Day 3 of my holidays and I got bored again so I made some Diddley Bows out of my Mint Tins, some scrap wood, and bits of anything I had laying around from my previous builds. Both have got a Piezo on the inside and sound great through my Mustang Amp. I got like 50 more of these tins to use so might make more later.
What you guys think?
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updates people, I have been playing these for a couple days now and I am loving them both. The string on both is 13 gauge b string and it sounds cool.
quicky question though, is there a way of stopping the string from moving when I pluck or pick it?
I've used Altoid tins or other squared off tins for my similar diddley bows and they don't have this problem. However, I have had this issue with whisky bottle bridges where there is a rounded edge. For them, I used either a piece of threaded rod or a scrap of bone nut material to create a more stable bridge.
The pictures are deceiving edges of the tins are rounded so the string can move when plucked.
If you mean move sideways across the tin as you play it?
the string needs a groove to sit in (a.k.a. saddle) to not slide sideways, perhaps a sliver of wood glued onto the tin so you can put a shallow groove in the wood.
That is what I meant and that sounds like the best way to go about it.
I have made Diddley Bows before and have found that sawing a slit in the tin itself, but I am not sure whether it would work on these ones
another idea, shim up one side of the tin and put a dimple into the now high edge of the tin with a screwdriver, dull cold chisel, hammer and the side of a nail...
A dimple sounds like the best way to go, simpler than sawing at the tin
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