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"Hi DJ.XSUSB- To follow up on Keni Lee's comments, traditional open G tuning (Spanish…"

One String Willie replied Jun 23, 2011 to Open g(GdGb) slide help

 4 Jun 24, 2011
Reply by Jay Patton

"When I am noodling on the diddley bow, I work on a riff until it starts to come into…"

One String Willie replied Jun 22, 2011 to Song (tune) writing. Recording what you have so far. How do you do it?

 27 Jul 6, 2011
Reply by kevin shanks

"I'm sorry to hear of your Mother's passing. You and your family are in my prayers.…"

One String Willie replied Jun 8, 2011 to Prayers for my family

 25 Jun 9, 2011
Reply by MichaelS Country Boy Guitars

"I have not tried it with a guitar tuner, but it should work. The diameter is 0.0445"…"

One String Willie replied Apr 22, 2011 to Extra long steel strings?

 5 Apr 22, 2011
Reply by One String Willie

"Yo Dogg- There are two schools of thought on this.  I do put position marks on my di…"

One String Willie replied Apr 21, 2011 to Frets on a diddley bow?

 7 Mar 13, 2015
Reply by Mike

"Yo, Dogg-   Here are a couple of alternatives, all of which are discussed in some de…"

One String Willie replied Apr 21, 2011 to Extra long steel strings?

 5 Apr 22, 2011
Reply by One String Willie

"Hi JD- For a cigar box diddley bow I would suggest a string length similar to a reg…"

One String Willie replied Apr 20, 2011 to Two Words. Diddley Bow.

 8 Apr 20, 2011
Reply by David English

"This was a very, very good festival. I have been to a number of CBG festivals and th…"

One String Willie replied Aug 29, 2010 to Pa CBG Fest

 11 Sep 11, 2010
Reply by wes carl

"I think David Lloyd is on the right track. I got Zen Guitar by Sudo when it was comm…"

One String Willie replied May 13, 2010 to hey Shane...or any one from original forum. ?question?

 5 May 14, 2010
Reply by colin mcgrath

"I have had good results with the following method of making a bottleneck guitar slid…"

One String Willie replied May 13, 2010 to How do I make slides?

 31 Sep 16, 2010
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