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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on October 11, 2017 at 8:42am

Maybe do a resonator build first, that's what I'm doing, and most of the videos I've seen, have an almost banjo sound to them, building one now for me, going to do a banj-ourine anyway, wife wants one.

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Permalink Reply by 3qt17g550yh6r on October 11, 2017 at 8:49am

Will you show us all when done please? I bet it is amazing!!! For an amateur banjo luthier :)

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on October 11, 2017 at 10:35am

sure will, most of my updates will be on the thread "3 string resonator build..." just came out of the shop, cut my neck pieces and cut the scarf joint headstock, now gluing up.

I'll have a new thread when I start the banjourine

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Permalink Reply by Kirk on October 12, 2017 at 1:36am

Why not make a cigar box banjo?

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on October 12, 2017 at 1:42am

Never thought about it actually, Have do just a banjo type with the 12" tamb due to it's size, but maybe order a smaller one and also do one like Mr. Pick shown above, if that's what your talking about.

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Permalink Reply by Matthew Borczon on October 12, 2017 at 3:37am

a cookie tin can make a convincing banjo head. Especially if you are not familiar with clawhammer style playing. I am currently playing a 2 stringed cookie tin banjo and it is very satisfying.

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Permalink Reply by 3qt17g550yh6r on October 12, 2017 at 5:39am

Wow, maybe I will stop by SAMs Club and see if they have Danish cookies in yet I think those are 10 inch tins

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on October 12, 2017 at 6:06am

Oh don't get me started on tins, I have 20-30 of them laying around waiting their turn, after the next few builds going to take some time to actually learn how to make some "not so painful" noise with one of these, otherwise I'll never get out of the shop.

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Permalink Reply by Richard Dean on October 12, 2017 at 6:07am

oh, and yes, Sam's and everyone else has X-mas tins everywhere already

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Permalink Reply by the anonymous pick on October 12, 2017 at 1:20pm

 tins are cool .... sometimes they play themselves ... :-}

Find more videos like this on Cigar Box Nation

Candle powered canjo .
Just an idea I had .. based on the christmas windmills and carousels you may have seen .
the candles are on a wire with a pin pivot up top sitting in a little cup .
Small fins are added to the top of the wire ring above the candles to let the heat from the candles push and spin the wire ring .
the heat from the candles is the only thing spinning the ring .
I added 2 little beads on a string hanging from the candle cups to “strum the string as they go by .
Sorry no sound .- done with my kodac camera . basically it just goes
“ting …ting ting …. Ting … ting ting.
I was bored .. so hey .. a fire powered guitar filled the void ;-)

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Permalink Reply by Will King on October 12, 2017 at 7:26am

PETE1 cake or pastry container.  Tack it on with carpet tacks and shrink it with a heat gun.  See my videos

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Permalink Reply by 3qt17g550yh6r on October 12, 2017 at 7:35am

Hey Will I will check out your videos and chat back at ya

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