My new bass guitar like instrument

This bass like instrument is made off mohogany back and sides,cedar top.It  this a shorter scale than a normal bass guitar,and stringed with Cello strings,thus tuned like a 1/2 size cello ,it produce a smooth sound similar than a jazz guitar.
The gargoyle carving on the tunning pegs head is a design from the cathedral of Reims (France),it took me about 2 months to build.

The Epinette

This is the latest instrument I build.The Epinette is the ancestor of the American Apalachian Dulcim
er.It has a diatonic fret board.This particular design is inspired by the 15th century style.I love the cherish the time spent in carving the Gargoyle head.The wood of the body is Mohogany and I use pear wood for the sound board.

Gitbri #2

This instrument has more of a bass accoustic guitar, I install the braces inside just like the "Gretch Bass Guitar" and it gives me a smooth sweat sounds.The top is cedar, the back and sides Mohogany.it has a 30 1/2 inch scale

what is a GitBri?

I recently made an instrument deriving from the African "GEMBRI" but I call it a GitBri because instead of a raw hide skin , i give it a wood (cedar sound board)..I'm still trying to find the right string for it. So far I try D'addario smooth smooth short bass string...this instrument is still a research project