{"id":106,"date":"2012-05-09T17:58:38","date_gmt":"2012-05-09T17:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dave0.nfshost.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2012\/05\/09\/the-flyest-single-string-electric-guitar-ive-ever-seen\/"},"modified":"2012-05-09T17:58:38","modified_gmt":"2012-05-09T17:58:38","slug":"the-flyest-single-string-electric-guitar-ive-ever-seen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.davideriknelson.com\/sbsb\/index.php\/2012\/05\/the-flyest-single-string-electric-guitar-ive-ever-seen\/","title":{"rendered":"The Flyest Single-String Electric Guitar I’ve Ever Seen"},"content":{"rendered":"

This is the diddley bow that Chris Lynas built last weekend, riffing off the “$10 Electric Guitar” in Snip, Burn, Solder, Shred<\/a><\/i> (Project #13)–plus a sweet lil Dirt Cheap Amp (Project #12) to go with it:
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\nAnd here it is in action:
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\nI *love* this! Such a great fit for these lil hands!
\nIncidentally, Chris is one of several builders who have used a thicker gauge of wire to wind their pickups and still had good results. Quoth Chris:<\/p>\n

\nI used 40 gauge wire because it was what I could find. Works ok and was easy to handle with 5yo assisting. In combination with the beefy magnet it’s quite a hot pickup. Neck is ash (from past project), body from old pine shelf. Machine head and string cost about \u00a34 total from local guitar shop. All other hardware from the bottom of the toolbox.\n<\/div>\n

I.e., Chris stayed within the $10 budget, despite the strong pound sterling! Supercool!
\nSome folks may already be familiar with Chris Lynas from this project, where he 3D-printed new discs for an old-school Fisher-Price “record player”<\/a> (which was actually technologically more of a music box):
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