poetic.

[@OliverCodd]

SO good! Love your channel David. Both entertaining and highly educational.

[@arampianist]

this totally belongs in a film score!!! so awesome!!!

[@CardamomCake]

Super awesome. Isn’t this technically a pickup system too? I never seen a non piezo pickup system for a bowed string instrument.

[@starvingmillett]

Late to the party, but you could try with stiffer springs so that it doesn't overload them? It will cut down the length of reverb, but it will take more to get the springs to start "clipping".

[@LouieTaylorMusic]

I love your videos, they have such a wonderful aesthetic and I love your filming style and colouring. Also, it goes without saying that your projects and creativity are always a pleasure to watch. thank you for what you do. Take care

[@WingDingMcKing]

very cool! piece at the end is dope too

[@pattmahiney]

Man, music is cool.... This is awesome, dude. Thanks for sharing

[@andrewhdemarest]

gives off a very Mafia or dramatic Italian movie scene vibe... loved it!

[@benprout8535]

Lots of comments talking about the sound you get and yes it's lovely. But also this was an incredibly pleasant and interesting video to watch and I will absolutely be subscribing :)

[@williamscott3296]

I come up with this idea in my head for acoustic guitar, have a spirited discussion about it with a friend, then this is first in my news feed. Jesus.

[@MrAshleysPlace]

As a non musical person and more of a maker I did really enjoy that! The sound was very haunting. Cool video!!!

[@danielpirone8028]

Fantastic video!

[@alex_00730]

this feels like a really relaxed version of mister maker

[@thomasmartinscott]

Very nice! Looks cool and sounds GREAT!

[@mintyfops]

Loved the video, although I was disappointed I didn't hear any pizzicato playing on that eerie piece of woodwork you've made!

[@chrisliddiard725]

I would put the original springs back on, and introduce tensioning screws, so you can tighten and dampen those springs, eg adjust the amount of energy that's being transferred from the body of the instrument to the reverb tank. Great sound. Makes me wonder what this would sound like on an acoustic guitar.

[@butterybiscuit346]

Those feedback loops would make this a great instrument for a horror/cosmic horror soundtrack

[@xnooknooknook]

Decent Sample pack worthy. What a great sound.