Diddley Bows & 1 Stringers

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HEY people,,,just startin this group...will add more later.How to build, tune, play - videos and more.

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So I went ahead and made me a guitar. I got me a cigar box, I cut me a round hole in the middle of it, take me a little piece of plank, nailed it onto that cigar box, and I got me some screen wire and I made me a bridge back there and raised it up high enough that it would sound inside that little box, and got me a tune out of it. I kept my tune and I played from then on. —Lightnin' Hopkins

HISTORY OF THE DIDDLEY BOW by Jon Nelson.

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WALKIN TONE,,,SPAMJO..NICE

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2 Screwdriver attack!!!!!!!

Started by Kevin Lassiter Oct 6, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

I've been working on this technique for a little time now & it sounds great! As soon as I get video I'll post it. Anyone else tried this before?

Eddie "One String" Jones

Started by Kevin Lassiter Sep 29, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

I'm having trouble finding info about him, other than the few facts I've found on One String Willie's website. Can anyone help me with this? I'm looking for ANYTHING; cd's, photos, bio, etc......…Continue

Tombstone Diddley Bow?

Started by Kevin Lassiter. Last reply by jim Sep 28, 2011. 2 Replies 0 Likes

Yes you read right, a Diddley on a tombstone. Lonnie Pitchford's headstone has a Diddley Bow on it, which oddly enough the stone was paid for by a Mr John Fogerty.

DIDDLEY BOW,,,tuning and playin tips.

Started by Willardj. Last reply by billy freedom Sep 27, 2011. 1 Reply 0 Likes

Scott Ainslie teaches resonance... BIG DADDY PLAYIN TIPS. Jon Nelson,,,check his other youtube diddley bow instructionals. Continue

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MOSES WILLIAMS door diddley bow...

Started by Willardj Sep 14, 2011. 0 Replies 0 Likes

http://www.davidbeede.com/DiddleyBowResources.htm

HOW TO BUILD A DIDDLEY BOW???

Started by Willardj. Last reply by Neil Lindsay Apr 14, 2011. 6 Replies 0 Likes

Just start lookin at our members pics...u can figure it out.Thanks to JON NELSON video. Continue

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WASHBOARD,cajun style,build and play de handmade music way!!!

Started by Willardj. Last reply by Tres Seaver Dec 26, 2009. 1 Reply 0 Likes

THIS SITE IS ABOUT HANDMADE MUSIC,,,washboards need to be here....Washboard Leo Thomas Music "Washboard Bill" is "the world's best washboard player" Washboard Chaz teaches washboard technique "Our…Continue

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HONORABLE MENTION,,,hear great diddley bow players here.

Started by Willardj. Last reply by Ottie(Sky Dog)Noble Dec 12, 2009. 1 Reply 0 Likes

SO U WANT TO MAKE A DIDDLEY BOW,CHECK THES PLAYERS OUT...Oh what a one string can say...try it you'll like it.Others to be added shortly.Thanks to all de great…Continue

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Comment by juju on February 8, 2012 at 2:28pm: heres my latest Diddley Bow it's a Resonator 4" Aluminium Spun cone - 27" scale now fitted with a Flatwound 56 Gauge string sounds great acoustically and plugged in it has a Magnetic Pickup tucked away under the coverplate

Comment by billy freedom on January 13, 2012 at 2:56pm: cheap bass tuner

http://windworld.com/products-page/hardware-for-acoustic/

works out to 11 bucks shipping but way better quality than gittys. if you order other stuff its still 6.50 flat rate shipping.

Comment by Randy S. Bretz on December 9, 2011 at 8:30am: My 2 d-bows

Comment by Happy on October 20, 2011 at 8:34pm: Hello, I am new here. I am really getting into make didley bows. I like to make the "guitar like" ones.. I think I can call them that. I have made two short scale ones. The first one, below I made from a peice of red oak for the neck, and the body is one of those pine collector box shelf that I bought for a dollar. I also made a piezo pickup from a radio shack piezo buzzer and installed a 1/4 jack in the bottom. Because the inside has many square spaces, it resonates well.

The 2nd picture is another didley bow that I made, the neck is pine, the diamond pattern I made using black marker over masking tape. The body is a pop corn tin cover that has a great edge on. I was able to install a 1/4 jack in that one as well with a piezo pickup. I ant to install a volume pot on this one. I see that Mr.Ted has a wiring diagram out the pickup and volume pot, I just need to figure out if that "dot" on the volume pot suppose to be a drop of solder.

Comment by Ted Crocker on October 8, 2011 at 9:40am: Kevin, here's some other views of the Ted Bau to give you an idea how it's made. Here's the photo album.

Find more photos like this on Handmade Music Clubhouse

Comment by Kevin Lassiter on October 7, 2011 at 11:23pm: Hey Ted! I tried running the string thru the can myself. With the right can, big wire & scale length; it'd be a great Diddley Bass.

Comment by Kevin Lassiter on October 7, 2011 at 4:07pm: Well I now have some other starting points for mine. The two with cans, are the strings run through the can itself? I imagine it's got a deep tone.

Comment by Ted Crocker on October 7, 2011 at 10:40am: Thanks Kevin. The top one is 'the Bird of Prey'. It is parts from a chair someone had put out for trash. I think the wood is cherry.

Comment by Kevin Lassiter on October 7, 2011 at 9:06am: Nice One-Strings Ted! I have to ask though, what is the top picture made of? Thanks for the ideas man!