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We've talked over and over about building a cigar box guitar. How about performances or just plain playing? Who's playin' them? Whatcha playin'? Has anyone...
Naw- After my mamma saw the Ben Prestage videos she took all my cigar box guitars and burned them up. My mother did. She said "ef you lay 'round all the time...
Yeah, I built a 3 string CBG, and electric diddley bow, but have no idea what I am doing when I "play" them. Some tips and tricks from the real performers in...
Diddley bow music theory (time to get deep!): There is a completely different dynamic when approaching a diddley bow performance. Unlike a standard guitar or...
Shane, Thanks. If I understand what you are saying, I need to think of my diddley bow kind of like an upright bass sort of concept? Or am I still thinking...
Hi ypsi- In this context, "vertical" means that only one note is played at a given time, while "horizontal" means that multiple notes are played simultaneously...
You both are right...but there's something even deeper (and I'm not sure if I can fully explain it. I'll try) When you take the time to learn your notes up...
Shane, Thanks once again. I need to sit with my instrument and try to get that feeling of becoming one. I believe that is the only way to obtain the entire...
Hi ypsi- Sorry for two posts on vertical and horizontal. So with my previous post in mind, an instrument that plays one note at a time such as a saxophone,...
Shane, I agree- It's weird, but the diddley bow does pull a different kind of music out of me that the CBG doesn't. It's way more primal. CBGs, as raw ...
Playing King Louies V for the last time slideless for a real swampy sound. Just search Johnny Lowebow King Louie it should show Up....
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I bookmarked his site a while ago. Iner is off the charts, gotta love him. Incidentally, you may want to check out the gas can guitars that Bojorquez builds: ...
Howdy, Couldn't agree more. Lately, I've been putting a lot of effort into breaking out of "horizontal" thinking. Of course having more than one string doesn't...
Thanks, That now makes sense. I'll soon be spending more quality time with my diddley bow, and I'm sure that will make a big difference. Ypsi ... diddley ... ...
Just remember, it is very easy to get caught up in building and tonal charactaristics and woods, etc. The final beauty of the cigar box guitar is the song it...
Agreed- One thing a CBG sure tells you is that music is in your head and in your hands. A CBG lets you sound like YOU, and not like (your favorite guitar...
Well said, Colin--I hope it's true! With this in mind, consider that "quality time" may be a myth. Just spend TIME with your diddley bow, your folks, your...
I built a three string, I play it, and I have begun recording with it. I will admit my style is not like many others on this board...I'm primarily a ukulele...
I have used Spanish Cedar, American Cedar will splinter easily. Jim Farris http://www.flickr.com/people/59473356@N00/ www.myspace.com/fretsmadeeasy ... From:...
I got a piece of American, I'm sure. I just had to buy it when I saw it at Lowes. I scarfed the headstock that night. I got a 1/4" red oak strip for the...
On the subject of diddley bows, if you haven't already got a copy, Insurrection Records just released a cd of experimental diddley bow music by the Monks of...
I realized late last night that we have the terms vertical and horizontal mixed up. A horizontal musical line is a melodic line-- one note following another....
I use Horizontal and Vertical in a more physical sense. For me, Horizontal refers to moving across a guitar neck horizontally (like playing a blues box scale...
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