I am thinking I might go with this kit. Has any one had dealings with the company?
 
Plans and a PDF or the assembly instructions can be downloaded and it seems reasonably straightforward. The shipping costs are the main bugbear. If I had the time building my own from scratch is appealing I may still do that later as a long term project and try out some interesting pickup arrangements.

I just ordered the Musicmakers kit. $40 for shipping from US to UK (ouch) but it seemed like the best option I could find.

The kit containd everything except the wood parts, I had not read the web page correctly . I thought it was cheap!!
 
 Anyway I bought the necessary timber in the UK and got cracking. I I am a bit further along than in this photo. Its all assembled now and has had the first couple of coats of sanding sealer. The body will be finished in cherry red lacquer but the fretboard will stay natural oak, I ran out of time and had to come back to Dubai so it will have to wait until I am back in the UK in April.
 

Here is another shot of the body, before the final shaping of the head.
 

 

Very cool Glyn, keep us posted!

I might be wrong.... but... there's just something inherently wrong with an "electric" dulcimer.

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I might be wrong.... but... there's just something inherently wrong with an "electric" dulcimer.

I remember back in 1971 there was a bit of shock among the purists when Dave Cousins (Strawbs) not only played an electric dulcimer but played it through a fuzz box on "Benidictus", for some it was almost as bad a Dylan going electric. There is no electric guitar on this song, the dulcimer features throughout with the fuzz box solo starting around 2:12.
  
Cousins electric dulcimer also featured prominently on "Golden Salamander" from the album "Nomadness"

A recent photo of Dave Cousins and his electric dulcimer.

 

Its finally finished.

 
I have been having a hoot with it. So I have found Guitar Rig 5 the best, even though I have tended to prefer Amplitube with virtual instruments.
While it will take a second melody string to make it a double course i am keeping it in the three string mode at the moment, it seems to suit the electric better.
 
 
 

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