Welcome to the Fiddle and Alternative Strings Community - the most active collection of alternative string players, playing alternative stringed instruments, in alternative styles, on the internet!
As a free member most features of the forum are available to you but for access to most of the (extra) features of the full site you need to be a Fiddle Forum Friend. For the annual sum of £10 (UK) a year you get access to these additional features. This is payable via Paypal, by going to your profile and clicking on the Paid Subscriptions link.
Member blog
Custom Member Titles
Ability to include attachments in your post (stored on the fiddleforum server)
No advertising in between posts or at the top of the thread page
Ability to edit your posts indefinately
Ability to edit additional profile settings for avatars, theme preferences, notifications, Personal Messages, age, sex, location, website, online contact details (such as messenger and icq), signature - where available
Increase of mailbox capacity to 50 (from 10) messages
Upload photos to the Image Gallery
Upload to the Download area
Avatar shown withing the portal and forum
Access to the Forum Chat system
Access to the Forum Radio, with inclusion of your favourite mp3 featuring you playing
Additional forum permissions incl. extra editing permissions.
Discounts on various instruments and accessories incl.
20% off web hosting on the forum servers.
Backing tracks/DVD tuition - 20% off anything from their website
Gelrest - 20% off a padded gel chinrest
Musiklab - 10% off their electro acoustic instruments
Sonic Violins - 5% off an electro acoustic
For more info on the discounts please click HERE (forum members only) I hope you will consider this option, since the money raised goes towards maintaining this site, paying for increased server space and bandwidth, and keeping me in violin strings! I would love for everyone to support this forum in this way but as I've said, this is entirely optional and either way I hope you enjoy this site.
Blow, blow, thou winter wind, Thou art not so unkind As man's ingratitude; Thy tooth is not so keen Because thou art not seen, Although thy breath be rude. Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho! the holly! This life is most jolly. Freeze, freeze, thou bitter sky, Thou dost not bite so nigh As benefits forgot: Though thou the waters warp, Thy sting is not so sharp As friend remember'd not. Heigh-ho! sing heigh-ho! unto the green holly: Most friendship is feigning, most loving mere folly: Then, heigh-ho! the holly! This life is most jolly. As You Like It Act2 Scene VII
