Some instruments just have so much wood that string tension and shape don't really matter

Those are essentially overbuilt

But for something as light and thin-walled as cello, the shape has to be what it is for structural integrity

Alright.

That's the thickness of the sound box . And it's about 3.5 inches thick

To me it appears to be like two guitar necks joined at the top

Yeah I didn't want the neck to snap from too much weight being on one end

Resonance chamber needs some thin walls to sound nice

Since it's not as thin as a guitar would be

So it may not sound great with how thick it'll be ?

Guitar neck is usually a laminate

What wood you using for the body

I.e. it has two pieces of wood glued together to better tolerate the load

Fuck you I want olives now

You sick fuck.

I'm craving the salt

I'd taste that

It's interior plywood for houses. I filled the gaps in the wood with wood putty

Let’s push the bar on what’s technically not NSFW

I don't know how good it'd hold up with straight up plywood, but I'm no instrument maker

Ply may fail in places where there are imperfections

But you can reinforce it by filing a bit of that ply away and epoxy-gluing a stronger piece of plywood on the opposite side of strings

Well , this is more of a practice project to see how it goes mostly. I can always buy better material. But I'm always thankful for the advice , @Uksio , @AndreiT .

Stop it you lemon stealing whore

You want cringe?

here ya go

It's alright @MoistBread i have no expertise, but I can build a couple things here and there

Would you two like to hear it when it's finished ?

He'll yeah

It's a Japanese instrument?

I'm familiar with the Chinese type of banjo that has 3 strings, less so with this type

Nah. One is a northern European instrument called a jouhikko , and the other one is called a trossingen lyre originally made in Germany .