Diddly Bow

“PALLET”

Pallet started life as a wooden pallet which I found at work. It was in really great condition . I am not sure what kind of wood it is but it has great color and grain. The only parts of guitar not made with the pallet wood is the top and bottom. I used 1/4″ […]

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HOG

This build is “HOG” I bought a new bike and received a metal tin from the Harley Owners Group, and it was the perfect size for a guitar. The tin started out grey which I decided to paint Harley colors, Black & Orange. I painted box, fret markers, sound hole covers, bridge, nut. The top

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Nos. IV 88

Nos. IV 88 is the final hub cap guitar built from my 1988 Ford F-150, and is the most elaborate!! It has a 32″ piece of Hickory with a natural color sealed with Varathane Clear Gloss.  Like its 3 predecessors it has the same 1/4″ routered round over detail on length of neck from the

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Nos. III 88

    Nos. III “88” is the third Hub Cap guitar build. This one I decided to make a bit fancier than the last two builds. I started with a 32″ piece of White Oak for the neck, that was stained and sealed with Varathane Clear Gloss . The neck also has 1/4″ round-over router

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“TURTLE”

      This build has been inspired by my love of the chocolatey goodness that is Turtles, my wife normally buys me a box of the gooey chocolate snack at Christmas time. One year she happened to buy the metal tin box, the box has been hanging around my garage/workshop for the past several

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“JAVA”

  The next build is “JAVA”, this box I bought in a lot of 10 Cigar Boxes on EBay. I picked this one because it is a great shape and the color. The Cigars are Nicaraguan by Drew Estate. So, lets get to it!!   NECK Neck started out as a 36” inch piece of

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