Diddley Bow Demo 1 String Cigar Box Guitar DIY

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Diddley Bow Demo 1 String Cigar Box Guitar DIY

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8 жыл бұрын

Check out all my videos at / evolutionstoneware . Click 'subscribe' if you want to know when I post new videos. This video is a demo of a diddley bow (1 string cigar box guitar or CBG) 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 and first one with a round neck. The pickup is a piezo disc pickup pre-wired to a jack from cbgitty.com.
Most of the music I played I learned from Justin Johnson tutorials. He has a great DVD on playing the diddley bow available on his site at rootsmusicschool.com. The long song I played was based on a tune by Elmore James.
I've been a hobby guitarist for 16 years, but I'm totally new to slide guitar. This is so fun! I love the simplicity, and there is something amazing about playing music on an instrument you made yourself. For really simple instructions on making CBGs I like the book Handmade Music Factory by Mike Orr. There are tons of other great books and online resources too. Check out Cigar Box Nation online to get started.
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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@lizardas 8 жыл бұрын

Very clever of you! So funny that the dog jumped off the couch and left before you started. Like, "Oh, no! She's playing that thing again!"

@EvolutionStoneware 8 жыл бұрын

+Elizabeth M Hahahah! That's what I thought too. :)

@troyaparish 8 жыл бұрын

A renaissance lady of many talents. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience.

@EvolutionStoneware 8 жыл бұрын

+Troy Parish Thank you for the nice comment Troy!

@ducatitastic 5 жыл бұрын

Of all the video's on the Diddley Bow that I've watched, and I've watched a fair few, this is by far my favourite, thanks for sharing.

@EvolutionStoneware 5 жыл бұрын

Oh Michael, thank you so much! Happy New Year to you!

@ducatitastic 5 жыл бұрын

@@EvolutionStoneware Happy New Year to you too Janis.

@trackie1957 5 жыл бұрын

Great! These things are bad for my guitar playing - I can't stop playing the 1 string, so I don't play my 'regular' guitar as much! They are so much fun, and because they are so light, I pick mine up every time a commercial comes on. Damn thing makes me late for work, too.... You get some good sounds out of it, and now that 3 years have passed, I'm sure you are rocking it well!

@charliejordan6649 6 жыл бұрын

Nice big box for a diddley, sounds great as usual for your builds, I've done all mine the same way, but use biscuit tins that people give me, there great for playing acoustic at night when others are watching the TV, do the same with the three and four strings, so much fun for little money.

@Liesl_Cigarboxguitar 5 жыл бұрын

Love it! I've built three diddly bows now, and a three string Nice one girl..

@EvolutionStoneware 5 жыл бұрын

They are so much fun, aren't they!? I love my CBGs!

@consciouscoma85 Жыл бұрын

nice work.and hey you can use any special EFX pedal for those too.

@stevemanleycbg.5232 4 жыл бұрын

Real great informative video .im just about to make first diddley bow . Great playing to!

@EvolutionStoneware 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Steve! These instruments are so much fun! I bet you won't stop at 1. 😉

@rogergarcia3021 3 жыл бұрын

Not bad for one string, that's cool

@walterkersting9922 7 жыл бұрын

As for travel; yeah the guy in the next room at the hotel loves him some Didley. Also a hit at the Grand Canyon.

@GatorLife57 4 жыл бұрын

Awesome job !!! Sounds great !!! Ty4Sharing Thumbs up.

@rgetso 8 жыл бұрын

That's one cool project!

@EvolutionStoneware 8 жыл бұрын

+Richard Getso Thank you Richard! :)

@walterkersting9922 7 жыл бұрын

If you make the neck flimsy enough you can bend up and down. Surprisingly loud acoustic. For fun put a flashing led on the inside to make your sound holes light up.

@sifouniospottery 8 жыл бұрын

Great Job.YOu have talent on these music instruments together with pottery. Happy 2016!!!!

@GatorLife57 7 жыл бұрын

Great job ! Thumbs up.

@EvolutionStoneware 7 жыл бұрын

Thank you Wolf!

