Electric Guitar Review

Hehe… I’m guessing you may have come across Gretsch’s infamous Electromatic Bo Diddley guitar before, but have you ever seen its diminutive offspring, the Mini Diddley? What can I say – it’s Friday, folks, and the Mini Diddley seemed like a fun way to cap off the week!

Yeah, it may look a lot like the original, but the Mini Diddley is incredibly small: just eight inches wide, and not much more than a foot long (15-1/2 inches!) It’s even got a scale length of just 21.40“. Come to think of it, this baby might make for a great travel guitar, eh?

Amazingly, the Mini packs a fair amount of Gretsch-style goodness onto its tiny Luan wood frame, including a single bridge position mini humbucker (you just know that thing’s got some nasty twang, eh?) single volume & tone controls, body and headstock binding, and even a signature from Mr. Diddley himself scrawled across the truss-rod cover.

The Gretsch Mini Diddley Features–

• Laminated Hardwood Top
• Luan Back & Sides
• Maple Neck
• Rosewood Fingerboard With 20 Frets
• 21.4” Scale Length
• Single Mini Humbucker Pickup
• Single Volume & Tone Controls
• 2-Way “Pickup Enhancement” Switching
• Wrap-Around Bridge
• Chrome Plated Hardware

Gretsch offers an optional gig bag for the Mini Diddley, which is good, because I doubt anyone makes a hard case of this size and shape. Perhaps a massively customized violin case? Perhaps…