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electric swizzle stick

Posted by Kevin Nickler on February 8, 2014 at 11:52pm
The Electric Swizzle Stick - diddley bow - piezo pickup wired to 1/4" plug. A vintage 3/4"x3/4" yardstick (Charles R Rowan Post No 228 welcomes you to the 23rd annual Department Convention Altoona Pa Aug 14, 15, 16, 1941) with an Ideal Split Shot tin serving as a bridge housing the piezo pickup. Dogfish Head bottlecap tailpiece. Tuned to E, so it's a bass d-bow at this point. Will update/tarnish the hardware to try to make them match the stick and the tin. Maybe someday I'll come across a 1940's bottlecap for.the tailpiece and maybe a FDR / WPA / WWII button to serve as the nut.
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  • Kevin Nickler February 9, 2014 at 7:28pm

    It was just one of 8 in a lot off Ebay - I didn't even realize what I was getting until I opened the package.  At that point I knew what I was going to do with it.

  • the anonymous pick February 9, 2014 at 11:24am

    yup!!!

  • Uncle John February 9, 2014 at 10:42am

    Seems like the auctioneer's helpers at live stock auctions often carried one of those sticks and used them to heard the critters.

  • Rob Ingram February 9, 2014 at 9:16am

    Very cool !!

  • Bruce Myers February 9, 2014 at 12:07am

    Pretty cool! I need a hefty yardstick like that around the house, my 6 year old manages to break them frequently.

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