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AGP #433 - ''Glenlivet''

The last build from my Son Jack’s Bedroom Cleanout
AGP #433 - “Glenlivet”
1 String Fretless Diddley Bow
Scale:584.2mm/23inches - String:.046NW - Tuned: A
The Whiskey Tube is Thick Cardboard with a Tin Top and Bottom, not sure what type of Timber the Neck is, it was part of two 3m long x 33mm diameter lengths of second hand Curtain Rail, I purchased cheaply many years back, from a Second Hand Junk Shop, the Neck Top and Bottom are Acacia Napkin Rings, again purchased from a 2nd hand Shop, the Neck was given 3 coats of Feast Watson Brush On French Polish.
A 35mm Piezo Disc, embedded in a plastic milk bottle top with Hot Glue, is screwed to the Neck inside the Tube, and is hardwired to the output Jack.
As I wanted to keep this $11 Build as cheap as possible, the main cost reduction was the addition of a $0.27 Piezo Disc, and as always, from my from past experiences, using one of these things was a bad mistake, because it sounds like shite, so there won’t be a Sound sample of it, until I add a Mag Pickup of some sort, and probably fill the Tube with some sort of foam to deaden the very Tinny sound it currently has.

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Comment by AGP # on July 8, 2021 at 9:41am: "Thanx Pick", Looks Kewl, but sounds like Krapp at the moment. :-D

Comment by AGP # on July 8, 2021 at 9:40am: Yes Doug, at 27 cents the price is is right, I've said it before, and say it again, I'll never use one again, even if they were Free! ;-D

Comment by AGP # on July 8, 2021 at 9:36am: Yes BQ, its all about finding the right place to put the Disc Piezo, and after this build, I finally found that spot, its called a Garbage Bin ;-D

Comment by the anonymous pick on July 8, 2021 at 6:36am: kewl ;-)

Comment by Doug Thorsvik on July 7, 2021 at 4:47pm: Another super creative build AGP! Very unique. The price is right on piezos, but they can be touchy!

Comment by BrianQ. on July 7, 2021 at 4:09pm: The problem with disc piezos is getting correct placement, they’ll never sound right if they’re not in the right place? Seems like they only amplify the stuff you don’t want them to? Put a “5 dolla make it holla” pickup in that bad boy and be done with it!

Comment by AGP # on July 7, 2021 at 10:35am: I agree BQ, I too don't care much for for Piezo's, especially the Discs, but every now and then I forget I dislike them, and use one of the stupid things, and I did try it through a stand alone Preamp I have, but it didn't help much. ;-{

Comment by BrianQ. on July 6, 2021 at 7:46pm: I don’t care for piezos either, but they get better with a preamp for sure? Especially the rod piezos?