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I believe this is actually called a Diddly Bow. I made one myself, pretty much an exact replica of the one Jack White made in It Might Get Loud. I used the nails, the beer bottle, nailed down an extra single coil pickup and went to town. I used heavy music wire from the hobby shop.

Be careful about where you put that pickup. I had a lot of trouble finding the right place because it tended to cut out when you used a slide. My problem stemmed from the use of a beer bottle...the angle of the string was too steep so I had to raise the nut-nail.

It was a fun experiment...mine fell apart in a week because my main goal was to emulate the spirit of White's...quick & dirty. One day I plan on building a good one...I'll have to wait for a new house though because I've had to surrender my man-cave/workspace/guitar room to the new baby.

Brian]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance U2Bono269 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-360283 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-358667 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:55:29 +0000 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Uf9wRSqLNc]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-358667 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-358665 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 11:27:17 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-358665 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-358661 Sat, 04 Sep 2010 08:15:54 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance TRGuitar https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-358661 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-358610 Thu, 02 Sep 2010 12:14:09 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-358610 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-358597 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 21:18:29 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/paged/2/#post-358597 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/#post-358591 Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:14:07 +0000
gnease, that might be, nut I have a suspision that yours is so much more defined that mine will ever be.

Don, good thought on those different screw heads. It's got me thinking allen-wrench heads.

I do need to low the nut and bridge down each about 3/4 of an inch. I also need to move the nut back further so that the string does not have to hit the wood between the nut and "tuners". I also broke my pipe cutter while trying a new piece that I think will be better suited the nut and saddle. I'll try to fix that this week and go to town on her. It's a nice. slow project. Just what I needed.

But, the proof of concept has been met.

Oh, gnease, how should I wire to get rid of hum? I've just got two wires each from the pivkups. black and white. Should I introduce another wire to this and wire it from the electrics to a piece of metal on the guitar like a nail or something?]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance rparker https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/#post-358591 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/#post-358566 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:28:55 +0000 Guitar Repair and Maintenance gnease https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/#post-358566 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/#post-358548 Tue, 31 Aug 2010 00:17:15 +0000 keep up the updates, this is a great project!]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance almann1979 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/#post-358548 https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/#post-358544 Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:12:42 +0000 Love the screws* as tuners...

* For fine tuning: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_screw_drives#Robertson]]> Guitar Repair and Maintenance boxboy https://guitarnoise.forum/guitar-repair-and-maintenance/home-made-stringed-instrument-starting-this-weekend/#post-358544