Besides mailing tape is there an easily obtainable substance I could use for a banjo head that does not include animal skin. I was hoping to make it myself. Any help is appreciated. Thanks
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Jim's soda bottle thing sounds really good. Tambourines are done alot , Cheese box sound good you can use light plywood for a sound board you don't need bracing if the diameter is small.. Plastic and thin metal kitchen stuff. Many kinds of hand drums have been used toy drums bongos.
Or anything from isle 6 at Home Depot. Take care Rose
Whoever thought about the plastic bottle/cake plastic thing is a fargin' genius! That totally sounds like a legit banjo, and banjele. The cookie tins have a great sounds, but man o' man, that plastic drum! Kudos to the originator!
a cookie tin can make a convincing banjo head. Especially if you are not familiar with clawhammer style playing. I am currently playing a 2 stringed cookie tin banjo and it is very satisfying.
Rose Ericson > Matthew BorczonOctober 12, 2017 at 12:39pm
Wow, maybe I will stop by SAMs Club and see if they have Danish cookies in yet I think those are 10 inch tins
Richard Dean > Rose EricsonOctober 12, 2017 at 1:06pm
Oh don't get me started on tins, I have 20-30 of them laying around waiting their turn, after the next few builds going to take some time to actually learn how to make some "not so painful" noise with one of these, otherwise I'll never get out of the shop.
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I have used both heat shrunk PET and hand drums with animal skins.
https://www.instructables.com/id/Make-a-ukulele-with-a-pocket-knife/
https://youtu.be/Ua0zC0sCMgA
Unfortunately I havent done a video with the hand drum /animal skin but they sound a lot warmer and natural.
Jim's soda bottle thing sounds really good. Tambourines are done alot , Cheese box sound good you can use light plywood for a sound board you don't need bracing if the diameter is small.. Plastic and thin metal kitchen stuff. Many kinds of hand drums have been used toy drums bongos.
Or anything from isle 6 at Home Depot. Take care Rose
Old x rays can be shrunk like the PET plastic as well
Whoever thought about the plastic bottle/cake plastic thing is a fargin' genius! That totally sounds like a legit banjo, and banjele. The cookie tins have a great sounds, but man o' man, that plastic drum! Kudos to the originator!
PETE1 cake or pastry container. Tack it on with carpet tacks and shrink it with a heat gun. See my videos
a cookie tin can make a convincing banjo head. Especially if you are not familiar with clawhammer style playing. I am currently playing a 2 stringed cookie tin banjo and it is very satisfying.
Oh don't get me started on tins, I have 20-30 of them laying around waiting their turn, after the next few builds going to take some time to actually learn how to make some "not so painful" noise with one of these, otherwise I'll never get out of the shop.
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