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The 2x4 challenge , get your entries in !

Posted by the anonymous pick on May 9, 2017 at 12:31am
Here's mine ..The Valhella,, bow. (guillotine gopichand / diddley bow )Dual function instrument with one string / divided . The middle string area functions as a gopichand .( don’t know what a gopichand is ? see one here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWxajijf_4c . ) notes are created by plucking the string with one hand while squishing and relaxing the 2 wood side walls with other, creating a boingy / springy / prongy sounding note . Flip it on it’s side and it’s a regular diddley bow with the other half of the string running down the side . (pulleys are from a roller bridge and act as pulleys for the string and a bridge and nut for the diddley bow side .) (guillotine blade is from a dryer vent tube , tacks , carpet nails , drywall screws , skulls, hinges , all from dollar store .Wood stained with instant .coffee . head hole acts as a slide holder. As a surprise bonus ,the blade actually added a real nice spring reverb type of resonation . Fully functional as an instrument, yet retains the same exact design as an actual guillotine . (but blade part is stationary)Posted as inspiration, ;-) not an entry . thanx.I soo wanna see this made as a larger standup bass, you could squish it with your shoulder and arm , and have a whamola effect bass , 2 tones , with a stationary bass also , and a hell of a stage prop . ;-)CHECK OUT THE OTHER GREAT DESIGNS / ENTRIES HERE http://www.cigarboxnation.com/forum/topics/contest-the-2x4-challenge
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  • the anonymous pick May 11, 2017 at 9:24pm

    thanx for the kind words prim ;-)

  • Primitive Acoustics May 11, 2017 at 8:14pm
    Every time you create something totally amazing, I think you can't possibly top it....but once again you have proven me wrong...very cool!
  • the anonymous pick May 11, 2017 at 4:52pm

    i shouda named it that,   wes  ;-)

  • the anonymous pick May 11, 2017 at 3:48pm

    -" what do you call  a guy  with a gullotine  ? " 

    - "Sir" .

    lol. thanks Dano ;-)

  • Dano Schultz May 11, 2017 at 10:53am

    Hats (or heads) off to you, Sir. Keep hands & fingers away from the machinery...

  • the anonymous pick May 9, 2017 at 6:24pm

    thanx guys . 

      thanx Glenn .  GLAD YA  GOT INSPIRED  ;-)

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  • Glenn Kaiser May 9, 2017 at 5:32pm

    Pick, you ROCK dude. I was just considering doing a diddley with a cut-out like this (not w. the blade but... heh) and now I think it could be a 3 x 1 diddley, 1 string on ea. side and 1 in the middle, 3 diff. gauges/tunings, all slide. GOT to make one now... ya dun inspir'd! -Glenn

  • John Rivers May 9, 2017 at 10:14am

    A. you just get further and further out there.....can it do the "cry baby"?....congrats, love it   :)

  • Uncle John May 9, 2017 at 9:42am

    cutting edge 

  • the anonymous pick May 9, 2017 at 6:47am

    thanx wes ... oh .. your amp  speaker arrived today .  ;-)

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