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Comment by BUGGY (C) on February 28, 2012 at 1:51am

I love that neck detail!.... 

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on October 19, 2011 at 7:24am

Thanks Roadkill.  Your recent build inspired me to think about a twin baluster neck.  I think I may give that a try even though it doubles the cost!  

I'm trying to keep the strings on this one as close as possible without them slapping each other silly.  It's an ugly sound when that happens.

A little of the buzzing on this video is from the strings kissing the pickup.  Most of it is on the slide when I don't dampen the strings just before laying it down again.  Timing, they say, is everything.

 

Comment by Roadkill a.k.a. John Maw on October 18, 2011 at 1:22pm

That sounds really nice and I love the look of the guitar.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on October 18, 2011 at 5:30am

Thanks Keni.  3 coats of paint - white, blue, red in that order - then lots of sanding to remove almost all of it.  I didn't prep the oak neck very much at all before painting.  I wanted deep grain to hold the different colors.

Comment by Keni Lee Burgess on October 18, 2011 at 5:10am

Nice. A little foot percussion and some vocals is all you need to fill out the performance. I dig the shabby chic neck. Enjoy.

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on October 18, 2011 at 4:59am

Thanks everyone.  Elmar has sent me a new Diddley Bug that should be hotter than the original design.  I should have it in my mailbox in the next few days and I can't wait.

 

Brickdust, I'll take 2 outta 3.  I really like this guitar and I thought it was going to be one for just hanging on the wall. I've had it around for a few months and it just sounded numb until I made a few little tweaks.  Originally the sound would go away as soon as the slide hit the strings.  A new bridge arrangement solved that pretty well.  This is also the first time I've used a mag pup and I love it.

Comment by bemuzic on October 17, 2011 at 9:38pm

sounds good...mmm it's made me want to try one of those Klangbox pick ups!

Comment by Elmar Zeilhofer on October 17, 2011 at 6:22pm

Double D is big enough. Triple A!

Comment by Bad Finger (Eric) on October 17, 2011 at 1:10pm

Double G? I didn't know they made em that big. :)

Comment by Uncle John on October 17, 2011 at 1:02pm

Sounds GOOD.  I used to do some double G.