I have heard of these instruments for many years and finally ran across a performance of one here and had to share.
I thought it would sound much more nasal, like a resonator guitar, but i think it actually sounds pretty good! Check it out! (this video has a couple other instrument performances as well).
that is uber cool. i gotsta have one now. but i’d rather get me a 5 string EV-Geoff. Would a 5 String fiddle have the same range as a viola? how much harder are they to play? I’m a bassist at heart and i want to run an electric viola thru me banjo looping pedal board, with its superior octave bass pedal, to get me a cello range. Possible???