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1921 Faye Kempton Diddley Bow

Posted by Maddog on July 3, 2016 at 12:33pm
Old Cigar Box Diddley Bow given to me by a fellow vendor at Junkstock last week. Built by Faye Kempton on Feb. 8th 1921. It's in rough shape but I'm gonna brace her up and do the necessary fix up's to make it a player again....then I'm going to give it back to him.
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  • James O Lunsford July 6, 2016 at 9:29pm

    Historic restoration Bet that Old wood will sound great Fine Job Maddog

  • Uncle John July 5, 2016 at 2:51pm

    Yup.

  • gary herget July 4, 2016 at 10:17am

    Nice find MD, go slow with the old girl and she'll suprise you in the end.

  • Maddog July 4, 2016 at 8:31am

    Thanks Pick!  :-) 

    Thanks AGP! 

    Started glueing and bracing yesterday........gonna take a while as the box is in rough shape. Tackle each crack and weak spot one at a time. 

  • AGP # July 3, 2016 at 6:13pm

    "Yep", Nice Gesture & Great Relic Build.

  • the anonymous pick July 3, 2016 at 4:26pm

    regifter !! 

      ;-)  but  in  a  good  way  .   ;-)

  • Maddog July 3, 2016 at 3:18pm

    Thanks Wes!

    I'm looking forward to getting started on this.......just gotta find the time now :-/

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