Bob Bledsoe
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I'm working in Mississippi right now and finding all kinds of crazy southern stuff... Check out this instrument I found. Cigar box, 3 bass guitar strings, pickup installed!... I have no idea what it is. Anyone know?
3 string diddly bow ?
That's probably the best thing to call it, but it's only got 3 strings. It might be something someone just made up.
Many cigar box guitars have three strings...scale looks pretty short for a bass, especially with the treble bass strings that it looks like are on it - how was it tuned? I'm thinking maybe tuned like a baritone guitar?
I'm sure it was out of tune anyway.
Ah, it's a Ukulele then...
I've built three 3-stringers on a 25" scale and one uke on a soprano scale. Here are two of the 3-string cigar box guitars and the Godiva Tin ukulele. These were Christmas presents for my kids. The pirate themed guitar has skull knobs on the tuning pegs.
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You're funny, Bob.
Quit this show and be in my band. lol
Good point about the camera.
I hope your movie and comedy career are going into orbit. You are ten times funnier than the "popular" comics out there now (think Louis CK, Louis Black, etc. Dane Cook has his moments). On camera, seriously, Sandler, Ferrell, Fey, they're all blowhards, There...I said it.
You, man, are killer funny. I'm not just smoking popes, here.