My daughter wanted to try her hand at making a diddley bow…so that’s what we did. She did 90% of the work herself, with me guiding her and taking pictures. It was a bit difficult to keep an 8 year old focused enough to complete it, but in the end it came out great!
The finished product Cutting the neck Sanding the place for the tuner Drilling the hole to hold the string Test fitting the holes for the neck Drilling the sound holes Adding sound hole covers Adding spring for reverb Reverb springs installed! Installing the 1/4″ jack Installing the eye hook to act as the nut Hot gluing the piezo (contact mic) to the lid Nailing the lid Installing the tuner Stringing it up Last minute decorating Testing it out
