Short Diddley Bow Jam - My First Solo Build

This video is a demo of my first solo CBG build – a diddley bow I made on 12/30/15.

While I've made 2 lap diddley bows and 4 CBGs with 3 strings with my husband on the power tools and me on design, this is the first one I've made on my own (he didn’t even look over my shoulder) and first one with a round neck. The pickup is a piezo disc pickup pre-wired to a jack from cbgitty.com. The first song based on Elmore James (from Justin Johnson tutorial) was played through my Fender Mustang 1 v2 20watt modeling amp. The second ditty was played through a little battery operated Danelectro Hoodad amp.

I initially made a longer video about my diddley bow for my ‘uninitiated-to-cbgs’ friends, and you can find that on youtube (https://youtu.be/vNHkUX8UAJI) if you want or linked in my blog post here (http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profiles/blog/list?user=0vz9fbqk7719t ). I cut it down to just the playing for y’all here on Cigar Box Nation. Thanks Jim for the suggestion!

I had to turn off the Christmas tree lights while using the Mustang amp because they were causing some electromagnetic interference and creating an annoying hum on the amp.

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Comment by Janis Wilson Hughes on January 19, 2016 at 4:54am

Thank you Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear! I'm looking forward to having more playing time and time to dive in more here at the Cigar Box Nation once I get past a few business deadlines. 

Comment by Slow Blues Dani & Ol' Grey Bear on January 15, 2016 at 11:06am

Sounds great and a successful first solo build by all accounts. Well done on the first share too.

Comment by Janis Wilson Hughes on January 5, 2016 at 4:09am

J MacBlues, Maddog, Nancy kat, & Smilingdog - thanks my friends! I appreciate the encouragement. :)

Comment by smilingdog1 on January 4, 2016 at 7:17am

Good tone and rhythm!

Comment by Nancy kat on January 4, 2016 at 6:03am

Cool Janis good job girl!!! Meeowww^..^

Comment by Maddog on January 4, 2016 at 4:13am

Very nice Janis! Sounds and looks great! 

Like Jim said, you're officially hooked now :-)

Comment by Jamie MacBlues on January 3, 2016 at 11:02pm

Nice build. Don't built maself, ( just stun folks wi ma virtuosity) but ah DID make a cheese sandwich this morning ;)

Comment by Janis Wilson Hughes on January 3, 2016 at 1:49pm

Thank you guys for being so supportive! I appreciate the nice comments Clock The Wolf, Uncle John, AGP #, Robert, & the anonymous pick. I'm having a great time learning. Soooo much fun!

Comment by the anonymous pick on January 3, 2016 at 1:29pm

nice indeed  ;-)

Comment by Robert on January 3, 2016 at 11:00am

Great job!

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