Diddley Bows and Other Primitives

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Comment by Dirty Roger on November 17, 2010 at 1:17pm

My new diddley bow song!

Comment by Alex Scott on October 20, 2010 at 12:42pm

sorry, not so computer savvy, so it will have to be 2 postings...
played till the string broke last night, pissed off the neighbors and made the dogs howl.... couldn't have asked for more.

Comment by Alex Scott on October 20, 2010 at 12:37pm

first diddley bow. used a used paint roller pole, spent M60 shell casings, an ignition coil from a honda cm185 for the bridge, and a salvaged tuner peg and pickup. everything is attached with 14 gauge house wire i pulled out of the trash.

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/photo/diddley-bow-141?context=user

Comment by David Beede on October 18, 2010 at 8:00pm

Here's a page I'm putting together with some mouthbow vid clips.
Mouthbows are almost diddley bows. These are from Africa to Siberia with a little Buffy St. Marie and 'mericans of course.
http://www.davidbeede.com/Mouth%20Bow%20Resources.html

Comment by One String Willie on October 17, 2010 at 9:07pm

Matt-

Thanks for sharing this with us. Our prayers are with you and your fellow troops.

Best regards, Willie

Comment by Alex Scott on October 17, 2010 at 6:33pm

glad you found some sanity in a brutally crazy world. stay safe. come home in one piece.

Comment by Matthew Borczon on October 17, 2010 at 2:52pm

just need a place to tell my story, I am forward deployed in afganistan working in a battle hospital. Lots of craziness and too much suffering. Still at a small store on a nearby marine bass a clerk gave me a cigar box she had laying around. I started scrounging for wood and screws and nails. I found most of it in the cases they ahip the coffins in. I only had my army issued gerber knife and tool to work with. I only had one old strring in my bag. Still it took me a week but tonight I have an ultra primitive one stringed guitar. You can hear the sound of the sand passing through the hang mans noose when I slide a ten penny nail across the string. Tonight under the stars with a cbg on my lap Afghanistan is almost beautiful.

Comment by Joker on October 12, 2010 at 10:05pm

Here it is pre-amplification- Stay tuned!

Comment by Joker on October 12, 2010 at 10:03pm

Skeesix 1 pole pickup soon to be installed on the old Joker Diddley

Comment by Frank Miller on October 4, 2010 at 1:50pm

Very cool. Chicken thigh bone?

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