Electrified Diddley Bow Demonstration

Just showing what can be done with only one string. The previous "tests" of this d-bow were done through a 100W tube Marshall half stack with a 70 gauge guitar string and a drum stick beater... and it was loud and glorious. This test was done through a 40W tube Fender Blues Deluxe, which wasn't turned up very loud at all. I also used a 58 gauge string and a much lighter dowell rod beater. However, it was loud enough to shake the camera! Cool!

I don't pretend to really know how to play this thing, but it sure is fun.

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Comment by Nathan King on October 5, 2009 at 3:29pm
Ice Bob... hee hee hee, I was wondering if anyone was gonna ask me about that. I've got a Whammy pedal plugged in here. For this vid, it's set to go up two octaves when you press the pedal. On my other vid (the two string demo), I've got it set to harmonize a fourth higher when you turn the pedal on in the heel down position, then a fifth when you press the pedal to the toe down position. That pedal opens up a lot of doors, especially when you have only one or two strings to work with. Plus, it looks kinda cool when you lift up the d-bow at the same time :-)
Comment by Ice Bob on October 5, 2009 at 2:04pm
great how did tou you get those crazy bends
Comment by Delvero on October 5, 2009 at 11:16am
Looks like FUN!
Comment by JUJU on October 5, 2009 at 10:42am
Yep thats pretty cool bro
juju.
Comment by Paul Doug on October 5, 2009 at 5:39am
WILD!!
Comment by Mortimer Snerd on October 5, 2009 at 2:20am
You got a monster there.

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