AGP #133 “Firebrace”(1 String Diddley Bow CBG)Scale: 660.4mm / 26 inchesString: .0.44NW Tuning: GThis build was done in respect to my, Great-Great- Grand-Mother, who is referred to in my genealogical research only as "Unknown Aboriginal", but possibly could have used the name "Firebrace", the surname of the white owners of the land in her region at the time.The box is hand built from pine, the neck was sourced from the bush, a Piezo Disc pickup added, the art work was all patiently done by hand, in the ‘Aboriginal Dot Style’, by a very impatient person (me !!!).
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