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Red Banjo

Posted by Mark C on August 21, 2010 at 3:40pm
Box is made from some plywood drawer bottoms, resonator is a tin can from canteen at work. Bought the oak for the neck as had nothing suitable to hand. Scale length 25.5 inches. Check out the video of this being played by a friend of mine who, unlike me, can actually play! Excitingly, I've named the video "Homemade Banjo".
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  • Mark C August 24, 2010 at 4:47am
    Kartereo, not a dumb question. It's a catering-size tin about 6 inches in diameter, like a big baked bean tin. Obviously the top was removed to get the contents out. I've up-ended it and dropped it into the box, trimmed down a bit to get the right height. Also got a couple of notches cut in the lower rim to let the sound out into the box. Hope that explains things better.
  • GI Junker August 24, 2010 at 4:26am
    dumb question, is there anything under the coffee can lid? or is it just empty space.....that a great Idea by the way.
  • Mark C August 23, 2010 at 1:10pm
    Hi Diane, thanks for that. I'd didn't realise the link thing could be done...but i do now :)
  • Diane in Chicago August 23, 2010 at 8:41am
    And here's the vid:

    http://www.cigarboxnation.com/video/homemade-banjo

    Very nice!
  • Mark C August 23, 2010 at 5:23am
    Thanks folks for your encouraging remarks! Always nice to get.
  • Wild Rover August 22, 2010 at 8:05pm
    Looks good, sounds good, sweet
  • Bluesheart August 22, 2010 at 7:14am
    Awesome job, going to see the vid!
  • Patrick Breton August 21, 2010 at 4:39pm
    Love that rustic look !!!
  • beStillroy August 21, 2010 at 4:26pm
    very cool
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