Hi,
Sorry of this has been covered before but I have looked and can't find it.
I am looking to make two Diddley Bpws - one 2 string and the other 4 string and want to make it electric - can anyone tell me what I need in order to make it electric - do I need switches, wire, pots etc etc.
Thanks in advance
Alan
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This would be the first place i would suggest visiting is here.. http://www.cigarboxnation.com/page/free-plans also I would do searches on the instrument your thinking on building...you can find the search engine on the main page top right corner.
Welcome, and happy building.
all you really need , to make it electric is a piezo and a jack .
or a pickup and a jack .
you should be able to find a piezo in any musical xmas card ,, or almost any think that beeps .. and old head phone jack may work to plug into .
or you can buy pre-wired units , piezo and/or pickup from gitty here , he even has some with volume and tone controls. (if in stock)
Second that...I've experimented with volume and tone pots, but my favorite sounding gits are just a piezo and a jack. Need some kind of adhesive to attach the piezo and encase it to prevent feedback and to mellow the tone a little (icepick tones are cool, but thermonuclear-mega-icepick tones not so much). Simpler is better, especially starting out. Then you can gradually go insane in several directions...extremes of woodworking, super-fancy wiring, various styles of playing, etc.
Thank you for the reply - that helps a lot. I feel very excited about getting into this. Thanks to the other two replies too. I shall look at the plans on the website
Diddley bows only have one string. Multiple strings on the same type of "slide only" instruments are really more like a Lap Steel guitar. And yep a piezo disc and a jack will make it wail like crazy!
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