dont know if you can make the neck angle out from this picture but yes i added neck angle for a reason - so the string is playable and not sat on top of the box - also notice that the fretboard is higher than the box top this makes the neck playable right down to the end of the fretboard without the string fouling on the box top - most round neck diddleys have the neck set below the top of the box and are unplayable down near the box end of the neck - only way to get around the problem is to have silly high action and make the diddley a slide player only or do as i have done raise the neck above the box and have it a slide or finger player :)
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Thank you Uncle :) - all three diddleys i have made to date have had neck angle and were all very playable both slide and fingerstyle - one lives in Japan and Hollowbelly owns the other one
both can ba seen and heard in the Three videos below
Cheers Wes mate - still need to make a coverplate and tail oh and a pickup too , but it's getting there cant wait to get it strung up and see what the baritone one string reso sounds like :)
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Thank you Uncle :) - all three diddleys i have made to date have had neck angle and were all very playable both slide and fingerstyle - one lives in Japan and Hollowbelly owns the other one
both can ba seen and heard in the Three videos below
Diddley bow #1
http://youtu.be/YKfamQl1YSg
diddleybow #2 owned by Hollowbelly played By BluesBeaten Redshaw
http://youtu.be/pk26_s9RrG0
Like the matched color, the reso and the assumed high playability.
Cheers Wes mate - still need to make a coverplate and tail oh and a pickup too , but it's getting there cant wait to get it strung up and see what the baritone one string reso sounds like :)