Frets on a diddley bow?
When playing a diddley bow, do you need to hit proper fret locations or is it more of a play by ear thing? Like playing a slide whistle vs playing a flute. Thanks
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Extra long steel strings?
Im making my diddley bow out of a piece of wood I would rather not cut down, so I need a 46" steel string. Do they make such a thing?
Which Strings and tunings....again.
I know this has been asked over and over here, so with this post I'm sort of looking to clarify all the info Ive gotten from the other posts. My cbg nearing completing is a peizo pickup, 1x2 poplar neck, through the box for the tailpeice so it should
Read more…What did I do wrong?
Ive finished my cbg and strung up the first string to try it out, and it seems that when I fret a note the string also touches the fret before and after that fret too or in the spots where it doesnt touch the neighboring frets, its so close that it r
Read more…How many frets?
My scale seems to be 28" , how do I decide how many frets to use? Why would I choose 1 number instead of another? Also, I want to make interchangable fretboards, one for guitar scale and one for dulci scale, so how many frets for a dulci 28"? Thanks
Read more…Which frets to omit for dulci?
My scale is 28" and Im going to make an interchangeable fretboard, one for normal guitar fretting, Im using wfret to print a template for 30 frets but I think only 24 or so are going to fit (with wfret it seems that I need to print with no margin on
Read more…Pot ground tab?
I'm tinning all the connections for the electronics for my cbt and in all of the wiring diagrams ground is just soldered to the back of the pot. But I'm nervous about applying enough heat to get it to stick with all the workings right on the other si
Read more…Tuner Key Direction and Layout
Let me do my best to explain myself here... I got my tuner set today for my guitar and judging my how they turn, it seems I can either have them all turn in one direction to tighten, or I can have them all take the string on the inside (or outside),
Read more…If Dulci scale is so easy...why anything else?
Maybe I'm missing the obvious answer, I've never played and intend to learn on the cbg I'm building and you guys on the forums have been helping me with. But it seems like any time the dulci scale is talked about its said that you cant play wrong not
Read more…Dulcimer Diatonic scale for slide?
I'm nearing the end of my first build and trying to decide on fret scale. First, I'm interested in ducimer scale because I've never played guitar and from what I understand its easier. But my main interest is learning to play slide.....so can you pla
Read more…Tone control only?
Ive seen the diagram for tone and volume pots on a single pickup that's been posted here a few times, and I'm wondering would it be as simple as just removing the volume pot from the schematic to have just a single tone control on the guitar? Or does
Read more…F hole/Sound hole sizes.
From the other posts about sound hole sizes Ive gotten that small equals deeper sound. What I don't know is, what exactly IS smaller on a ruler? Trying to make a long process short. I plan on using F holes, but only making openings within the ends o
Read more…Necessity of a Preamp?
I'm building my first cbg and want to use volume and tone pots, or even just a tone pot only (is that possible?) and Ive seen a few posts that say a preamp is needed for the pots to have any effect, a few posts that suggest it, and a lot of posts tha
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