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Permalink Reply by JP Lace Master on July 21, 2017 at 11:03pm

updates people, I have been playing these for a couple days now and I am loving them both. The string on both is 13 gauge b string and it sounds cool.

quicky question though, is there a way of stopping the string from moving when I pluck or pick it?

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Permalink Reply by Frank Carr on July 30, 2017 at 1:58am

I've used Altoid tins or other squared off tins for my similar diddley bows and they don't have this problem. However, I have had this issue with whisky bottle bridges where there is a rounded edge. For them, I used either a piece of threaded rod or a scrap of bone nut material to create a more stable bridge.

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Permalink Reply by JP Lace Master on July 30, 2017 at 4:18am

The pictures are deceiving edges of the tins are rounded so the string can move when plucked.

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Permalink Reply by JL on July 24, 2017 at 3:29am

If you mean move sideways across the tin as you play it?

the string needs a groove to sit in (a.k.a. saddle) to not slide sideways, perhaps a sliver of wood glued onto the tin so you can put a shallow groove in the wood.

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Permalink Reply by JP Lace Master on July 24, 2017 at 6:39am

That is what I meant and that sounds like the best way to go about it.

I have made Diddley Bows before and have found that sawing a slit in the tin itself, but I am not sure whether it would work on these ones

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Permalink Reply by JL on July 31, 2017 at 3:18am

another idea, shim up one side of the tin and put a dimple into the now high edge of the tin with a screwdriver, dull cold chisel, hammer and the side of a nail...

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Permalink Reply by JP Lace Master on July 31, 2017 at 5:22am

A dimple sounds like the best way to go, simpler than sawing at the tin

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