Shane SpealOct 16, 20202 minHow to Build a One-String Vibro Fiddle - 1937These plans for an experimental diddley bow use an electric door bell clapper as a Dick Dale-style hyper tremolo picker. Fascinating...
Shane SpealOct 5, 20205 minHow to Make a Pre-Blues Cigar Box ViolinBefore the blues showed up in the 1920's, there were minstrel shows and Vaudeville theater. Central to many of these shows was a...
Shane SpealSep 29, 20202 minHow to Make a Simple Diddley Bow PickupThis is probably the easiest electric diddley bow pickup/bridge combo I've ever seen. It is based on a one-string "diddley bow" guitar...
Shane SpealSep 25, 20202 minHow to Build a Super Tub Bass (an improved upright gutbucket bass)An old time cigar box guitar sometimes needs some accompaniment, so we offer some classic free plans for a hot-rodded washtub bass guitar....