I'm clearly late to the party, but have you considered a nylon-stringer? A "regular" cross-over as Steve Cooney plays, or something with a more different look & sound like a Slaman The Dome archtop?
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Originally Posted by catndahats
Not portable easily but you are a big fella...double bass or cello is a new instrument for me...fun and different, but BIG!
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Exactly what I thought - a bass viol would be in the same size as a cello and be closer to guitar tuning (and with a flat back probably more manageable played as it if were an archtop).
If it just has to be visually different: graft a neck, strings and PU onto one of those slabs of marble?
