Gently Used with Case. A new one will cost you about $3,600.
The NEW Neil Gow 22XL (Extended Length) Travel Violin embodies the next step in the evolution of backpacker violins and fiddles.
The Neil Gow 22XL supercedes the Neil Gow 22C. The Neil Gow 22XL is similar in design to the Neil Gow Pochette and its sister instrument, the Neil Gow 21C2. The Neil Gow 22XL is 1 inch longer than its predecessors, adding about 4 cubic inches of internal air space. Some aesthetic refinements in the body shape have also been done. The Neil Gow 22XL also uses an innovative Dov Schmidt "Harp" compensated tailpiece...the "after-length" (between the bridge and tailpiece) increases from the e" string to the g string. You can see this clearly in the photos. The additional after-length on the g an d' strings noticably increases the bass overtones and overall power of the lower strings.
The three instruments sound similar; however the Neil Gow 22XL, having more internal air space and the compensated tailpiece, is a quite a bit more sonorous.
Increasing the already legendary sonority of the Neil Gow Pochette and the Neil Gow 21C2 seems like an impossible feat. The incredible full-bodied sound and projection volume of these instruments is conveyed in the sound sample below:
We will have sound samples and videos (on YouTube) of the New Neil Gow 22XL, played by none other than the ever popular Darci Jones, in the near future.
What differentiates the Neil Gow 22XL from the Neil Gow Pochette and Neil Gow 21C is all about ergonomics and usability.
With the Neil Gow Pochette, ergonomics are not really an issue, as it is an 18th Century reproduction and ease of playing is NOT a factor. It is what it is and you have to learn to hold the instrument and play its real gut strings the way they did it in the 1700s. Conversely, with both the Neil Gow 21C and the Neil Gow 22XL, which are modern travel violins, ergonomics and usability are extremely important!
The Neil Gow 21C, while actually quite modern under the surface, is based on our extremely popular Neil Gow Pochette, an interpretation of an 18th Century pochette (pocket fiddle or kit) on display in the Burrell Museum in Glasgow, Scotland. The bodies of the Neil Gow Pochette and its modern descendent, the Neil Gow 21C by Don Rickert Lutherie, while longer than the historic original on which their design is based, and have a full 4/4 size playable string length (nut to bridge), is 13 inches. This is one inch shorter than a 4/4 conventional violin. Most players do not notice this small difference in body length. For other musicians, especially novice and intermediate players, that one inch difference is important.
The Neil Gow 22XL, with is full 4/4 violin length (14") body, is an ergonomic better fit for many musicians; plus it puts out more beautiful sound owing to its state-of-the-art compensated tailpiece and increased length (which equates to more internal air space). This instrument is "TATTOO FRIENDLY"...suitable for inkwork decoration (rosing).
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