Hi everyone was too scared to build 3 string cbg (even though got all the parts) untill I seen justin johnsons vid on making a diddley bow and though hell I can do that! So my first build is guna be a one string electric diddley bow!
Ive a few questions which is best pick up? bridge or not sure name of the other think its a humbucker?
What length?
What strings to use ive standard 3 string set and E string and A string of electric bass guitar! Im a huge classic rock fam ACDC, Metallica, Van Halen etc, so based on that type of music which string?
Using a home built cigarbox with sound holes and a through neck broom handle!
Would appreciate any imput or ideas!
Thanks in advance guys!
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You just need to build something. Will it be perfect ? No. Will it work ? Yes, probably.
When I bought my first big motorbike a friend said "Don't spend too much, you'll crash it". They were right. Similarly, don't invest too much thought into your first CBGs. You learn the most by cobbling something together. When you have the results of your labour in front of you, you'll see what could be done differently next time. If you don't want to 'waste' the home-made box, use a tin can and make a canjo.
As for strings, use something steel-based if you're using a mag pickup (i.e. an electric guitar string). If you just want acoustic or piezo, anything from weed whacker cord to the most expensive guitar string will do.
Really, just go and build it and don't worry about making mistakes. You'll be done in a day and then you can post a vid to show us how it went !
closer to the bridge will give you a higher / brighter tone .. closer to the neck will give you a warmer lower full tone .
Diddley Bows are wonderful things. Any Scale length and Any string is right, and if the nut and bridge are tall enough you can mount the coil pickup to the box face without cutting a recess. I put my first pair of Diddley Bows together in just under an hour, including piezo pickups mounted inside.
G'day Scruggy, ok opening disclaimer I am not experienced but have made one diddley bo and 2 cbg's of sorts. What I did (and this is just what I did, others would have their ways that would maybe be heaps better than mine..so have a dekko at theirs) with the DB was to get a cigar box, get an old garden stake, measured the length of a standard guitar from nut to bridge and sized it accordingly. The bridge was a bit of timber that I shaped from an offcut of the stake. I popped a peizo pickup on one side of the neck inside the box, so the vibes from via the strings to the stake/neck get picked up. I had a spare G string (not the sort some people wear) from a set of strings so I used that. I tuned it in G, got an electronic tuner and then marked with a dot on the side of the neck facing me when in a playing situation the position of each note. That allows me to play melody and also "single note Chords". That was it, cheers
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