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Relic Didley Duo

Posted by Uncle John on January 3, 2016 at 4:26pm
The didley on top was a gift from Pick. He seems to think I like old relic stuff. Check out the neck if you can read the lettering on the old paddle. I like it and the burlap bags under the sound holes. I put a different (heavier and lower toned) string on it and changed the tail piece. It has a disc piezo and sounds super good plugged in.Both of these have slot head screws for nuts. That makes it easy to adjust the action and holds the string nicely in place. I think slot head screws would work well for the nuts on 2, 3 and 4 strings.The bottom one: A gift horse in kit form. Pick thought this box suited me and he was right. He was shipping a Swampy to Chris Lyons, who lives 50 miles from me, and sent the box along for me.Chris and I got together and formed a friendship and I got the box. Later, on a visit to my place, Chris brought me the old board that was used for the neck. Hence the Lyons' Pick name.This is a great sounding diddley unplugged. Plugged in it is okay. Not bad. Not great. Disc piezo.The action suits me. I can finger or slide.The old box, the gifts from 2 friends and of course the fact that it plays and sounds nice - puts a smile on this homely old face! Thanks to Pick and Chris.
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  • AGP # January 4, 2016 at 6:20pm

    "Sorry UJ", must have miscounted !!!!! ;-) 

  • Uncle John January 4, 2016 at 10:53am

    Thanks, P.A.!

  • Primitive Acoustics January 4, 2016 at 10:47am
    Beauties! They look museum quality!
  • Uncle John January 4, 2016 at 10:09am

    Thanks for the kind words.

  • Dave Lynas January 3, 2016 at 9:07pm
    Wow! Love this pair. Pure Uncle juice. Relic all over the place. I antiqued the neck on Cheesey. Hope it's dry for music tomorrow night... Can I borrow Imp's?
  • the anonymous pick January 3, 2016 at 7:09pm

    like 2  reunited  brothers that  got  separated at birth .   they  look  great together .

    i cant take credit for the ruskin box  ,  chris  offered  it to  me  , i  just told him to pass it on to  you instead  .( i shipped the  imp diddly   with  his swampy)  .  ;-)  oh . and imp  has a rod piezo  .  ;-)

    these truly look  great together  ;-) went to  the right home . 

       

  • Uncle John January 3, 2016 at 5:44pm

    I am not in the photo, Alan! 

  • AGP # January 3, 2016 at 5:36pm

    "A Lovely Trio of Relics" ;-)

  • Uncle John January 3, 2016 at 5:09pm

    Like carrots and peas, Chris.   Glad you found it and thanks for the wood.  Gonna get around to using those metal nuts from you and the other wood.  

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