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The 2x4 challenge , get your entries in !

Here's mine ..
The Valhella,, bow. (guillotine gopichand / diddley bow )

Dual function instrument with one string / divided . The middle string area functions as a gopichand .( don’t know what a gopichand is ? see one here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UWxajijf_4c . ) notes are created by plucking the string with one hand while squishing and relaxing the 2 wood side walls with other, creating a boingy / springy / prongy sounding note . Flip it on it’s side and it’s a regular diddley bow with the other half of the string running down the side . (pulleys are from a roller bridge and act as pulleys for the string and a bridge and nut for the diddley bow side .) (guillotine blade is from a dryer vent tube , tacks , carpet nails , drywall screws , skulls, hinges , all from dollar store .Wood stained with instant .coffee . head hole acts as a slide holder. As a surprise bonus ,the blade actually added a real nice spring reverb type of resonation . Fully functional as an instrument, yet retains the same exact design as an actual guillotine . (but blade part is stationary)

Posted as inspiration, ;-) not an entry . thanx.

I soo wanna see this made as a larger standup bass, you could squish it with your shoulder and arm , and have a whamola effect bass , 2 tones , with a stationary bass also , and a hell of a stage prop . ;-)

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Comment by the anonymous pick on May 11, 2017 at 2:24pm: thanx for the kind words prim ;-)

Comment by Primitive Acoustics on May 11, 2017 at 1:14pm: Every time you create something totally amazing, I think you can't possibly top it....but once again you have proven me wrong...very cool!

Comment by the anonymous pick on May 11, 2017 at 9:52am: i shouda named it that, wes ;-)

Comment by the anonymous pick on May 11, 2017 at 8:48am: -" what do you call a guy with a gullotine ? "

- "Sir" .

lol. thanks Dano ;-)

Comment by Dano Schultz on May 11, 2017 at 3:53am: Hats (or heads) off to you, Sir. Keep hands & fingers away from the machinery...

Comment by the anonymous pick on May 9, 2017 at 11:24am: thanx guys .

thanx Glenn . GLAD YA GOT INSPIRED ;-)

Comment by Glenn Kaiser on May 9, 2017 at 10:32am: Pick, you ROCK dude. I was just considering doing a diddley with a cut-out like this (not w. the blade but... heh) and now I think it could be a 3 x 1 diddley, 1 string on ea. side and 1 in the middle, 3 diff. gauges/tunings, all slide. GOT to make one now... ya dun inspir'd! -Glenn

Comment by John Rivers on May 9, 2017 at 3:14am: A. you just get further and further out there.....can it do the "cry baby"?....congrats, love it :)