"Yellow Pill" 4-string Kodakanjo1970s vintage 1000', 16mm, dual-roll film can; walnut neck; red oak peg head with maple stripes and walnut wings; bone nut; walnut fret board with maple faux binding and maple dots; hand-carved maple & brazilian cherry banjo bridge with bone saddle; mini hum bucker pickup; volume & tone control; 1/4" instrument jack; cabinet hinge tailpiece; black sealed-gear tuners. 25" fret scale.
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Thanks! These old cans I bought as a lot on eBay last winter. The new ones, I get from friends who still shoot on film. Sometimes I leave 'em alone, just hitting them with a few coats of clear coat before assembling. Sometimes I paint them. I have been wanting to do one in "Kodak Yellow" for a while now. This is pretty close. I'm still setting up this one, but shot some vid of a buddy playing a couple of the silver ones. I f i can figure out how to upload it from my iPad, I'll post it later. Yeah, I'd love to find one of those old reel cases, Clyde!
Beautiful craftsmanship. Great look all the way around. I’ve been keeping an eye out for the reel cases for resonators. Surprisingly, the yellow works.
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nice build ,real nice
cool. They always look so damn slick. I would love to listen to one.
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Thanks! These old cans I bought as a lot on eBay last winter. The new ones, I get from friends who still shoot on film. Sometimes I leave 'em alone, just hitting them with a few coats of clear coat before assembling. Sometimes I paint them. I have been wanting to do one in "Kodak Yellow" for a while now. This is pretty close. I'm still setting up this one, but shot some vid of a buddy playing a couple of the silver ones. I f i can figure out how to upload it from my iPad, I'll post it later. Yeah, I'd love to find one of those old reel cases, Clyde!
Beautiful craftsmanship. Great look all the way around. I’ve been keeping an eye out for the reel cases for resonators. Surprisingly, the yellow works.
Awesome build, amazing attention to detail. Well done!
slick as puppy shit ;-)
I like the yellow.
So...did you happen across a stash of these in the basement when you purchased your building (an old church, right)?
Do you have any video of how your builds sound? I am always curious when I see one here.