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Randy S. Bretz replied to Sleepy Peejay's discussion amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo

"Even though it`s not a piezo pickup, this build i did has a custom Ted Crocker single pole pup in the nose cavity, i sent him a piece of ebony that i carved to fit in the cavity."

Oct 13, 2012

SD Helfrich replied to Sleepy Peejay's discussion amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo

"That's amazing! -SD-"

Oct 12, 2012

David L. replied to Sleepy Peejay's discussion amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo

"Both will work and it is down to personal preference which sound better. Both are cheap so it might be worth considering trying both and seeing what works best with your design. Discs will feedback sooner then a rod when you crank up the…"

Oct 11, 2012

Sleepy Peejay replied to Sleepy Peejay's discussion amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo

"I think the cutting down would be the way to go if I used a rod piezo. The questions remains whether this would sound better (on a diddley bow) than a simple disc piezo. I interpreted the "directly affected by every string"…"

Oct 11, 2012

Randy S. Bretz replied to Sleepy Peejay's discussion amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo

"It`s an old hoe handle for the neck, hollowed out poplar firewood log body and cedar wood top and bottom."

Oct 10, 2012

Sumner McLain replied to Sleepy Peejay's discussion amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo

"Randy that diddlestick is what's up! I love the natural, bark-on neck"

Oct 10, 2012

Randy S. Bretz replied to Sleepy Peejay's discussion amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo

"On my D-bow i used a disc on this one. I made the bridge out of bone with the disc in a carved out chamber and carve the saddle right into the top of the bone. Then added the spalted maple handrest."

Oct 10, 2012

Randy S. Bretz replied to Sleepy Peejay's discussion amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo

"You could always cut the rod down to fit a smaller saddle/bridge like i did on this 2 stringer. The rod was shorten down to 1" long. As far as running it length wise coming up with a saddle /bridge would be the hard part. You would have to…"

Oct 10, 2012

chevytrucking replied to Sleepy Peejay's discussion amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo

"I wonder what a rod piezo would sound like if you put say a 6 string rod under your one string, but put it inline with the string. It would be like 6 peizos on the same string. Seems like it would pick up even better, but I'm just guessing,…"

Oct 10, 2012

Sleepy Peejay posted a discussion

amplifying a diddley bow with a rod piezo

I'm thinking about amplifying my cigar box diddley bow. I might use a rod piezo, because they're supposed to sound better than disc piezos and I'm planning to use the DB for performances in the near future.I can't find any specific information about rod piezos in diddley bows. However, I did came accross the following sentence at CB Gitty: "Because the rod piezo has a separate wafer for each string, they tend to reproduce the instrument’s sound much better than a disk piezo, which is unable to…See More

Oct 10, 2012

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Sleepy Peejay joined Shane's group

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We wanna know who you are! Where ya from? What'cha buildin'? This is a place for new members to introduce themselves and old 'uns to show 'em around.I'm Shane & I run the Nation. I'm glad you're here. Come on in and tune up!See More

Oct 10, 2012

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Sleepy Peejay is now a member of Cigar Box Nation

Oct 9, 2012

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