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Permalink Reply by JL on August 3, 2017 at 2:02am

Looking good, and a Diddley Bow is never in the wrong scale

It might be the picture angle, but it looks like the string drifts to the side off the neck completely as it goes toward the bridge & tail piece, that might make it a bit hard to play, or its just my monitor, lol

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Permalink Reply by JP Lace Master on August 3, 2017 at 7:03am

Good to know the scale can't be wrong.

You're not seeing the pictures wrong the string does sit like that. its the hinge I use as a tail piece, the can't stop on top, its either over to the left or the right. If I fitted another machine head, another screw for a nut and a second string, it'd look better, but the single string image won't sit right in the mind, but plays comfortably.

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Permalink Reply by Paul Craig on August 3, 2017 at 8:26am

Scale is the length between the nut and bridge whether you have frets or not. Each scale length will determine where the individual notes are located, you can mark the spots with a marker if you want to help with playing or not. Enjoy

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Permalink Reply by JP Lace Master on August 3, 2017 at 10:06am

I've had a couple days to get used to both of them now and have the positioning about right.

I tend not to mention beyond the 12th fret area. I good number of riffs that work on a single string and since this is a 46 gauge I play both guitar and bass riffs on it quite nicely.

Mannish Boy is definitely my favourite one to do, I just do the riff and moan my blues through the night.

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Permalink Reply by Blues Frog on August 6, 2017 at 2:34pm

Those are both nice looking gits. 

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Permalink Reply by JP Lace Master on August 7, 2017 at 5:02am

Thank you Frog, they are good little players, already working on a dozen more of them.

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Permalink Reply by JP Lace Master on August 12, 2017 at 7:48am

I have updates people, I am loving these things, but I am afraid one of them is gone now, where I cannot say (I can't remember the address of where) and I am left with one to sit with and moan my blues, but this is gonna change.

I have many more of these tins and have eaten far too many Butter Cookies and will be building a lot more of them on my next holiday.

Until then, I still have the one to sit and play. been working on Hoochie Coochie Man and Mannish Boy much more and making up a lot of weird ass lyrics to go with them. a Diddley Bow is a far to fun.

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Permalink Reply by jeff burgoyne on August 13, 2017 at 10:45pm

well can't wait to see your next one. awesome !!!

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on September 10, 2017 at 3:52am

Nice looking gits, is there a reason you mounted the strings offset instead of centered down the neck? nevermind, saw the answer in an earlier reply.

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Permalink Reply by JP Lace Master on September 10, 2017 at 8:54am

The strings are offset that way in case the new owners want to add a second machine head and string. That is the reason I also use hinges with 2 holes on them, secondary string anchor.

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