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It would be really soft, so if you ever drop it, the sound would be completely wrecked.
and it would be heavy as fuck. if you held it by the neck it would probably bend. and you couldn't tension the strings.
probably a pretty shitty fiddy
Was... was that the Fiddle the devil used in the competition? Cuz if so, no fucking wonder he lost.
If you rest it on your shoulder and are gentle when tensioning the strings, it can probably work, but don't go too aggressive on the strings or they'll probably snap (if gold) or bend the tensioners.
I'm going with "plausible" but totally impractical.
how do you tension soft gold strings without them stretching?
Very... gently...
The song also didn't say pure gold. I bet someone could rig up a 14k fiddle.
Ever heard of alloys? All things “gold” are actually alloys because pure gold is pretty damn useless for the reason you cited.
I thought people usually just did a gold coating around a more reasonable material. In this case, your fiddle would still be wood, but it would have a gold finish to look pretty.