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Steampunk Violin Case Diddley Bow-Dan Bau

Posted by Primitive Acoustics on January 25, 2016 at 4:18pm
My latest...Steampunk hybrid Diddley Bow/Dan Bau made from a vintage violin case.Parts list includes components from a clarinet, watch gears, napkin ring, 50's car antenna, windshield wipers, camera lens, chair bands, gauges, amp tube, brass wire, copper tubing, plumbing fittings, veggie steamer, wheel nipples, bicycle wheel lights.Two pickups with separate output jacks - Flat humbucker by Dan Sleep on the top and a piezo disc mounted inside the case.A Dan Bau is a Vietnamese instrument that is similar to a Diddley Bow but is played using the harmonics of the string. I am experimenting with playing it through a series of effects pedals and getting some pretty cool sounds out of this instrument.
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  • Primitive Acoustics January 27, 2016 at 2:42am
    Thanks guys. It was a fun one to build. Designed it to be an atmospheric sound machine....still learning to play the harmonics on it.
  • Gary W aka Rev. Bluejeans January 26, 2016 at 1:50pm

    Loving the overall views as well as the close-ups.  I'd like to forage through the junk drawer in your shop!  I can only imagine!  Way cool!

  • the anonymous pick January 25, 2016 at 7:26pm

    hella  kewl  ;-)

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