@amrreda.1 8 жыл бұрын

Cool. Why don't you try to make it from Ceramic? I am sure it will make a great performance,

@bobhunt1253 4 жыл бұрын

I just ordered the parts to build a diddley bow but have No idea how to play. Have you ever considered making an instruction video?

@EvolutionStoneware 4 жыл бұрын

Ohhhh, that's so exciting! You're gonna love it and have so much fun ahead! As far as making an instructional video I figured I couldn't do any better than ones that are already out there, but it could be fun to make one. Do a search for Justin Johnson. He has a great DVD with diddley bow lessons. I bought it, & I really like it. That's where I learned the song in this video. You might enjoy having a cool guitar slide. I make a line of ceramic guitar slides that C. B. Gitty carries. Here's a link if you're interested. www.cbgitty.com/search.php?search_query=Evolution%20stoneware&authenticity_token=0a92a630f8a1513d428fe243114e938b625e2514fb8fd36148539332f626d65e&section=product

@gerrystidham9792 5 жыл бұрын

Hey hey yeah look at little sister 🎶🎶😎

@tracymcdougal6381 3 жыл бұрын

Aww

@Dive_Me_Crazy 8 жыл бұрын

Nice! I had no idea those were a thing. What about a porcelain slab build?

@pauldrowns7270 6 жыл бұрын

I've thought of making a diddly bow or berimbau for years (I'm in my 60s). I've settled on 'bow' rather than 'bau.' Your's better fits my definition of elegant and 'form follows function,' better than any I've seen. Would you be willing to share some details?

@EvolutionStoneware 6 жыл бұрын

Paul Drowns thank you! I'd be happy to share. On this one I used a pine dowel 1" in diameter, but an oak one would be more elegant. I used a hand saw to cut out 2 chunks parallel to each other about 1.5" long to make a flat zone on 2 sides to mount the string tuner at the top. I used a drill to drill the hole for the tuner to go through. I set this up for a 25.5" scale, and you can find a calculator for where to mark the fret positions on several internet sites like stewmac.com. I used a 1" Forstner drill bit to drill holes on the top & bottom of the box as close to the lid as possible to pass the dowel through. Tarp ferrules were used for the sound holes & simply glued on. A disc piezo was taped inside the lid under the bridge for amplification. Check out Glenn Watt & Shane Speal on KZfaq for some great videos on how to build one.

@pauldrowns7270 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! I have problems from the git go. I'm a 'recovering' traditional basket maker, use and restore hand tools, and design in wood, stone, and steel, so I have a tendency to over think (sometimes for years:-) before acting. The sheer simplicity and sound of your instrument is what caught my interest. I'll abandon the tiger maple 1 x 2 I look at daily, and the perfect box I'm searching for, and get a dowel (probably oak), build what you made...and learn to play. Thany you for testifying for simplicity!

@EvolutionStoneware 6 жыл бұрын

Paul Drowns, building & playing these types of instruments is so enjoyable! I've gone on to build much more complex fretted 4 string guitars, but I worked my way up to it. I think it's always good to start out simple yet fun and get a good 'win' under your belt, then go from there. Other great resources include CogarBoxNation.com which is an online group where people share all kinds of details on building cigar box guitars and Justin Johnson's DVD on how to play the diddleybow.

@ibgeorgeb Жыл бұрын

👍🏾

@mickyboy1955 8 жыл бұрын

Good job....

@ryandeanlindgren9054 5 жыл бұрын

cool!

@ally8490 4 жыл бұрын

Great job! What string did you use and what did you tune it to?

@EvolutionStoneware 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ally. It's an A string from a pack of light acoustic guitar strings, and it's tuned to A.

@ally8490 4 жыл бұрын

@@EvolutionStoneware Thanks for your response :). I will try an A on my Diddley Bow. Currently I've got a G and it doesn't sound quite like yours. Did you ever make the second cigar box?

@EvolutionStoneware 4 жыл бұрын

@@ally8490, I hope you like the sound of the A. The G is a lot higher, so there's a different vibe. Yes, I've made quite a number of cigar box guitars and a couple ceramic guitars too since I'm a potter. I have a few videos up. They're compiled in this playlist. kzfaq.info/sun/PLtuH9PA94vwDK4syhp6oSXYbbKm2ywa2O