Reminds me of a Ravi Shankar concert I went to about 50 years ago (Royce Hall, UCLA) where he played an incredible 20 minute Raga on the bass string of his sitar. Amazing. All one needs is one string to play a melody. Thanks for sharing your monochordic 2x4 guitar.
Denis Bowman the recipe is as follows, one 2x4 or the metric eqivalent at the length you decide, one machine head/tuner, one mono jack and assc wiring, solder, etc, a rope for guitty strap and i d have to say the big E string from a guitar, one POS wound pick up, toss together accordingly, stop fiddling with it when it almost doesnt sound crappy any more, watch shane's vid on using smoke on the water to start marking your "frets", plug her and bob s yer uncle
Hi Shane, I was going to say your not Wired up Right Ha Ha Ha, But you are insane just loved 3rd Stone from the Sun. Please keep them coming, just Great Shane Big thanks.
OMG!!!! That was absolutely incredible! Third stone from the sun! Taking your hat off for the anthem! You freaking ROCK!!!! We're you using an octave pedal? the sound was awesome! Love love love it!!!
one comment...one word... AWWWWESOME! Keep entertaining us that good! found this inspiring, wanna do my Didley Noooow! what string is? D or A? greetings from Portugal
Fantastic 😮😮😮❤❤❤❤
I just got done building one of these! Can't wait to see how she sounds! 😎🖤
Man... how one string can sound like this? Amazing!
two strings are just cheating...
Liked. Subscribed. Bookmarked! Outstanding! Entertaining! Thanks!
Fabulous, Shane!!!
*blush*
Great 😊👍
like the sound,you've inspired me to have a go at making one ,cheers.
Make a dozen!!! Give 'em to the neighborhood!
Reminds me of a Ravi Shankar concert I went to about 50 years ago (Royce Hall, UCLA) where he played an incredible 20 minute Raga on the bass string of his sitar. Amazing. All one needs is one string to play a melody. Thanks for sharing your monochordic 2x4 guitar.
Very cool. 👍🏽🇦🇺
Seriously dude, that brought a smile to my face! Thanks :)
Your comment made my tail wag
Wow!!!!
Awesome job rockin' out on the one-string diddley bow.
only need one string to play th' blues...
Oh man, that is amazing!
thanks! make one yourself. these things rock!
That is some amazing talent right there... awesome! The music is very strong with this one 😊
Talent? Where? Who let talent in the room???
Shane Speal you earned it my friend 👍🏻
nice) Fuck all rules...
Just a holy thrash, just a crazy smash)
Love this! You sure do get a lot of sounds out of one string!
beat the string until it sings
Awesome!!! and you even took your hat off for the National Anthem!...
sounds wicked.
It's more evil than you know...
Geez, that was awesome!
nice
Have built or do you own a Contrabass canjo. I am trying to build one as my first canjo.
you are a god!
nah. just a fat, middle-aged guy with a 2x4
Basically a one stringed electric guitar without a body. I love it!!!
From Australia - GREAT 'stuff' Shane. It looks doable!! Do you have plans for this masterpiece???
Denis Bowman the recipe is as follows, one 2x4 or the metric eqivalent at the length you decide, one machine head/tuner, one mono jack and assc wiring, solder, etc, a rope for guitty strap and i d have to say the big E string from a guitar, one POS wound pick up, toss together accordingly, stop fiddling with it when it almost doesnt sound crappy any more, watch shane's vid on using smoke on the water to start marking your "frets", plug her and bob s yer uncle
Thank you Shane. I know you have shirt loads of emails... Keep up the hard work - you are greatly appreciated. From the land of Oz!! :-)
I plan to use the instrument to become the stud in a wall of my mansion some day.
Shane Speal Put this recording on an album. Bonus track.
Impressive... but does it djent?
Hi Shane, I was going to say your not Wired up Right Ha Ha Ha, But you are insane just loved 3rd Stone from the Sun.
Please keep them coming, just Great Shane Big thanks.
loves me some Jimi
That was a great video. Nice drumbeat to tie it all together. Maybe Jimi had 5 more strings than he really needed.
More than one string is just cheating
awesomeness
OMG!!!! That was absolutely incredible! Third stone from the sun! Taking your hat off for the anthem! You freaking ROCK!!!! We're you using an octave pedal? the sound was awesome! Love love love it!!!
And some Cat Scratch Fever too LOL
Pitchfork pedal by Electro Harmonix
He may be a little crazy, but he's every guitarist's Uncle Ted. Salute!
Love your material! Taking your hat off for the national anthem while wailing on a 2x4 just made me a die-hard fan. Keep doing what you do!!
Bah tche
I see the Teisco behind you :)
what a kickstart to friday night, watching some homemade heavy metal hillbilly!!!
and thus a new subgenre was born :D
Oooh! Hillbilly Metal! I could have some fun with that!
So what's the tuning for that awesome instrument?
You can change the course of a riot using a board with a nail in it.
But you can change the course of the world using a board with a string in it...
Party on Wayne
Party on Garth
That's a deadly diddly bo! Great sound, what key do you usually tune it to? G? That was a cool rendition of the star spangled banner yo!
I see a wisconsin plate in the. Background. Hello from wisconsin btw
You are just havin' too much fun dude! LOL
What's the scale length on this monster?
25"
Thanks Shane!
one comment, one word,. AWWWWESOME!!!
one comment...one word... AWWWWESOME!
Keep entertaining us that good! found this inspiring, wanna do my Didley Noooow!
what string is? D or A?
greetings from Portugal
Hey Shane Speal do you sell these? If you do where do I go to get one? Cheers
what type string you using & tuning? amazing sound 🤘
Kinda Like Frank Zappa at Home Depot