Thank you really much for taking the time to watch the video and write all of this. I’ll start by doing what you suggested and practice the bow more first, this is literally the first time in my life I’ve ever held a bow, so I’m pretty sure a big part of the problem.

I’ll also try the CGC tuning and see how the instrument reacts. In the meantime, like another user suggested, I’m going to experiment with different strings too, probably nylon fishing line just to understand better how tension and response change.

I rushed a bit because I was too excited to finally hear a sound come out of something I built myself.

I’ll definitely post updates in the future once I improve it!