There have been modifications to this design as I further realize my calling and ability. I am adding 12 sympathetic strings going up the neck, under the fingerboard, as well as 6 harp strings on the bass side with a fingerboard underneath (to ease harmonic tapping). I'm going to be using custom Pickup the World pickups with the three string groups split up and blendable via 3 slider controls mounted on the Ash portion of the treble wing. It's now got a 6 octave fingerboard as well. The woods to be used are as follows:
Central Body: Mahogany
Body Wings: Ash
Neck: 2 piece Maple
Fingerboard: Pau Ferro
The treble bout will be angled at 15 degrees to facilitate bowing on the highest string. The tuning will be based on D, fifths on the man strings, various D chords on the harp strings and variations on D and it's fundamentals for the sympathetic strings (D, A, G and their octaves, split into groups of 2, 3 or 4)
I am designing a forearm mounted bow for bowing, along with the use of a regular bass bow and my plucking technique.
Missing from this picture are the sympathetic strings, the tuning machine detail for the harp strings, the Jiwari for the sympathetic strings, the 12th fret up (still designing the headstock) and volume controls.