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Permalink Reply by Will King on August 10, 2012 at 11:50am

Hi Mike,  I build my diddley bows for a school group with paper boxes that way.  I actually use the wood botton as the top.  I have made one 3 stringer, just as a test CBG, so I can change the strings for different tunings and it works OK except that the struming area is only 1 1/2 inchs wide.  So I don't recommend it.  The sound is about the same as a neck though.  Will

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Permalink Reply by Mike Huber on August 11, 2012 at 2:32pm

Never even thought about the reduced playing area..DOH!!! Thanx for the info.. :-)

Permalink Reply by jamie bark on August 17, 2012 at 4:25pm

Seen a few played where the right hand thumb is planted against the neck on the top edge, then finger pick the strings... looked like a good technique. I'm gonna make one soon.

 

Permalink Reply by Reeds Taylor on August 18, 2012 at 8:50am

I've done both....I prefer thru the box. The only reason I found for doing them outside the box was because the box was only 1" thick. It sounds pretty good...but I do believe a pickup is in order, I find the sound is a bit low.

Permalink Reply by Mike Huber on August 27, 2012 at 8:12pm

Permalink Reply by Mike Huber on August 27, 2012 at 8:14pm

So i ended up building a single string Diddley Bow with an on-top of the box neck...I must say it came out pretty nice and is good and loud .. 

Permalink Reply by 3 String Blues on September 2, 2012 at 12:12pm

there really both great ideas and a great way to get differnet sounds if you record with the both agaiant each other, one as rythum one as lead