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Jeffdoetsch April 3, 2016 at 8:53pm

What is a good wood for a neck I've used maple,poplar,and oak.has any one used alder?
Spence's Rye September 7, 2015 at 3:38pm

Greetings, fellow banjoists here at CB Nation! Check my CBN page at: http://www.cigarboxnation.com/profile/spencesrye

FREE DOWNLOADS of my banjo material at: http://spencesrye.bandcamp.com
Matthew Borczon September 25, 2014 at 12:13pm

https://jerusalemmules.bandcamp.com/album/the-jerusalem-mule-plays-... here is a link to a free cd of cookie tin banjo stuff. Just put 0.00 in for price and enjoy
Brakkenor September 5, 2014 at 5:02am

Solo project with didley bo and 3 string canjo done solely on IOS

http://brakkenor.bandcamp.com/track/granny-does-your-dog-bite
Tim LaFave August 18, 2014 at 10:37pm

This is my first 5-string banjo; I did build a tenor banjo before. This was built as a commissioned work for a customer.
Battmann August 9, 2014 at 11:40pm

1st banjo. 25inch scale. 9 inch cake pan. padron lids jointed together for the top.
Noam Berg July 7, 2014 at 4:52pm

Here it is, my very fist homemade instrument! 5-string canjo with an olive-oil tin body and a fretless poplar neck. They're only gonna get better from here on in.
Jim Morris April 16, 2014 at 9:18am

That's a little banjo using a recycled bottle for the head. More pics on my page.
Jim Morris April 16, 2014 at 9:17am
Jim Morris April 5, 2014 at 11:12pm

http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/soda-bottle-banjo-head-2nd-most...

Finally got a vid made of the soda bottle banjo top.

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Tambourine banjo. Skin bending pretty much.

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 school. The banjo is a 4 stringer. 19 frets. The scale lenght is 25" (64cm to be precise) and a 10" tambourine with a plastic skin(head). I got some Deering Tenor strings 0.010, 0.016, 0.024, and 0.030w. I want to tune it to DGBE. Now my question…

Started by Sebastian Mueller

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Cigar Box Banjo, Cookie Tin Banjo, Canjo, Dulci-jo, Diddley Bow Banjo, Gas Canjo, Etc... Jo!

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 cookie tin guitars and two string canjo type instruments. I recently was given a farm-fresh, real-deal Banjo. This thing came to me with 4 rusted strings, fragile tuners that feel like they will break at the slightest hard tweak, and a nasty-twisted…

Started by Brian Revels

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not technicaly a banjo, but banjo-ish

hey, 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 strumming (see pictures) I don't know how to call them, they kinda look like a banjo, but have a hubcap, 'lil traffic sign, and a bucket as resonator, instead of a drum... i'd like to call them "thrash banjo's", but not shure if that is accurate I'd…

Started by Iain T.S.

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Laser cut bridges cbgitty

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? Thanks!https://www.cbgitty.com/cigar-box-guitar-parts/bridges-and-nuts/laser-cut-hardwood-bridge-blanks-for-cigar-box-guitars-choose-style-wood-and-quantity/

Started by egyptpunk

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