One-String Diddley Bow: Building & Lonnie Pitchford Playing Secrets by Shane Speal 

I've built about 5 of these now. Can't play worth a damn but they're fun to build and noodle with and give to more musically inclined friends!

Always enjoy your videos, Shane! Lively and instructive!

I'm thrilled to see another one-stringer video from you, some of your much much older diddley bow videos got me started building a pair as my introduction to CBGs. More how to Play Lessons Please!!!

that's a beauty!

Thanks for the video.

Love it..I do slide 1 stringers . I use a screw as a nut and brass bolt for bridge.. Easy and fun to make. Grand kids love em....

just found you by following a rabbit hole about frets and dulcimers. Very cool info. I look forward to catching up on your videos.

I love the analogy of the rocking chair

Black Flag reference on that shirt is Ausome! Great job on D BOW and the shirt. Im building a Bass Canjo as I watch. 👍🤯👍

As you know I'm going to build a LPG... My plan is to do a double neck Johnny Low style. It should be pretty cool. I've decided to use a little speaker running to my jack and that be my pick up. It should work famously.

Ha ha!! Perfect - nothing sums me up more right now!

That's nice..

I have that same Amp that is in the background

I built the CBGiddy Dilly Bow And I put a pizio pickup

A Scott Ainsley performance, the need to think, design and build, the song 'Come into my kitchen,' and you sir, have lead me to 9 cigar boxes...thin/long, large/shallow, deep, square heavy, long square heavy, 2 enameled pie pans, 2 red oak dowels, and 4' of gorgeous 1"x 2" tiger maple. Can you help me establish a starting point? This particular build of your's is of special interest because it's acoustic and aesthetically gorgeous! One stringed instruments have been played since Greek and Roman times, and include gut and gourds in African culture (pre berimbau) all I want to do is satisfy my level of craft and entertain myself (and others eventually). Considering that I've never played a stringed instrument, could you suggest for a first attempt? I can do copper frets.

Does the neck touch the lid of the box?

I will build a diddly bo just for fun. Quick question, what gauge of wire should I use?

Great video. Really cool little guitar! I’m going to have to try and make one. Loved the way you notched out the neck! It’s a fun thing to do. Do you think that as a beginner - having just one string to think about might help my rhythm hand skills?

Nice

Thanks for tout Channel and " how to play a diddley bow ". What IS a name of song please ? I build m'y first cbg 1 string and it's very cool, thanks on France

Love it. For sale?

i need win my cigar box!!!

👍❤️👍

Did you do that "headstock" with a wood rasp/wood files?

Hey Shane where would research old tunes you could practice with a didley bo

That's folk music, in one 15m video. Build 'em, play 'em, love 'em...

Why not use shellac? So quick and easy…

Crazy part is, Minnie pitchford is my grandmother.

Now this is a good video, i have been putting off building one because i thought they had to be perfect, now im going to build one, rite after i go to stubbyslides.com 👍😀

My dilly bow is rattling wen I play

Cigar box guitar ARE supposed to sound like!!true, 😂