Hello fellow banjo players
I just finished my first musical instrument. A banjo with a skateboard fretboard and a tambourine as a resonator. I have never build an instrument before. Nor can I play anything but a flute back from school. Way back from
Read more…So... I have been building handmade musical instruments for about 2½ years, or so, now. I primarily build Cigar Box Guitars ( 2, 3, and 4 stringers), as well as some Diddley Bows (up to around 50+ instruments). I have build a few dulcimer scale cook
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I have been making strinnged instruments with a round body, 1-3 strings and a fretless neck, one played with slide, one with slide or fingers and an (upright) bass thats "fretted" with fingers and hit with a drum stick instead of plucking or str
Read more…Hi everyone! I'm thinking about purchasing some of these laser cut bridges from C.B. Gitty, and was wondering if anyone has any feedback on them, particularly the maple ones if anyone has experience with them. Do they function and sound alright? Than
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I'm creating a 5-string out of an olive oil can and a poplar 1x3:
At first, I was thinking of doing a simple neck-thru design, like I would with a standard CBG, with a cutout in the neck for the body, elevating just a bit above the can
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In researching on CBN how best to build a banjo, I came across some great ideas that I'd like to pass on to this group, since most folks don't like to dig as deeply as I do.
I.) Routing 5th String to Headstock via Side of Neck Groove
The fi
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Recently while in the States I came across a series of videos that describe in detail how to build round sound boxes for banjos. In "banjo speak", the round frame for the banjo drum (sound box) is called a "rim" and it's been described as one
Read more…I've made a four string cooky tin banjo. What guages are you folks using for your strings?
Read more…My wife has expressed interest in learning banjo, and I thought I would make her one. I am planning to use a 10" tambourine and 4 strings (thought about cookie tins for lower cost, but those that I've heard online sound more guitarey, less banjoey)
Read more…Which is better for blues a 4 string or 5 string?
What tuning?
Also if you build a cigar box guitar(4 string) is the scale length the same for a banjo? IF so then is it a question of its tuning that determines its a banjo?
I am a blues player but hav
Read more…http://jerusalemmules.bandcamp.com/album/jerusalem-mules-lofi-and-lowdown?permalink here is a link to a free download of a 7 song ep all played on a 3 stringed cookie tin banjo I made a few months ago. I was pretty happy with how much my little tin s
Read more…I enjoy banjo blues and swampy thump and twang. Looking for a blues jamming CD with published lyrics and banjo tablature. I pretty much stay in open G tuning on my five string, confusing different finger positions. Trying to learn how to walk bass no
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The 5-string banjo is what usually comes to mind when I think of a banjo.
If you have a 5-stringer, or are building a 5-stinger, or are interested in learning to play a 5 stringer, then here is the place you can ask questions.
Here we lo
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The "dulcijo" is a unique 3-string banjo-like instrument that features diatonically spaced frets, a short re-entrantly tuned third string, and a small drum resonator. It was originally developed in the late 1980s by Michael Fox of Hickory, No
Your comments are welcome. Please take a look at my page and my CB Banjuke Album. Who knows how it will turn out? jh
Read more…Greetings all. I want to build a banjo ukulele and am having trouble finding resources for parts, especially a smaller size pot. Also, will I need a trus rod for a concert length instrument with nylon strings. Any help is appreciated.
Read more…Hello All, A friend asked me if i could restore an old banjo for him. Before I start to do anything, we felt it wise to first find out what it is. I would not want to destroy the value if it turns out to be rare or collectible.
the diameter is 11 1
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Hi, my name is Mark and I have a stringed instrument fetish!
Over the years I have purchased a lot of books, CD's and DVD's, as well as online instruction on various stringed instruments, styles and methods. As you probably know many of these purch
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im very new to banjos and am looking to build my first tambourine body banjo and have some questions that im struggling to find answers to online.
i have built two CBGs so far and have had a blast so i am very keen to start my banjo proje
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