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Electrified Diddley Bow Demonstration

Posted by Nathan King on October 4, 2009 at 11:45pm

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Just showing what can be done with only one string. The previous "tests" of this d-bow were done through a 100W tube Marshall half stack with a 70 gauge guitar string and a drum stick beater... and it was loud and glorious. This test was done through a 40W tube Fender Blues Deluxe, which wasn't turned up very loud at all. I also used a 58 gauge string and a much lighter dowell rod beater. However, it was loud enough to shake the camera! Cool!I don't pretend to really know how to play this thing, but it sure is fun.

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Nathan King October 5, 2009 at 10:29pm

Ice Bob... hee hee hee, I was wondering if anyone was gonna ask me about that. I've got a Whammy pedal plugged in here. For this vid, it's set to go up two octaves when you press the pedal. On my other vid (the two string demo), I've got it set to harmonize a fourth higher when you turn the pedal on in the heel down position, then a fifth when you press the pedal to the toe down position. That pedal opens up a lot of doors, especially when you have only one or two strings to work with. Plus, it looks kinda cool when you lift up the d-bow at the same time :-)
Ice Bob October 5, 2009 at 9:04pm

great how did tou you get those crazy bends
Delvero October 5, 2009 at 6:16pm

Looks like FUN!
JUJU October 5, 2009 at 5:42pm

Yep thats pretty cool bro
juju.
Paul Doug October 5, 2009 at 12:39pm

WILD!!
Mortimer Snerd October 5, 2009 at 9:20am

You got a monster there.