# Guitar Documentary: It Might Get Loud - finally out this weekend in limited release... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 12, 2009, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-documentary-it-might-get-loud-finally-out-this-weekend-in-limited-release/506189 "2009-08-12T16:12:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 10:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-documentary-it-might-get-loud-finally-out-this-weekend-in-limited-release/506189/21 "2009-09-07T10:23:10Z")
> [@scout1222](#): > > He made an actual instrument. WordMan isn’t talking about playing on a “real guitar.” He hammers a couple of nails about 18 inches apart on a 2x4 and stretches a wire between them. Behind on of the nails is another nail - but not up as high. He brings the wire down to the low nail and anchors it, then grabs a glass Coke bottle and wedges it under the wire between those two nails - you can vary how much tension is in the wire between the two main nails depending on how much you shove the bottle under that wire. He then nailed a pickup underneath the main wire - plug it in, and it’s read for some gut-bucket slide. Like I said before, I have seen them made but using the side of a house, not a 2x4. They have a cute name, like whangdoodle or diddley-bob or something, but basically they are a primitive, 1-string slide. But they can make music… ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 7:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-documentary-it-might-get-loud-finally-out-this-weekend-in-limited-release/506189/22 "2009-09-07T19:06:23Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > He hammers a couple of nails about 18 inches apart on a 2x4 and stretches a wire between them. Behind on of the nails is another nail - but not up as high. He brings the wire down to the low nail and anchors it, then grabs a glass Coke bottle and wedges it under the wire between those two nails - you can vary how much tension is in the wire between the two main nails depending on how much you shove the bottle under that wire. He then nailed a pickup underneath the main wire - plug it in, and it’s read for some gut-bucket slide. > > Like I said before, I have seen them made but using the side of a house, not a 2x4. They have a cute name, like whangdoodle or diddley-bob or something, but basically they are a primitive, 1-string slide. But they can make music… Thanks! Very interesting! I’d guess its something like [this](http://www.onestringwillie.com/). [Here](http://www.onestringwillie.com/id2.html)’s the assembly instructions. Awesome. 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![WordMan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/e8c25b/32.png) [@WordMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WordMan)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2009, 7:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-documentary-it-might-get-loud-finally-out-this-weekend-in-limited-release/506189/23 "2009-09-07T19:41:32Z")
> [@squeegee](#): > > Thanks! Very interesting! I’d guess its something like [this](http://www.onestringwillie.com/). [Here](http://www.onestringwillie.com/id2.html)’s the assembly instructions. Awesome. 🆒 “Diddley Bow” - that’s it! I knew it was something goofy-sounding like that! Thanks…hey, my attempt at “diddley bob” was only one letter off! but whang-doodle? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guitar-documentary-it-might-get-loud-finally-out-this-weekend-in-limited-release/506189.md?page=1)