Help with Canjo design ....

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Permalink Reply by Will Carter on September 9, 2009 at 10:47pm

There is a great and esy version of a canjo, called a Kankara (I think) from japan. IF you search for it the diagrams are really self explanatory. basically its a CBG neck with the machine heads on the side classical guitar style, so hardly any shaping for good string retention angle...
If you want to fret it then its important to make enough of a groove in the neck thru body design to allow the can and its lip to be beneath the fret/finger board. Poke it through the other end and tie the strings off with either loops or make a tail peice or adapt the violin thing of a tailpiece held on by something...ahh the possibilities!

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Permalink Reply by Will Carter on September 10, 2009 at 2:24am

http://okinawatime.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/how-to-make-kankara-...

Here you go man....
http://www.makeman.co.jp/modules/pico/index.php?content_id=22
http://www.makeman.co.jp/modules/pico/index.php?content_id=23
http://www.makeman.co.jp/modules/pico/index.php?content_id=24
http://www.makeman.co.jp/modules/pico/index.php?content_id=25
No english but a pictures worth?

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Permalink Reply by jim on September 10, 2009 at 2:36am

興味深いcanjo！

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Permalink Reply by Will Carter on September 10, 2009 at 2:42am

Domo Arigato Crocker-san

Ted Crocker said:

Five Thousand Words!

付け直すとこのような感じになります

Good find Will



Will Carter said:

http://okinawatime.files.wordpress.com/2009/01/how-to-make-kankara-...

Here you go man....
http://www.makeman.co.jp/modules/pico/index.php?content_id=22
http://www.makeman.co.jp/modules/pico/index.php?content_id=23
http://www.makeman.co.jp/modules/pico/index.php?content_id=24
http://www.makeman.co.jp/modules/pico/index.php?content_id=25
No english but a pictures worth?

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Permalink Reply by David L. on September 10, 2009 at 5:06am

Hi,
If you are happy to use recycled parts (off a 3/4 sized guitar - the necks come up fairly frequently in the UK) these were fairly easy to make for my boys.

If you are interested I would be happy to post a few notes and more pictures. I realise you may prefer to make it all yourself - whichever path you go down I am sure the children will love it!

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Permalink Reply by Jim Mitchell on September 29, 2009 at 5:54pm

Hey David thanks for the pics..... Very cool I Like them Take care Jim

David Lloyd said:

Hi,
If you are happy to use recycled parts (off a 3/4 sized guitar - the necks come up fairly frequently in the UK) these were fairly easy to make for my boys.

If you are interested I would be happy to post a few notes and more pictures. I realise you may prefer to make it all yourself - whichever path you go down I am sure the children will love it!

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