Good morning folks!
I picked up a CB Bitty "Brown Betty" diddley bow a month ago, and love the tone. It is the sort of sound I've always wanted to hear out of an instrument. I have zero background in music. A lot of cds and albums of Turkish, Middle
Read more…Howdy folks,
I have a request from a friend to make a one-string CBG that will serve as a Diddley-Bow.
(I have yet to make a Diddley-bow, but plan on making myself a traditional broom handle one next.)
I have noticed that on some one-stringers, the
Read more…My high school art students design " fantasy instruments " each year. This year I thought " why not have them make actual sound?!?" Here is a Japanese sword and Feline themed Diddley Bow!
Read more…Hello, I am looking for information on building diddley bows. I have build one 3 string CBG and working on two more currently. I want to build some diddley bows with my daughter's brownie troop and have some questions. I am planning in using cigar
Read more…Check out my first build guys let me know what you think? Ps what string do ye guys use I'm not too much into the banjo sound like rock music!
Read more…Just came across this group, though I'd show my first ever diddley bow build! What string most ye guys use?
Read more…The dumbull Jeff and I made is about as primitive as it gets, so I thought I'd post a video here for y'all. We learned about them from a gentleman teaching kids to make them with tin cans at FCF's Mountaineer's Festival. He called it a "bear call" wh
Read more…https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYmN1IVio-8
me rockin my diddley bow, and singin!
I thinking about making a canjo and was wonder if I could get a few questions answered.
1. What String Size and Tuning?
2. String height off the fret board, Is It higher at the bridge and goes down toward the nut? Or is it level
3. Approx. scale leng
Read more…I am attempting to make a canjo for a friend using a soda can. I need help with the fretting, I previously built a canjo with a round cookie tin and used my bought canjo as a reference I made the necks the same size and placed the bridge in the same
Read more…Howdy folks,
With regards to my one-string CBG (not a lap Diddley-bow) that I am making, which string do you suggest I use and why do you suggest that string instead of a smaller/bigger one?
Also, what string height do you recommend?
Thanks,
kieta
Read more…Hi all..I'm about to embark on installing an old Sekova guitar pickup into my recently constructed CB Diddley Bow....After thinking about various mounting options i came up with this one..I remember seeing a DBo pic with a jazz bass pickup mounted s
Read more…I've built a decent "broom handle" Diddley Bo and now I'd really like to learn how to play it. I know, just like the CBG, there's no "right way" to play it. But if anyone could at least give me a starting point, that would go a long way. :)
I am playing at First Night in Burlington VT tomorrow (Sat) and have publicized that I will be playing a cigar box guitar in addition to my diddly bow and some other stuff on a couple different guitars. Got here and realized I FO
Howdy Folks... my first post here.
Bout a month ago, I stumbled on a thread about Seasick Steve on arfcom. A friend (lighting designer) stopped by and saw the video and we decided to make ourselves some Diddley Bows. As I was looking around at
Read more…This was CB build # 5. Used a waling stick I made years back. Tuner from a broken acoustic guitar.
Spent part of yesterday playing around. Three 1/4 inch bolts, about 19" of leftover 1 by 3/4 maple, guitar string, rivet shell and a plastic cup.
Twenty minutes later this was born.
Can reverse the resonator, by moving the bridge to the other sid
Read more…I haven't built my diddly-bow yet, but I whipped up one of these awhile back.
Just brought it up from the basement a few days ago, actually forgot that I had it.
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