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by Henning Flintholm
Thu Sep 22, 2016 8:23 am
Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
Topic: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick
Replies: 17
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Re: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick

I´ve got a jigsaw - but im considereing to go to a friend with a router and make the holes for pickup and whammy bar in his workshop. I´v orderd a cheap whammybar from ebay (china) - could take some time with the shipping, but for a start it might work.
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by Henning Flintholm
Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:46 am
Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
Topic: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick
Replies: 17
Views: 29592

Re: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick

Hi again I´ve made a very fast drawing - it´s the first idea with any measures, but i will work more on the drawing before i start the project. Espacially i will have to find out more about the whammybar and how to mount it. I guess i will have to make a square hole in the body/fretboard and work on...
by Henning Flintholm
Thu Sep 22, 2016 7:13 am
Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
Topic: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick
Replies: 17
Views: 29592

Re: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick

Hi Guys

Thanx a lot for getting closer - The Dan Bau is a very goog hint. I will try to go with the standart whammy bay.

I will keep you updated
by Henning Flintholm
Wed Sep 21, 2016 11:20 am
Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
Topic: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick
Replies: 17
Views: 29592

Re: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick

Hi Hans Thanx for valuable advice :-) I thought that the whammybar would be the hard part, but why do i need to cut it in half ? to save space ? I imagine to use the whole whammtbar and only use one string placed in the 3rd or 4th string saddle - almost in the middle - is it very important that it´s...
by Henning Flintholm
Tue Sep 20, 2016 4:24 pm
Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
Topic: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick
Replies: 17
Views: 29592

Re: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick

Hi guys - Thanx for your feedback ;-) It´s defenitly not a Theremin, but a one string slide guitar with a whammy-bar. How he slides exatcly i dont know, but he is picking and sliding with one hand and bending/making vibrato on the whammybar with the other hand. Unfortunally im back in Berlin and can...
by Henning Flintholm
Thu Sep 15, 2016 8:00 am
Forum: Other Stringed Instruments
Topic: one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick
Replies: 17
Views: 29592

one-string slide-guitar with whammy bar stick

I´ve seen and heard this very cool player playing a strange one-string slide-guitar style instrument in a New York Subway, Sep. 2016. video 1: https://vimeo.com/182739445 video 2: https://vimeo.com/182740073 I´ve found some other one-string instruments, but they are not the right one One-String Didd...

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